Sandy Park Playground

Play structures share the yard with basketball hoops and room for a soccer game.

Sand pit and playground for the small ones, a renovated ball field and courts for everyone else, and Tiny Tots classes at the rec center.

The play area shares space with a field marked for baseball and soccer, so an older sibling can kick a ball around while a toddler climbs.

A playground with a short walk into a real urban canyon, where you can find a creek, rock formations and spring wildflowers.

Bright modern equipment, a huge sandbox, a merry-go-round and a fountain, with a wide lawn for picnics and Frisbee.

A playground by the rec center, where the Creek to Peaks trail sets off along Islais Creek and climbs toward Twin Peaks.