Moss Beach Park

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Olma M.

Burlingame, CA

6/23/2008 12 photos

My germophobia usually keeps me from taking children to playgrounds, but I also recognize the significance of play time and the cost-effective nature of playgrounds especially when babysitting as often as I do (note: Moss Beach Park provided some seriously good times for a 14 year old recently).

Five HUGE stars because:

- It's a community built playground;
- It was built by volunteers;
- It's completely accessible and ADA compliant;
- It's designed by children in the local community;
- Free fun for children of all ages.

Dubbed as a "cutting-edge fantasy environment," the park contains a multi-leveled wooden play area and includes such features as "a castle, a whale slide, a lighthouse, a pirate ship, a sunken-treasure maze, and a rock wall for climbing.  I especially love how the entire space seems so conducive to creative thinking.

And I love seeing more wood than plastic in any play structure.  Congratulations to the small coastal town of Moss Beach on a successful community project.  I would definitely encourage other parents and caregivers to go out of their way to visit this park.  Photos posted.

More info. here: http://mossbeachpark.c...

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Lori K.

Hermosa Beach, CA

4/30/2007

Located across from El Gran Taqueria we spotted this unique park and walked over. This park looked amazing with castle like forts, pirate flags, a sand box.... I was truly impressed especially when we read some park information and learned it's located on private land and is a community built playground that was created through the efforts of volunteers and donors. The design pf this amazing park was based on the ideas of the children in the community. This is a great park and the fact that it was made possible by the efforts of the community makes it even more fantastic!

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