A field guide for curious families

Every playground has
its own kind of magic.

Compare equipment, shade, age fit, and accessibility observations across Davis—then keep notes from every adventure.

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named sites mapped
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profiles started
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visit notes

Field notes

Edit playground

01 Place

For a new location, enter its name and map coordinates (available from Google Maps); the other observations can be filled in later.

02 Equipment

Leave a count blank if you haven’t checked it. A zero means you verified that none are present.

Posted age bands
Other features
03 Comfort & amenities
Surface types
04 Accessibility features observed

These are field observations, not a determination of ADA compliance.

05 Notes & photos

Choose up to 12 JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, or HEIF photos. They are resized, stripped of embedded metadata, and kept only in this browser. HEIC conversion may need an internet connection.

Only upload photos you own or have permission to reuse. Google Maps photos should be viewed there, not copied.

Visit journal

Add a visit note

Kids’ ages this visit

Your field notebook

Manage data

Manage locations

Add a missing playground, or open a profile and choose “Remove location” for a closed, duplicate, or incorrect place. Changes apply to this browser.

Removed locations 0

Saved photos and notes are kept. Restore a location to put it back on the map.

Saved locally

Your changes stay in this browser.

Manage locations

Remove location

This removes the location from this browser’s map and directory. Its photos, profiles, favorites, and visit notes are kept. You can restore it in Manage data.

About this guide

A better answer to “where should we play?”

This private-first guide starts with 43 locally reviewed playground destinations, using City records and corrected by local field knowledge. Walnut Park’s north and south playgrounds each have their own profile, while closely grouped structures at Chestnut, La Playa, and Willow Creek share one profile each.

What “not checked” means

An empty count or “not checked” is intentionally different from zero. It means the feature still needs a field visit.

Photos and Google Maps

Upload photos you own or have permission to reuse, then choose which one appears as the playground cover. Photos are resized in your browser and included in data backups. This guide links out to Google Maps instead of copying Google-contributed imagery. The basemap is displayed with OpenFreeMap using OpenStreetMap data.

Private for now

Profiles, uploaded photos, favorites, and visit notes are stored in your browser, not uploaded. Export a backup before clearing browser storage or moving to another device. Accounts, shared reviews, and moderation can be added when you’re ready to publish.

Playground photo