Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Portland

Playground and splash pad in a big park, with a small nature area and picnic tables.

Inclusive playground with a group swing anyone can ride and two adaptive swings.

A big play area with sensory play, sand and water play, a nature discovery area and a splash pad in summer.

Accessible play area with sensory play pieces, a high-back adapted swing and a ramp up onto the structure.

Hilltop park with several playgrounds, one of them an accessible play area, and picnic spots near the summit.

Ramped play structure on a rubber surface, with sensory pieces, an adapted swing with a high back, and a picnic shelter.

Separate playgrounds for toddlers and older kids, a splash pad and a rose garden to walk through.

Inclusive playground, rebuilt with new soft surfacing, in a large park.

One of the first fully accessible playgrounds in the area, built for kids of every ability.

Terraced garden of thousands of roses with views over the city, free to walk.

Walled Ming-style Chinese garden with free scavenger hunts for kids to play on your phone.

Old elementary school turned hotel and pub, with a movie theater and a soaking pool kids can use.

Science museum with a playground for ages 0 to 6, including water play and a zone just for crawlers, and a quiet room for nursing.

Early 1900s hilltop mansion with rooms to walk through and wide views over the city.

Big art museum that kids 17 and under visit free.

Hillside Japanese garden of ponds, waterfalls and winding paths.

Kids climb aboard a forestry harvester and a historic locomotive, hunt for animals in an indoor forest and curl up in a reading nook.