# Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Walnut Creek

Playgrounds, parks, museums and other things to do with kids in Walnut Creek. See which ones have a changing table, room for a stroller and what ages they suit before you go. 15 listed.

Last updated 2026-10-07, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## The list

1. [Heather Farm Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/heather-farm-park-walnut-creek) (playground, Walnut Creek). A big Walnut Creek park with two playgrounds, a duck pond, wide lawns and restrooms. Easy parking, and shade in the right spots.
2. [Larkey Park & Spray Ground](https://ourplayday.com/places/larkey-park-spray-ground-walnut-creek) (playground, Walnut Creek). Tot and big-kid playgrounds plus a gated spray ground with a small water slide and a lifeguard. Lindsay Wildlife Experience and the model railroad share the grounds.
3. [Civic Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/civic-park-walnut-creek) (playground, Walnut Creek). Downtown Walnut Creek's playground: a train play structure, roller slide, climbing 'rocks', four baby swings, and a sand-and-water play area, steps from the library, Creek Walk, and Iron Horse Trail. The natural pairing with a downtown errands-and-lunch day.
4. [Arbolado Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/arbolado-park-walnut-creek) (playground, Walnut Creek). 26 quiet Northgate acres with dual playgrounds: a truck-shaped structure and twisty slide for littles, a roller slide and multilevel climber for big kids, plus an orchard 'jungle' trail behind it all that older kids turn into a fort-building adventure.
5. [Walden Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/walden-park-walnut-creek) (playground, Walnut Creek). The toddler-and-preschool playground of Walnut Creek: small structures close together, shaded benches under three big oaks, and paved loops for trikes and scooters.
6. [Tice Valley Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/tice-valley-park-walnut-creek) (playground, Walnut Creek). The fenced-in Walnut Creek playground for runners and toddlers: the whole play area is enclosed, mostly shaded, with a tot-safe structure, a two-story slide for bigger kids, a multi-seat teeter totter, and a 'secret caves' rock hill next door for young explorers.
7. [Calicraft Brewing](https://ourplayday.com/places/calicraft-brewing-95498) (attraction, Walnut Creek). Brewery with lots of picnic tables in a big blocked-off lot, food trucks on weekends, and Calicraft Upstairs, a rooftop bar.
8. [Diablo Escapes](https://ourplayday.com/places/diablo-escapes-94596) (attraction, Walnut Creek). VR escape rooms with themes from a pirate plague and ninja trials to a runaway Old West train and a dragon tower.
9. [Lindsay Wildlife Experience](https://ourplayday.com/places/lindsay-wildlife-experience-94597) (museum, Walnut Creek). Wildlife hospital and museum with live owls, a porcupine, snakes and turtles, an interactive raptor exhibit and the Hive Alive bees.
10. [Ruth Bancroft Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/ruth-bancroft-garden-94597) (garden, Walnut Creek). Cacti and succulents from around the world, planted on an old orchard, with a children's tour book and garden bingo, and a nursery to take plants home from.
11. [Walnut Creek Public Library](https://ourplayday.com/places/walnut-creek-public-library-94596) (library, Walnut Creek). A big children's wing with its own patio, and a café in the building.
12. [Lesher Center for the Arts & Bedford Gallery](https://ourplayday.com/places/lesher-center-for-the-arts-bedford-gallery-94596) (museum, Walnut Creek). Plenty of family shows on the stage, the Summer Sounds concert series, and art exhibitions in the Bedford Gallery.
13. [Putter's Goat Track Country Club](https://ourplayday.com/places/putter-s-goat-track-country-club-94596) (mini golf course, Walnut Creek). A mini-golf course in downtown Walnut Creek.
14. [Walnut Creek Farmers' Market](https://ourplayday.com/places/walnut-creek-farmers-market-94596) (attraction, Walnut Creek). Year-round market on Locust Street with fresh fruit and vegetables, coffee and pastries, local vendors and live music.
15. [Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society](https://ourplayday.com/places/walnut-creek-model-railroad-society-94597) (attraction, Walnut Creek). The huge model railroad has thousands of feet of track and an hourly night scene show. Go on a public open house weekend.

## Other lists for Walnut Creek

- [Restaurants](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/walnut-creek/restaurants) (8)
- [Cafés](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/walnut-creek/cafes) (4)
- [Hotels](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/walnut-creek/hotels) (3)

## 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/walnut-creek/playgrounds. All of Walnut Creek: https://ourplayday.com/united-states/california/walnut-creek