Cambridge Common nature playground (Alexander W. Kemp Playground)
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🛝 Playground · Cambridge
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 15 min driveFrom Newton · Parking: Harvard Square parking is hard; take the Red Line to Harvard and walk 3 minutes, or use a Harvard Square garage
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
A nature playground across from the Harvard campus, built from logs, sand, water, and rope nets: a hand pump feeds a sand creek where a 2-year-old can dig in the mud for an hour, while bigger kids climb the nets and tilted wooden platforms. Cross the street afterward for Harvard Yard and the bookstores.
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