Play Day

Maggie Daley Park

Kid essentials

RestroomsYes
Picnic tablesYes
Water playYes
Wheelchair accessibleYes
Free to enterYes

About this place

A three-acre play garden downtown with rope nets, a play ship and a seasonal splash pad, next to two rock-climbing walls and a looping ice-skating ribbon that turns into a scooter path in summer.

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337 E Randolph St

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