# Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Portland

Playgrounds, parks, museums and other things to do with kids in Portland. See which ones have a changing table, room for a stroller and what ages they suit before you go. 21 listed.

Last updated 2026-10-06, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## The list

1. [Irving Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/irving-park-portland) (playground, Portland). Playground and splash pad in a big park, with a small nature area and picnic tables.
2. [Rose Garden Children's Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/rose-garden-children-s-park-portland) (playground, Portland).
3. [Couch Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/couch-park-portland) (playground, Portland). Inclusive playground with a group swing anyone can ride and two adaptive swings.
4. [Gateway Discovery Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/gateway-discovery-park-portland) (playground, Portland). A big play area with sensory play, sand and water play, a nature discovery area and a splash pad in summer.
5. [Laurelhurst Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/laurelhurst-park-portland) (playground, Portland). Accessible play area with sensory play pieces, a high-back adapted swing and a ramp up onto the structure.
6. [Mount Tabor Park Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/mount-tabor-park-playground-portland) (playground, Portland). Hilltop park with several playgrounds, one of them an accessible play area, and picnic spots near the summit.
7. [Sellwood Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/sellwood-park-portland) (playground, Portland).
8. [Wallace Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/wallace-park-portland) (playground, Portland). Ramped play structure on a rubber surface, with sensory pieces, an adapted swing with a high back, and a picnic shelter.
9. [Peninsula Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/peninsula-park-portland) (playground, Portland). Separate playgrounds for toddlers and older kids, a splash pad and a rose garden to walk through.
10. [Gabriel Park Inclusive Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/gabriel-park-inclusive-playground-portland) (playground, Portland). Inclusive playground, rebuilt with new soft surfacing, in a large park.
11. [Harper's Playground (Arbor Lodge Park)](https://ourplayday.com/places/harper-s-playground-arbor-lodge-park-portland) (playground, Portland). One of the first fully accessible playgrounds in the area, built for kids of every ability.
12. [Normandale Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/normandale-park-portland) (playground, Portland).
13. [International Rose Test Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/international-rose-test-garden-portland) (garden, Portland). Terraced garden of thousands of roses with views over the city, free to walk.
14. [Lan Su Chinese Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/lan-su-chinese-garden-portland) (garden, Portland). Walled Ming-style Chinese garden with free scavenger hunts for kids to play on your phone.
15. [McMenamins Kennedy School](https://ourplayday.com/places/mcmenamins-kennedy-school-portland) (attraction, Portland). Old elementary school turned hotel and pub, with a movie theater and a soaking pool kids can use.
16. [OMSI](https://ourplayday.com/places/omsi-portland) (attraction, Portland). 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.
17. [Oregon Zoo](https://ourplayday.com/places/oregon-zoo-portland) (zoo, Portland).
18. [Pittock Mansion](https://ourplayday.com/places/pittock-mansion-portland) (attraction, Portland). Early 1900s hilltop mansion with rooms to walk through and wide views over the city.
19. [Portland Art Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/portland-art-museum-portland) (museum, Portland). Big art museum that kids 17 and under visit free.
20. [Portland Japanese Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/portland-japanese-garden-portland) (garden, Portland). Hillside Japanese garden of ponds, waterfalls and winding paths.
21. [World Forestry Discovery Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/world-forestry-discovery-museum-portland) (museum, Portland). Kids climb aboard a forestry harvester and a historic locomotive, hunt for animals in an indoor forest and curl up in a reading nook.

## Other lists for Portland

- [Restaurants](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/portland/restaurants) (7)
- [Hotels](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/portland/hotels) (7)

## About this list

Every place here is a listing on Play Day, and a place is listed only when something positive is known about it for kids. Each listing carries the kid facts (high chairs, changing tables, kids' menus, wheelchair access) with the source and month of each. A list needs at least three places to exist.

Page: https://ourplayday.com/places/in/portland/playgrounds. All of Portland: https://ourplayday.com/places/in/portland