Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Healdsburg

Healdsburg's neighborhood park on Heron Drive: playground, courts, and open field near the river trail system, the local's alternative to the Plaza.

Healdsburg's Russian River swim beach: in summer a seasonal dam creates a calm, lifeguarded swimming lagoon right in town. Generations of local kids learned to swim here.

A gazebo square with no play structure, just a leafy lawn for cartwheels, benches for a bakery picnic, and shops and ice cream on all four sides.

A redwood-ringed lake west of Windsor: a seasonal lifeguarded swim area, flat trail loop around the lake, and picnic groves.

A public skate park, the one older kids and teens head to with their boards.

A riverside park with a gravel beach where kids wade into calm shallows, plus shady picnic spots under the trees.

A neighborhood park with a playground and room to run around.

An organic farm and winery with gardens to wander and picnic tables outside.

A small tasting room for Russian River and Sonoma Coast wines, a short walk from the plaza lawn where kids can run.