Friday, April 22, 2022
Milwaukee Recreation's Summer Playgrounds program opens on June 21. With this program, Milwaukee Recreation staff members will be on-site at the below listed sites to provide enrichment activities, engaging play opportunities, and free meals at sites across the city (for kids ages 6-17)!
Please see the list below for playground locations and hours, as well as additional program opportunities that will be available at each site. Click here for more information on Wading Pools, Cool Spots, and Splash Pads!
Milwaukee Recreation's Roving Playground Activities will also return this summer! Specific mobile programs, including the Wacky Wheels Skate Van, partnerships with the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Library, Artists Working in Education (AWE), and visits from the Video Game Van, will travel to playgrounds around Milwaukee. The Roving Playground Activities schedule will be posted here when available. Six ‘Traveling Adventures’ field trips are also being planned, along with the return of board games and arts & crafts activities to each playground site!
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
Summer Playground Locations: Open June 21, 2022
Burbank Playfield: 6225 W. Adler St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Wading Pool
Burnham Playfield: 1755 S. 32nd St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad
Clarke Square Playfield: 2330 W. Vieau Pl.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad
Clovernook Playfield: 6594 N. Landers St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad
Columbia Playfield: 1345 W. Columbia St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad
Custer Playfield: 4001 W. Custer Ave.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Cool Spot
Emigh Playfield: 495 E. Morgan Ave.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Cool Spot
Enderis Playfield: 2938 N. 72nd St.
- Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Saturday: Wading Pool only)
- Wading Pool
Franklin Square Playfield: 2643 N. 13th St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad
Green Bay Playfield: 3818 N. 8th St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Scheduled to open mid-July due to construction
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad
Harriet Tubman Park: 4750 N. 48th St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Wading Pool
Holt Playfield: 1716 W. Holt Ave.
- Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Saturday: Wading Pool only)
- Free Meals
- Wading Pool
Lucille Berrien Park: 3629 N. 16th St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad
Lindsay Park: 4360 N. 87th St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Wading Pool
Lyons Park: 3301 S. 55th St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Cool Spot
Merrill Park: 461 N. 35th St.
- Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Saturday: Wading Pool only)
- Free Meals
- Wading Pool
Mitchell Park: 2200 W. Pierce St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Cool Spot
Ohio Playfield: 974 W. Holt Ave.
- Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Saturday: Wading Pool only)
- Wading Pool
Southgate Playfield: 3350 S. 25th St.
- Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Free Meals
- Splash Pad