Encourage your child’s playful spirit with an afternoon spent wheeling about at these area accessible playgrounds.
Adventure World Playground: This wheelchair-friendly site offers young playground visitors a colorful maze of bridges, slides and swings suitable for kids with special needs. 7451 Starnes, North Richland Hills. 817-427-6620; www.nrhtx.com
Casey’s Clubhouse: This purple-and-yellow playground offers wheelchair-friendly entry to the accessible playscape, in addition to mat ground surfacing (allowing for easy wheeling). A shady covering will keep onlookers out of the sun. 1509 Hood Lane, Grapevine. 817/410-3470; www.grapevinetexas.gov
Celebration Park: Located at the heart of a series of walking paths, this wheelchair-friendly playground offers accessible walkways, imagination stations and more. 701 Angel Pkwy., Allen. 214/509-4700; www.allenparks.org
ChildsPlay at Bachman Lake: Ahoy, matey! Kids who love the sea will let their imaginations go wild at this nautical-themed, wheelchair-friendly playscape. One caveat: kids sensitive to loud noises might be wary of the frequent passing of planes at nearby Love Field. 2750 Bachman Drive, Dallas. 214/670-6266; www.dallasparks.org
Cottonwood Creek Park: Located next to the newly opened Miracle League Field, this wheelchair-friendly playground is home to ramps, imagination stations, shady arbors with seating and much more. 4051 N. Story Road, Irving. 972/721-2719; www.ci.irving.tx.us
Katherine Rose Memorial Park: This “boundless” playground boasts a mat-surface flooring, wheelchair-friendly ramps and more. 303 N. Walnut Creek Drive, Mansfield. 817/276-4200; www.mansfield-tx.gov
Kiest Park Fantasy Landing: Children with and without special needs play together on this wheelchair-friendly playground that also caters to those with sensory and visual challenges. 3012 S. Hampton Blvd., Dallas. 214/670-4100; www.dallasparks.org
Reverchon Park: Kids of all ages can explore this wheelchair-friendly park’s imagination stations, play decks and more—all under the shade of a large protective covering. 3401 Maple Ave., Dallas. 214/670-6266; www.dallasparks.org
Russell Eagleton Playground for All: This newly opened playground was dedicated in April; the site is home to wheelchair-friendly ramps, colorful play equipment suitable for children with special needs and more. 1000 Stribling Drive; 817/444-2541; www.cityofazle.org
Published July 2010.
