A playable-art structure of leaf-shaped climbers, rope canopies, net walks, hammocks and spinners, with features for kids of all abilities.
Napa's neighborhood lake park: playground beside a small lake with ducks and open lawn, a gentle morning loop with little kids.
A big community park on the river with wide lawns, big play structures and a link to the Napa River Trail. The city's default birthday-party park.
Downtown Napa's riverfront green: a big open lawn for running, public art, and the Napa River, steps from Oxbow Public Market.
Napa's community-built fantasy playground with two play zones for different ages, sand pits under shade sails and Gordon Huether's five recycled aircraft fuel tanks.
157 acres of oak-covered hills in northwest Napa: a creek-side canyon, easy looping trails kids can actually finish, and room to roam.
Browns Valley's family playground: swings, slides, a big field for soccer and tag, and a basketball court.
A leafy northwest Napa neighborhood playground off Baywood Lane, a quiet local pick with standard structures and shady sitting.
A hilltop nature park: oak-woodland trails with valley views, and the Carolyn Parr Nature Museum at the entrance, full of hands-on habitat exhibits for kids.
A shady neighborhood playground in north Napa: tall tree cover, a small walking/biking track, and calm.
850 acres of oak woodland with 25 miles of kid-scale hiking and biking trails, a native plant garden, disc golf and real wildlife.
A working education farm tucked inside Napa: kids meet chickens and goats, wander gardens, and get the where-food-comes-from talk from actual farmers.
The Gourmet Express Lunch is three hours with a reduced fare for kids 12 and under; there is a changing table in the station but none on the train.
A mid-century modern winery with rolling grass berms around the tasting room, giving kids space to roam.
Family cooking classes in the Culinary Institute of America's teaching kitchens, with a food museum in the same building.
A large riverside park with playgrounds, shaded lawns and picnic tables.
A lakeshore day-use area with a swim beach, shade trees and picnic sites.
