Free, open and outdoors.
There are 26 outdoor playgrounds in and around Minneapolis. Each card below shows what it costs, when it opens and which ages it suits.
26 outdoor playgrounds in the Minneapolis area26 outdoor playgrounds in the Minneapolis area.
Sorted by distance from Minneapolis, nearest first. Straight-line miles, so every drive is longer.
26 places
5 of 26 outdoor playgrounds
Where a card says no price or no hours listed, the venue does not publish it. We would rather leave the gap than fill it with a guess. Prices come from each venue's own website, and we publish one only when the figure appears on the page we took it from. Tell us if we are missing one you know.
We list 26 outdoor playgrounds within 57 miles of Minneapolis, MN. Every one is a published listing with an address we checked.
1 of the 26 here do, and each price was checked word for word against the venue's own page before we published it. The rest do not publish one, so their card says no price listed rather than carrying a guess.
8 of them list an age range starting at two or under. Check the age line on each card, because a place that suits a six-year-old does not always suit a two-year-old.
We list every one we have within 57 miles of the center of Minneapolis. Each is a published place with an address we geocoded and checked, and the business can claim its listing to keep the hours and prices current.
It varies more than you would expect, from free to full price, and it changes the cost of a visit by a lot when there are two of you. The price on each card is what it costs to get a child in. 1 of the 26 on this page publishes a price at all, so call ahead about the adult rate before you rely on it.
No. These are free and open, so the only thing to check is the weather. Where a venue publishes a booking page, the listing links straight to it.
Water, sun cream and a hat. There is rarely shade or a tap. Whatever else you need is in the notes beside the listings above.
Minneapolis has 20 categories of kid-friendly places on Mini Navigators, from playgrounds and museums to splash pads and zoos. The Minneapolis hub lists all of them.
Listings last checked October 5, 2026.