Balboa Park Playground

We go to this playground almost every day but it is very sad to see that Balboa Park administration is not cleaning this playground ever. There is a lot of trash in wood chips and all around slides and under slides and by swings. One of the slides is almost never used because it is very steep and kids can hurt themselves on it. There used to be trashcans that stopped working. They have been removed and never replaced. Also, I am not sure what genius designed it but the soft rubber surface ends abruptly and sand starts so there is about 5 inches difference in between them. I saw kids tripping and falling over it hundred times. Unfortunately, this is the closest playground and my son has friends there now so we still go there pretty often. Otherwise, it would never be my first choice.

Cute little park for kids under 9/10 yrs old. Plenty of parking and space to run around. However it does get really dark after sunset, they would really need to add extra street lights if it’s open 24/7 (as mentioned on the google)

Nice for all ages. Just keep an eye on your kids as wild bunch of peeps passing by at all time. Definitely a lot of space and good for riding bikes, skates, boards for kids

Lots of fun activities for kids to enjoy. Plenty of climbing and slides with 2 swing sets (6 swings). The only drawback is the public restroom. It's every bit of an urban public restroom. Enough said.

Very nice playground!! Clean and lots kids playing so my son had lots of fun!!