# Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Anaheim

Playgrounds, parks, museums and other things to do with kids in Anaheim. See which ones have a changing table, room for a stroller and what ages they suit before you go. 57 listed.

Last updated 2026-11-04, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## The list

1. [Ponderosa Park Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/ponderosa-park-playground-anaheim) (playground, Anaheim). Separate toddler and big-kid structures plus bucket swings, so siblings of different ages both get a turn.
2. [Maxwell Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/maxwell-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A 2025 playground for kids of all abilities, with companion swings, rope climbers, sensory panels and shade, plus a dog park.
3. [Miraloma Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/miraloma-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A small park with a splash pad, a playground and a skate plaza, around a community center in a converted warehouse.
4. [Pearson Park Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/pearson-park-playground-anaheim) (playground, Anaheim). Climbers next to a little pretend-play house, for kids who go from scaling things to playing house and back.
5. [Disney California Adventure Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/disney-california-adventure-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Cars Land is the draw for most kids, and there's a carousel and gentler Pixar rides for the ones too small for the big stuff.
6. [Disneyland Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/disneyland-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Dumbo, It's a Small World and the gentler Fantasyland rides, so a kid too small for the big coasters still gets a full day.
7. [Oak Canyon Nature Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/oak-canyon-nature-center-anaheim) (nature area, Anaheim). Three canyons of oak woodland with a year-round stream, 4 miles of trail and a small nature museum with live animals.
8. [Yorba Regional Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/yorba-regional-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A mile-long park along four connected lakes, with playgrounds throughout, swan pedal boats to rent and a bike trail that joins the Santa Ana River Trail.
9. [Anaheim Central Library](https://ourplayday.com/places/anaheim-central-library-anaheim) (library, Anaheim). Anaheim's main library, where the children's room runs storytimes for babies, toddlers and whole families, and there's a kids' computer lab too.
10. [Barton Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/barton-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Anaheim's first ramped playground, built so kids with disabilities can play alongside everyone else, from drawings by kids at Barton Elementary.
11. [Boysen Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/boysen-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Known in town as Airplane Park, for the Korean War Navy jet that has been part of its playground since 1959.
12. [Brookhurst Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/brookhurst-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A big park with the Moonscape, a 1974 play area of craters, a lunar lander slide and a flying-saucer merry-go-round.
13. [Center Greens](https://ourplayday.com/places/center-greens-anaheim) (attraction, Anaheim). A downtown park from 2024 whose playground kids helped design, with a spider web climber, a zip line, bucket swings and musical panels, next to a skate park.
14. [Chaparral Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/chaparral-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Ten acres with a play area, a recreation center and a fire ring.
15. [Citrus Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/citrus-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A small park with a play area and covered picnic tables, named for the orange groves that once covered this part of Anaheim.
16. [Downtown Disney District](https://ourplayday.com/places/downtown-disney-district-anaheim) (attraction, Anaheim). The shopping and dining street outside the Disneyland parks, with the LEGO Store, World of Disney and a lawn in front of a live music stage.
17. [Edison Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/edison-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A play area and a fitness zone in a park with a recreation center.
18. [Energy Field Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/energy-field-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Built by the city and its utility to show off water-saving landscaping, with a play area, a walking track and covered picnic tables.
19. [John Marshall Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/john-marshall-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Fifteen acres of ball fields and covered picnic tables, with a play area and a recreation center.
20. [Juarez Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/juarez-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A neighborhood park with a recreation center, ball fields, a concession stand and a play area.
21. [La Palma Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/la-palma-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Anaheim's second-oldest park, from 1939, with a play area, the city's first dog park and a baseball stadium.
22. [Little People's Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/little-people-s-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A 2024 playground designed by neighborhood kids, with a zip line, a climbing wall, bucket swings, drums and chimes, and a 300-foot folk-art mural.
23. [Manzanita Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/manzanita-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A park with a play area and a skate park that has a beginner bowl and a deep one for experienced skaters.
24. [Modjeska Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/modjeska-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A big park with a play area, a recreation center and lighted fields, named for the Polish actress Helena Modjeska, who lived in Anaheim.
25. [Rio Vista Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/rio-vista-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A park next to Rio Vista Elementary, with a play area, a recreation center and covered picnic tables.
26. [Sage Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/sage-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A neighborhood park with a play area, restrooms, a basketball court and fields for soccer and softball.
27. [Schweitzer Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/schweitzer-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A park with a play area and a skate park, plus a softball field and a basketball court.
28. [Twila Reid Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/twila-reid-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A 27-acre park with a play area, disc golf, a recreation center and covered picnic tables.
29. [Walnut Grove Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/walnut-grove-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A three-acre park with a play area, covered picnic tables and walnut trees along its north end.
30. [Willow Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/willow-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Ball fields, a basketball court and a play area in a neighborhood park.
31. [Adventure City](https://ourplayday.com/places/adventure-city-anaheim) (theme park, Anaheim). A small theme park sized for younger kids, with a miniature train, rescue-vehicle rides and a train-table play area up front, without the walking of the big parks.
32. [Anaheim Coves](https://ourplayday.com/places/anaheim-coves-anaheim) (attraction, Anaheim). A nature park along the Santa Ana River, with 2.5 miles of trail and a nature play area with a dig pit and a zip line.
33. [Betsy Ross Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/betsy-ross-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A neighborhood park with a play area, ball fields and covered picnic tables.
34. [Circle Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/circle-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A tiny park built on an old landscaped median, with a playground and a four-square court.
35. [Colony Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/colony-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A one-acre park in the historic Colony District, with a playground and a water feature that traces the Santa Ana River.
36. [Cottonwood Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/cottonwood-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A half-acre park with two playgrounds for different ages and a pair of old cottonwood trees.
37. [George Washington Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/george-washington-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Two small play areas with lots of shade, in a park built where Anaheim's first public elementary school stood.
38. [Julianna Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/julianna-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A half-acre neighborhood park whose playground was drawn up by kids who live nearby and built in a day in 2019.
39. [Lincoln Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lincoln-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A four-acre park with a play area, picnic tables and a softball field.
40. [Magnolia Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/magnolia-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A play area and picnic tables on just under an acre in the Platinum Triangle.
41. [Paul Revere Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/paul-revere-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A half-acre park with a play area and a mosaic of Paul Revere's ride, made from drawings by kids at the school next door.
42. [Peter Marshall Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/peter-marshall-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Two playgrounds from 2023, one for ages 2 to 5 and one for 5 to 12, with a zip line, a rock wall, monkey bars, spinners and musical panels.
43. [Stoddard Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/stoddard-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Nine acres with a play area, open lawn and barbecues.
44. [Anaheim ICE](https://ourplayday.com/places/anaheim-ice-anaheim) (ice rink, Anaheim). Two rinks under one roof, with public skating every day, skate aids for new skaters and learn-to-skate classes from age 3.
45. [Billy Beez Anaheim GardenWalk](https://ourplayday.com/places/billy-beez-anaheim-gardenwalk-anaheim) (indoor play space, Anaheim). Padded slides and crawl tunnels for the climbers, and a separate zone for toddlers so nobody gets flattened.
46. [Canyon Rim Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/canyon-rim-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A renovated playground with separate areas for ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12, laid out so you can see both at once.
47. [Coral Tree Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/coral-tree-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A small park in the Platinum Triangle, with a playground, a lawn and a barbecue.
48. [Eucalyptus Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/eucalyptus-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A sunken playground with shaded structures for toddlers and older kids, sidewalks for trikes and big lawns for hide and seek.
49. [Hansen Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/hansen-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A seven-acre neighborhood park with picnic tables and benches, named for George Hansen, the surveyor known as the Father of Anaheim.
50. [Imperial Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/imperial-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A colorful climbing playground with wide views across the canyon to the mountains.
51. [Palm Lane Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/palm-lane-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A seven-acre park next to Palm Lane Elementary, with a play area and a street-style skate park.
52. [Peralta Canyon Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/peralta-canyon-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A quiet park with a toddler play structure and a much bigger one for older kids.
53. [Pioneer Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/pioneer-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Park with a tree-house play structure that ends in a zip line, a big rock bridge and lots of open grass.
54. [Riverdale Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/riverdale-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). A huge climbing playground where kids go structure to structure without touching the ground, with shaded picnic tables beside it.
55. [Ronald Reagan Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/ronald-reagan-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Newer play structures for ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12, with a zip track, spinners, double slides and baby and accessible swings.
56. [Seascape Kids Fun](https://ourplayday.com/places/seascape-kids-fun-anaheim) (indoor play space, Anaheim). A three-story play arena with slides, giant inflatable slides, trampolines, foam ball air guns, obstacle courses and a toddler zone.
57. [Sycamore Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/sycamore-park-anaheim) (park, Anaheim). Two play structures, one for bigger kids and one for smaller, and a two-story spinner kids power themselves.

## Other lists for Anaheim

- [Restaurants](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/anaheim/restaurants) (8)
- [Hotels](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/anaheim/hotels) (8)

## 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) A list needs at least three places to exist.

Page: https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/anaheim/playgrounds. All of Anaheim: https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/anaheim