Danehy Park playground and spray area

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Danehy Park playground and spray area

Photo: Daderot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

🛝 Playground · Cambridge

2 hours · Free · No reservation needed

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 4.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 4.0
  • 🚗
    About 15 min drive
    From Newton · Parking: Free lots at the Sherman St and New St entrances
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Little shade
    Great on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat · Fine on cold days
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 2 hours
    Best seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter

Cambridge's biggest park, 50 acres of grass on a former landfill: two playgrounds, a summer spray area, a 1-mile paved loop, and the big grassy hill in the middle is Cambridge's most famous sledding hill in winter and a kite-watching spot in summer.

💡 Tips
Almost no shade, so in summer pick morning or evening and bring swimsuits for the spray area. On snowy winter weekends bring sleds; the hill is gentle and wide enough for little kids. Fresh Pond is right across the road.

What this place offers

✓two playgrounds
✓spray area
✓big grassy hill
✓sledding
✓ball fields
✓paved loop
✓restrooms (seasonal)

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This weekend's weather in Cambridge

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

🌦️
Sat 10/17
Showers · 39–60°F · 64% rain
☀️
Sun 10/18
Sunny · 37–59°F · 2% rain

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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