# Playgrounds and things to do with kids in St. Augustine

Playgrounds, parks, museums and other things to do with kids in St. Augustine. See which ones have a changing table, room for a stroller and what ages they suit before you go. 55 listed.

Last updated 2026-10-12, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## The list

1. [Project SWING Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/project-swing-park-st-augustine) (playground, St. Augustine). A big fenced wooden playground with a toddler sandbox and play trolley, and forts, a lighthouse and a space shuttle for older kids.
2. [Collier-Blocker-Puryear Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/collier-blocker-puryear-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A playground with open grass, courts and a ballfield around it.
3. [St. Augustine and St. Johns County Visitor Information Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-and-st-johns-county-visitor-information-center-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). Changing local-history exhibits, restrooms and water fountains, a first stop before walking the old town.
4. [Treaty Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/treaty-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). An accessible playground, short nature trails and a beginner skate area set apart for new skaters, so a first-timer can try it away from the big kids.
5. [Anastasia State Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/anastasia-state-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A beach with a playground, plus the short Ancient Dunes trail for a wildlife hunt (it has stairs and hills). Swim where the lifeguard is: rip currents.
6. [Canopy Shores Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/canopy-shores-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A playground under big oaks, then a paved one-mile loop to look for birds, an easy walk at a kid's pace.
7. [Fort Mose Historic State Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/fort-mose-historic-state-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A reconstructed fort and the story of the people who escaped slavery to reach it, told through exhibits and a guided tour. Best for kids about seven and up.
8. [Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine](https://ourplayday.com/places/cathedral-basilica-of-st-augustine-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). A working cathedral you can walk into quietly. Give kids a mission: find a favorite stained-glass window or spot the Spanish coat of arms.
9. [Governor's House Cultural Center and Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/governor-s-house-cultural-center-and-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A compact history gallery where a timeline walks from Spanish and British colonial rule to today. Short enough for a school-age kid's attention span.
10. [Hamilton Upchurch Skate Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/hamilton-upchurch-skate-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A beginner skate area next to a playground, so an older kid can practice while a younger sibling climbs. Skaters under 17 need a signed waiver.
11. [St. Augustine Art Association](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-art-association-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Student art from local schools hangs here at times, so a budding artist sees work by kids their age. Classes and camps come up too.
12. [Black Raven Adventures - Pirate Treasure Hunt](https://ourplayday.com/places/black-raven-adventures-pirate-treasure-hunt-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). Kids join the pirate crew for sword lessons, face painting, sea shanties and a battle for the treasure, and every child goes home with their own treasure chest.
13. [Colonial Quarter - St. Augustine Colonial Experience](https://ourplayday.com/places/colonial-quarter-st-augustine-colonial-experience-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). Blacksmithing, a cannon demonstration and a watchtower to climb.
14. [Davenport Park - Kourtney's Korner](https://ourplayday.com/places/davenport-park-kourtney-s-korner-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A fenced play area with slides and climbing bars built to be accessible to every kid.
15. [Frisky Cat Cafe](https://ourplayday.com/places/frisky-cat-cafe-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). Watch rescued cats from the café side, or sit in the lounge with them. The kitten lounge is for ages eight and up.
16. [Lightner Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/lightner-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A guide made for kids at the desk turns the collection into an I Spy hunt for odd objects.
17. [Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/lincolnville-museum-and-cultural-center-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Photographs, art and neighborhood stories of Black life through the civil-rights era, in a former Black school. Some exhibits cover violence and suit older kids.
18. [Old Jail Museum - St. Augustine](https://ourplayday.com/places/old-jail-museum-st-augustine-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A short daytime tour with a costumed deputy: kids step inside the old cells and hear the inmates' stories. The crime history suits older kids.
19. [Oldest Store Museum Experience](https://ourplayday.com/places/oldest-store-museum-experience-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A recreated 1908 general store where costumed guides demonstrate odd old gadgets, so kids get to see early-1900s inventions actually working.
20. [Plaza de la Constitución](https://ourplayday.com/places/plaza-de-la-constitucion-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). A shady square with old cannons to look at, trees to run around and a gazebo to dance in, while you sit with a snack.
21. [Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/ponce-de-leon-s-fountain-of-youth-archaeological-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). Peacocks wandering the grounds, a taste of the spring water, a planetarium, cannon firing and a re-created Timucuan village.
22. [Potter's Wax Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/potter-s-wax-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). More than 160 wax figures, from historical people to pop-culture characters, that kids can pose beside for photos. A studio shows how they're made.
23. [Ready Set Play](https://ourplayday.com/places/ready-set-play-st-augustine) (indoor play space, St. Augustine). A padded toddler zone plus bigger indoor structures for kids up to 49 inches.
24. [Ripley's Believe It or Not! St. Augustine](https://ourplayday.com/places/ripley-s-believe-it-or-not-st-augustine-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Odd objects and hands-on displays inside an 1887 building built like a castle.
25. [Royal Road Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/royal-road-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A playscape with four-square and hopscotch painted on the courts, so kids can start a game without any gear.
26. [Sarbez!](https://ourplayday.com/places/sarbez-st-augustine) (arcade, St. Augustine). Grilled cheese and 35-plus arcade games that take quarters. Kids are welcome early; later in the evening it's adults only.
27. [Spanish Military Hospital Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/spanish-military-hospital-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A guided tour of colonial surgery, antique tools and a mock amputation included. Best for older kids into gross history; sensitive ones may not enjoy it.
28. [St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-alligator-farm-zoological-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). Alligators and crocodiles side by side, so kids can see the difference, plus lemurs, birds and wildlife shows. The zipline starts at age 8.
29. [St. Augustine Aquarium](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-aquarium-st-augustine) (aquarium, St. Augustine). Staff lead you around a shaded, open-air aquarium and hand over starfish and horseshoe crabs to touch. Toddlers get as much out of it as older kids.
30. [St. Augustine City Gate](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-city-gate-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). The stone gate from 1808, with pieces of the old town wall on either side. A quick walk-through and a photo, then on to the next thing.
31. [St. Augustine Distillery - Self-Guided Tour](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-distillery-self-guided-tour-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). Older kids can walk the self-guided route past the stills, barrels and bottling line in an old ice plant. The tasting is for adults only.
32. [St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-lighthouse-maritime-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Kids under 44 inches can't climb the tower and nobody can be carried, so the shipyard playground and puppet theater are their part of the visit.
33. [St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-pirate-treasure-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Real pirate artifacts and hands-on displays pitched at about four to eight, and it's indoors and air-conditioned for a hot afternoon.
34. [St. Augustine Shipwreck Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-shipwreck-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Real shipwreck artifacts and treasure, hands-on displays and a small theater. Some of it covers the Titanic.
35. [St. Augustine Wild Reserve](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-wild-reserve-st-augustine) (nature area, St. Augustine). A guided walk of over an hour past rescued big cats, bears and wolves, with the story of how each one got there.
36. [Stone Climbing - St. Augustine](https://ourplayday.com/places/stone-climbing-st-augustine-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). A dedicated kids' area with routes for small climbers, and higher walls and bouldering once they outgrow it.
37. [The Fluffy Cow Cafe](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-fluffy-cow-cafe-st-augustine) (farm, St. Augustine). Brush and feed shaggy Highland cows and other farm animals on a guided outdoor visit. Wear closed-toe shoes, it's a real farm.
38. [Treasure Chest Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/treasure-chest-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A hands-on colonial workshop: rope-making, candle-dipping and weaving, pitched at about ages 3 to 10. Everyone goes home with a beeswax candle.
39. [Vaill Point Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/vaill-point-park-st-augustine) (park, St. Augustine). A playscape, then a nature trail out to a dock over the water. Enough for a play and a short walk with a view.
40. [Villa Zorayda Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/villa-zorayda-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). An ornate Alhambra-style house full of strange rooms and objects, with an audio tour. It can win over a tween.
41. [Whetstone Chocolates Tasting Tour](https://ourplayday.com/places/whetstone-chocolates-tasting-tour-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). Watch the chocolate machines at work, then taste white, milk and dark. Everyone wears a hairnet in the production room.
42. [Ximenez-Fatio House Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/ximenez-fatio-house-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A 19th-century boarding house with its rooms still furnished. Kids can compare the tiny shared sleeping room with their own and ask the guide who stayed.
43. [Anastasia Island's Arcade Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/anastasia-island-s-arcade-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Pinball, classic video games and skee-ball, set to unlimited play.
44. [Anastasia Lanes](https://ourplayday.com/places/anastasia-lanes-st-augustine) (bowling alley, St. Augustine). Lightweight balls and bumpers for kids ten and under, then the arcade for the break between games.
45. [Capybara Cafe - St. Augustine](https://ourplayday.com/places/capybara-cafe-st-augustine-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). A small, staff-guided capybara encounter, and kids can feed or pet them when the capybaras choose to come over.
46. [Castillo de San Marcos National Monument](https://ourplayday.com/places/castillo-de-san-marcos-national-monument-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). The original stone fort, with a Junior Ranger booklet to work through, a kid-sized passage to the cannonball room and a grassy hill to roll down.
47. [Historic Tours of Flagler College](https://ourplayday.com/places/historic-tours-of-flagler-college-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). A student-led tour of a grand old hotel, with discovery drawers and a stained-glass design station kids can get their hands on. Fountains in the courtyard, too.
48. [Old Town Trolley Tours - St. Augustine](https://ourplayday.com/places/old-town-trolley-tours-st-augustine-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). Hop on and off a narrated trolley and let the kids pick the stops. Collapsible strollers can ride along.
49. [Oldest House Museum Complex and Gardens](https://ourplayday.com/places/oldest-house-museum-complex-and-gardens-st-augustine) (garden, St. Augustine). A guided tour through an old coquina house showing how different households lived in it, then the gardens and a small surf museum.
50. [Oldest Wooden School House](https://ourplayday.com/places/oldest-wooden-school-house-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). A talking professor greets you, and your kid leaves with a small diploma after seeing the old classroom, kitchen and gardens.
51. [Ponce de le Rollin'](https://ourplayday.com/places/ponce-de-le-rollin-st-augustine) (ice rink, St. Augustine). A retro indoor roller rink with skates down to toddler sizes, so even small kids get out on the floor.
52. [Ripley's Bayfront Mini Golf](https://ourplayday.com/places/ripley-s-bayfront-mini-golf-st-augustine) (mini golf course, St. Augustine). Eighteen holes right on the bay beside the Bridge of Lions, a good way to burn off energy between history stops.
53. [Schooner Freedom Charters](https://ourplayday.com/places/schooner-freedom-charters-st-augustine) (attraction, St. Augustine). A two-hour tall-ship sail where the crew gets kids helping to raise the sails. Better for older kids and teens than toddlers.
54. [St. Augustine Eco Tours - Dolphin, Birding & Nature Eco Tour](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-eco-tours-dolphin-birding-nature-eco-tour-st-augustine) (nature area, St. Augustine). A small boat out looking for wild dolphins and birds, and the guide drops an underwater microphone so kids can hear what's below.
55. [St. Augustine History Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/st-augustine-history-museum-st-augustine) (museum, St. Augustine). Old toys and dolls, a Spanish galleon replica and a sunken-treasure room: a good first pass at the town's history.

## Other lists for St. Augustine

- [Restaurants](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/florida/st-augustine/restaurants) (16)
- [Cafés](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/florida/st-augustine/cafes) (7)

## 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.

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