# Kid-friendly places in Detroit

141 listed places in Detroit: 135 playgrounds and things to do and 6 restaurants. Each lists high chairs, changing tables, kids' menus and wheelchair access where known.

Last updated 2026-11-03, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## Narrower lists

- [Kid-friendly restaurants in Detroit](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/michigan/detroit/restaurants) (6)
- [Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Detroit](https://ourplayday.com/united-states/michigan/detroit/playgrounds) (135)

## Places (the first 100 of 141)

1. [Belle Isle ADA Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/belle-isle-ada-playground-detroit) (playground, Detroit). Accessible playground near the nature center, with swings, tunnels and slides.
2. [Jayne Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/jayne-park-detroit) (playground, Detroit). Two playgrounds and a splash pad where a seal and a lion spray and a bucket dumps, in a big park with a tiny dense forest.
3. [Robert C. Valade Park Playground](https://ourplayday.com/places/robert-c-valade-park-playground-detroit) (playground, Detroit). Riverfront park with a playground, a sand beach and a sledding hill, open all year.
4. [Michigan Science Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/michigan-science-center-detroit) (science center, Detroit). More than 220 hands-on science exhibits and Kids Town, a space for kids five and under.
5. [Algonquin-Goethe Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/algonquin-goethe-park-detroit) (playground, Detroit). A playground, a picnic area and basketball courts in a neighborhood park.
6. [Conant-Minnesota Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/conant-minnesota-park-detroit) (playground, Detroit). A playground and a picnic shelter, with a basketball court and a walking path.
7. [Lollo Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lollo-park-detroit) (playground, Detroit). A tiny park with a playground, a picnic area and a walking path.
8. [Adam Butzel Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/adam-butzel-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
9. [Dequindre-Grixdale Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/dequindre-grixdale-park-detroit) (playground, Detroit). A small neighborhood park with a play area and a basketball court.
10. [Fargo-Fenton Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/fargo-fenton-park-detroit) (playground, Detroit). Two play areas and a walking path in a neighborhood park.
11. [O'Shea Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/o-shea-park-detroit) (playground, Detroit). A playground and painted hopscotch beside a field of solar panels, with lots of grass and a basketball court.
12. [The Hudson Cafe](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-hudson-cafe-detroit) (restaurant, Detroit). A brunch spot with a Little Friends menu of Mickey Mouse pancakes, French toast, grilled cheese and chicken fingers.
13. [Alfred Brush Ford Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/alfred-brush-ford-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Two playgrounds on the river, with new play areas, wide water views and a community center right in the park.
14. [Ames Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/ames-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
15. [Armando's Mexican Restaurant](https://ourplayday.com/places/armando-s-mexican-restaurant-detroit) (restaurant, Detroit). Mexican restaurant open since 1967, with tacos, enchiladas and fajitas and a children's menu.
16. [Arthur Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/arthur-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
17. [Balduck Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/balduck-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Two playgrounds, one on each side of the road, and a huge hill made for rolling down or sledding.
18. [Bale Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/bale-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
19. [Belden-Santa Maria Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/belden-santa-maria-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
20. [Belton-Mark Twain Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/belton-mark-twain-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
21. [Boyer Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/boyer-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A renovated playground with swings and slides, plus a small skate area where older kids ride.
22. [Bradby Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/bradby-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
23. [Brookins Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/brookins-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Kids head straight for the spider web climber and the rope walk, with a toddler playground and a short walking loop nearby.
24. [Butzel Family Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/butzel-family-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
25. [Calimera Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/calimera-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
26. [Clemente Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/clemente-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A fully enclosed playground beside a colorful rec center that runs kids' programs, sports and arts.
27. [Commemoration Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/commemoration-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
28. [Comstock Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/comstock-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
29. [Cook Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/cook-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
30. [Dequindre-Emery Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/dequindre-emery-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
31. [Diack Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/diack-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A play area that suits kids four to twelve, in a tidy park with picnic tables and a basketball court.
32. [Doan Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/doan-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
33. [Dorais Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/dorais-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
34. [Dueweke Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/dueweke-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A newer playground sized for younger kids, with a metal slide, a walking course and picnic grills around it.
35. [Edmore-Marbud Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/edmore-marbud-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
36. [Elmwood-Central Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/elmwood-central-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
37. [Erma Henderson Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/erma-henderson-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A busy playground by the river, with spots along the water for fishing and watching wildlife.
38. [Fargo-Oakfield](https://ourplayday.com/places/fargo-oakfield-detroit) (attraction, Detroit). Park with a playground.
39. [Fitzgerald Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/fitzgerald-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A newer playground with inventive climbing pieces, next to a large mural by a well-known artist and a basketball court.
40. [Fitzpatrick-Warwick Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/fitzpatrick-warwick-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
41. [Georgia-Fischer Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/georgia-fischer-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
42. [Gmeiner Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/gmeiner-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A renovated playground with a purple slide, shaded picnic tables and rows of newly planted trees.
43. [Gordon Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/gordon-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
44. [Gorham Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/gorham-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
45. [Griffin Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/griffin-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
46. [Hackett Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/hackett-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
47. [Hardstein Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/hardstein-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
48. [Heilmann Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/heilmann-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
49. [Higgins Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/higgins-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
50. [Intervale-Roselawn Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/intervale-roselawn-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A newly renovated playground at a trailhead on the Joe Louis Greenway, for a play at the end of a bike ride.
51. [Johnston Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/johnston-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
52. [JoJo's ShakeBAR](https://ourplayday.com/places/jojo-s-shakebar-detroit) (restaurant, Detroit). Shake bar on a pedestrian-only street by the Fox Theatre, with giant shakes, kids menu items and activities.
53. [Josefiak Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/josefiak-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
54. [Karaniewski Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/karaniewski-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
55. [Keidan Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/keidan-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
56. [Kelley Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/kelley-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A play set reviewers call cool, better suited to school-age kids than toddlers, with a walking loop around the park.
57. [Kemeny Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/kemeny-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
58. [Knudsen Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/knudsen-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
59. [Krainz Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/krainz-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Big old trees shade this medium-sized play area, tucked in beside a school.
60. [Lafayette Central Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lafayette-central-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
61. [Lafayette Plaissance Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lafayette-plaissance-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
62. [Lafayette-NYCRR Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lafayette-nycrr-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
63. [Laker Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/laker-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
64. [LaSalle Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lasalle-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
65. [LaSalle-Ford Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lasalle-ford-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
66. [Latham Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/latham-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A fenced playground with a walking path, a half basketball court and a horseshoe pit.
67. [Lipke Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/lipke-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A playground at the SAY Detroit Play Center, a youth center for kids eight to eighteen.
68. [Littlefield](https://ourplayday.com/places/littlefield-detroit) (attraction, Detroit). Park with a playground.
69. [Liuzzo Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/liuzzo-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
70. [Luce-St. Louis Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/luce-st-louis-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
71. [Mallett Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/mallett-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
72. [Manning-Beland Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/manning-beland-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
73. [Mansfield-Diversey](https://ourplayday.com/places/mansfield-diversey-detroit) (attraction, Detroit). Park with a playground.
74. [Mariner Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/mariner-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Fishing dock, playground and a lighthouse at the point, in a small park right on the river.
75. [Marruso Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/marruso-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
76. [Martz Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/martz-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
77. [Marx Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/marx-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
78. [Marx-Remington Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/marx-remington-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
79. [McShane Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/mcshane-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
80. [Messmer Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/messmer-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A new fenced tot lot that families with toddlers rave about, plus a baseball field and horseshoe courts.
81. [Midland-Bentler Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/midland-bentler-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
82. [Milan Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/milan-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
83. [Military-Regular Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/military-regular-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
84. [Mister Dips](https://ourplayday.com/places/mister-dips-detroit) (restaurant, Detroit). Walk-up spot for dipped angus beef sandwiches, with shakes and soft serve to follow.
85. [Mollicone Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/mollicone-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A two-story wooden playhouse and a playscape with swings, slides, climbing and spinning pieces.
86. [Mom's Spaghetti](https://ourplayday.com/places/mom-s-spaghetti-detroit) (restaurant, Detroit). Eminem's spaghetti counter with a short menu of pasta bowls and spaghetti sandwiches, simple enough for picky eaters.
87. [Mt. Elliott Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/mt-elliott-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). A splash pad shaped like a Great Lakes schooner, with water cannons kids work themselves, right on the river.
88. [Muliett Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/muliett-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Lots of shade and a little playground sized just right for small children, in a pocket park.
89. [Nagel Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/nagel-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
90. [Northwest Activities Center Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/northwest-activities-center-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). An expanded playground with nature play areas, a walking loop and a shaded picnic shelter, beside a big community center.
91. [O'Brien Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/o-brien-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
92. [O'Hair Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/o-hair-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
93. [Optimist-Stout Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/optimist-stout-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
94. [Outer Drive-Burgess Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/outer-drive-burgess-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
95. [Peterson Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/peterson-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
96. [Pingree Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/pingree-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Big old trees shade the playground completely, so kids play out of the sun, with a baseball diamond in the middle.
97. [Piwok Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/piwok-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
98. [Puritan-Coyle Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/puritan-coyle-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
99. [Quincy-Midland Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/quincy-midland-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.
100. [Ramsey Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/ramsey-park-detroit) (park, Detroit). Park with a playground.

The rest are on the narrower lists above and at https://ourplayday.com/united-states/michigan/detroit.

## About this list

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