Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Adventure Park (South Germantown)


The centerpiece of this castle-themed playground -- proclaimed "super cool" by my eight-year-old -- is, well, a castle. But it doesn't just look good; it's a mostly-wooden maze packed with steps, ladders, drawbridges, and slides. The same is true of the ship-shaped climbing structure geared for younger kids. There's also a collection of wooden play structures for toddlers, various animal-shaped climbing sculptures, swings of both the standard and disc-shaped variety, a musical play section, and a stand-alone climbing wall (because, apparently, why not?)
Trees provided segments of shade even at high noon, though the main castle structure is not in the shade, and there is both an enormous parking lot and -- da ding! -- a bathroom. Overall, one of the most interesting and fun playground Montgomery County has to offer. Even my 11-year-old wants to go back.
(It looks like there's a splash park just up the road, which we might check out in the summer. But on a first visit, the adventure park was more than enough to keep my kids occupied for an afternoon.)