Ryland Park

Neighborhood park with separate playgrounds for ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12.

Downtown food hall with a dozen-plus vendors around a big outdoor plaza - everyone picks their own food, everyone still sits together. Live music and open space make kid noise a non-issue.

San Jose's first all-inclusive play space: a $6M Rotary-built playground where kids with and without disabilities use the same structures, expanded in 2023 with more shade and play pieces. Free, right on the Guadalupe River trail.

Park with a playground for all ages.

Park with playgrounds for ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12.

A right-sized art museum downtown where kids 17 and under are free and family programs run regularly, across the street from the Tech.