Shaded playgrounds and parks in Berkeley

A community-built tot lot, fully fenced, with a wooden play structure, a mural-covered clubhouse and a steady rotation of shared sand toys.

Home of the 40-foot concrete slide big kids bomb down on cardboard, plus a creek, a fenced toddler area, and a tunnel under Euclid to the rose garden.

West Berkeley's go-to: a long hillside slide, a restored creek older kids migrate to, and the Hidden Cafe right in the park. Basketball and tennis at the south end.

Two playgrounds cover different ages, including a fenced tot lot with water play and a bigger climber with a long tube slide.