Local Playgrounds + Some worth driving to

Newly renovated with a great play structures. Small neighborhood park, that's fully fenced in with a mix of grass, wood chips and rubber based footing.   Structures include balance logs, swings, tire swing and slides.

Decent amount of parking, lots of climbing and slides, swings. This is not fenced in and has wood chips. There is also a basketball court and a hilly/wooded trail to the top of JJ Round. It's surrounded by grassy fields.

Big and fenced in and with lots of parking. This playground is good for kids of all ages, it's spread out and offers littles a small structure and a separate one for big kids. It is near a BMX track, so check ahead for events if you don't want to hear that in the background. 

Neighborhood playground with basketball courts. The play area is fully fenced in and has a tire swing, climbing structure for bigger kids, small baby swings, and play tower w/ a slide. It's also partially shaded. 

Mostly fenced in park with lots of fun climbing areas for littles. Shaded picnic area, swings, paved paths which are great for biking/scooting, lots of shade and a basketball court. It is right behind the Holland Memorial Pool. Street parking.

If you park near the ranger station entrance and walk up the hill, there is a playground on top of the hill next to the pond. There are swings, picnic areas and climbing structures. The whole area is covered in fairly deep sand. There are walking trails nearby (paved/wooded).

Lincoln Commons is a 4.3 acre public park located on the site of the former Lincoln Elementary School in Malden.  It features open green space, biking trails, picnic benches, shade, and an open play ground with several newer climbing structures.

Newman Park is located next to the Ferryway School. It has a softball field, soccer field and a playground area. It's fenced in.

A small fenced in playground with wood chips, a small picnic area, a "track" that runs around the playground. Some small climbing structures and slides. Decent for active littles.

A small fenced in neighborhood park next to a neighborhood dog park. A few climbing structures and some swings, a recently an expanded playground with new play equipment, ball field dugouts, benches, picnic tables

Devir Park is one of Malden's largest parks with Baseball and Softball Fields, Basketball Courts, Fenced Playground. Soccer Field, and tennis courts. A revitalization plan has been discussed.

A mostly fenced in playground with an area for tennis courts, basketball court and field. The small playground has slides, swings, climbing structure. Free parking.

Hickey Park has a tot lot, basketball court, baseball diamond. The tot lot is fenced in and has swings and a grassy area, climbing structures and a sand box.

Fully fenced with a lot of fun climbing structures, swings and slide. Some decent shade in the sun! It's also near the park which gives a large flat space for littles to run, but is also fenced. This park is over 4 acres and also has basketball courts and a baseball diamond.

This small neighborhood park is tucked away, not fully fenced and very shaded. It has a lot of newer climbing structures for older kids, slides, and a basketball court.

A smaller and fully fenced in playground with the basics: slides, climbing structures and swings. There is a good amount of green space for kids to run and it s mostly shaded.

A small  fenced in playground with picnic tables, newer equipment including climbing structures and slides.

Located along the banks of the Mystic River, this park has walking trails and athletic areas, including five tennis courts and a basketball court. There is a fully fenced playground with signs and various climbing structures, picnic tables and green space.

Fully fenced in and offering multiple climbing structures for all ages, swings and a paved area to play with bikes and a basketball court.

160 Chestnut Street is a  "Kid Spot" playground,  with three soccer fields, a softball field, and a basketball court. The Kids Zone has a Jungle gym, see-saw, slides, and swings and climbing structures and picnic tables. Not Fenced..

A smaller but fenced in area with play structures for little ones and toddlers, slides, swings. The park also has a green space, basketball courts .

A very small playground that is fenced in with a small climbing structure and swings.

A great playground if you're looking for a pretty large splash pad that has climbing rocks. The park itself is nice with a few play structures of different sizes. There are also walking trails (stroller friendly), a stream and ample benches and picnic areas. parking is tricky, but there are some off-street spots. 

This one has a  variety of play spaces for a wide range of ages, including the massive castele like play structure with different heights and slides. Three are great swings for littles and a few smaller climbing areas as well, plus some musical instruments and tires to climb.. There is a small zipline for the bigger kids, a field to play in. The ground is wood chips. Parking is at the school.

Parking is the only drawback at this park, but if you plan accordingly you can spend a few hours here. There is a large playground with a variety of play structures and equipment for all sizes. There is also a water feature and it is all fenced off. The park itself sits along a nice path with views of zakim bridge, nearby trains coming into North Station. There is a skateboard park, picnic area a grassy area to picnic at.

This is relatively new and thoughtfully designed.  Parking is free and always available. There are sprinklers and fountains. The play area has all kinds of climbing frames, unique climbing structures, musical instruments, paved paths, swings, spinning equipment, lots of  benches and some shaded areas. This is fully enclosed and there are a mix of rubbery grounds + wood chips.

This small but fun park has lots of space to run and one of the biggest slides I've seen. The play equipment is not fenced, but it's not near a super busy street. There's a big grassy hill which has views of the Boston skyline (also has paved paths for strollers). This is across the street from the Brackett School., lots  of on-street parking is available. Also a great place to sled!

This is located in the Navy Yard and next to Spaulding Rehab. Parking is onstreet unless you want to pay for the Spaulding garage. The park is new, designed with full accessibility in mind and has tons of climbing structures for all ages. It's also right on the Mystic so there is lots of boat traffic to watch. It's also fully fenced in. Downside is that there is not a ton of shade on a hot day.

This is a great place for the bigger kids (2+). The whole park is enclosed and hilly and made of  rubbery ground. There is a pirate ship, climbing hill and spider web, open and enclosed slides and tons of shade. The park is located right next to the Childrens museum along fort point. Parking is difficult, try for a meter nearby or one of the many garages.

Cambridge Common was completed and opened in summer 2009. It has a variety of play features to stimulate challenging physical activity as well as creative, exploratory, imaginative and social play for kids of all ages. A landscape of hills, valleys, sand, wooden branches and stumps.There are slides, water and sand play areas, toddler swings, seesaw and merry go rou

This mostly shaded park pithing the Boston Common near Frog Pond (Beacon Hill side) is great for littles who love climbing. There are lots of slides, it's fully fenced in and has a splashed nearby. Parking can be tricky, if you're trying for on street but there is a Boston Common Garage just below.

This is a goodone to venture too on a warm summer day. The downside is that it's not very shaded so the play equipment does get hot. There are lots of climbing structures for bigger kids, big slides and a toddler spraydeck. There is also a small wading pool and best of all for kids who are trying to eat everything - no wood chips.