My daughter and I decided to try to go to all the playgrounds in SF. Naturally, this called for a list so we could take stock of how many there are and how many we've been to. Turns out there are A LOT of playgrounds in SF, so I don't think we'll be accomplishing our mission (shhh, don't tell her). Plus, some of them are quite small and not really worth a visit unless it's close to your house.
But, I think we can substantially increase our percentage visited (which sits at 32%). Good to have goals, people. In the future, I'll come back and include more details about those we've visited, but my kids are crawling on me at the minute, so the pure list (by neighborhood) is what you get.
As apparent by said kids crawling on me, I don't take accountability for the accuracy of this list. I verified there was a picture of a playground on Google for all of the below. But, I likely missed some playgrounds and made other clerical errors.
Anyway, for what the list is worth, happy playing!
Richmond / Presidio Heights
Presidio Wall Playground
Lincoln Park Playground
Richmond Playground
Fulton Playground
Angela Rossi Playground
Laurel Hill Playground
Mountain Lake Playground ✅
Sunset / Parkside
Lincoln and 45th Playground (Blue Boat Playground) ✅
Blue Playground ✅
West Sunset Playground (By Ortega Branch Library) ✅
Cabrillo Playground
Carl Larsen Playground
Golden Gate Heights Park Playground
JP Murphy Playground ✅
Cole Valley / Panhandle / Haight / Duboce
Grattan Playground ✅
Koret Playground (Massive playground with concrete slides in Golden Gate Park) ✅
Panhandle ✅
Duboce Park Playground ✅
States Street Playground ✅
Midtown Terrace / West Portal / Miraloma / Mount Davidson / Lake Merced / Stonestown
Midtown Terrace Playground ✅
West Portal Recreation Center (by West Portal Branch Library) ✅
Miraloma Playground
Aptos Playground
Junipero Serra Playground (by Merced Branch Library)
Glen Park / Bernal Heights / Noe Valley
Dorothy Erskine
Glen Park Playground ✅
Walter Haas Playground ✅
George Christopher Playground
Douglass Playground ✅ Noe Children’s Playground ✅
Upper Noe Valley ✅
Holly Park Playground
Saint Mary’s Playground
Bernal Heights Recreation Center
Esmerelda Slide
Guerrero Park
Garfield Playground Precita Park Playground
Garfield Square
James Rolph Jr Playground
Ingleside/ Oceanside/ Crocker / Hillside
Merced Heights Playground
Lakeview and Ashton Mini Park
John Daly Tot Lot
Lessing and Sears MiniPark
Lincoln Park
Cayuga Park
Alice Chalmers Playground
Mission Hills Park
Polaris Tot Lot
Balboa Park/ Cayuga Terrace / Excelsior / MacLaren Park
Balboa Park Playground
Excelsior Playground
LaGrande Playground
Purple Park Playground
Herz Playground
Mission / Potrero
24th and York Mini-park ✅
Parque Ninos Unidos
Mission Dolores Playground ✅ Mission Playground ✅
Jose Coronado Playground
Alioto Mini-Park
In Chan Kajaal Park
Alioto Mini-Park
Franklin Square
Potrero Hill Playground ✅
Jackson Park
Sunnydale / Bayshore Heights / Visatacion Valley / Bayview / Hunters Point
Little Hollywood
Gilman Playground
KC Jones Playground
Adam Rogers Park
Mission Bay/ Dogpatch / East Cut
Dog Patch Playground ✅
Mission Bay Kids Park ✅
South Beach Playground
South Park Playground (One artistic play structure, not a full playground)
Yerba Buena Children’s Playground
Nob Hill / Union Square/ Financial District / Tenderloin
Helen Diller Civic Center Playground
Turk Hyde Mini-Park
Sgt. John Macaulay Park
Portsmouth Square Playground
Willie Woo Playground
Sue Bierman Park
Helen Wills Playground
Russian Hill / North Beach/ Fisherman’s Wharf
Michelangelo Park
Joe DiMaggio Playground
Cow Hollow / Marina / Pac Heights / Presidio
Moscone Plark Playground ✅
Cow Hollow Playground ✅
Alta Plaza Playground ✅
Lafayette Park ✅
Tunnel Tops - an INCREDIBLE playground ✅
Western Addition / Hayes Valley/ Alamo Square
Raymond Kimball Playground
Alamo Square Playground ✅
Hayes Valley Playground ✅