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Adventure Playground is 31 years old !
Adventure playground information at the Berkeley Marina
Directions to the Berkeley Marina Adventure Playground is one of the Marina Experience programs and has been written up as a top 10 playground in National geographic. It was voted the Best Creative Play space in Diablo magazine. YELP has rated us 4 out of 5. We have been written about in the Chronicle, the Boston Globe and Newsweek as one of the Top 5 play spaces in the country.To get back into more Marina Experience web pages click here CLOSED:if it is raining.Closing earlier on July 20th at 4:00 for staff meeting Open: Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Summer hours end Aug 20th. Monday- Friday 9 a.m.-5p.m.
Summer programs- Check this link for our Marine bio and boating classes.
Adventure Playground July activity calendar here! Fees: FREE for four children or less if they are accompanied by their responsible adult . Every adult must sign in on the waiver at the entrance for themselves and their children. Small individual families are invited to play without reservations.
PLEASE- Multiple families and friends who plan to meet and play in the playground, need prior reservations if together the total number of children they bring is 5 or more -you are considered a group. Weekend days are very popular and the only way to keep it safe is to limit the numbers. Supervise your children carefully and ask staff how you can help. Please, No groups from daycare programs, you need reservations and to pay the fee.( see below) Scholarships are available.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for group reservations information and costs .History and background
The Adventure Playground at the Berkeley Marina was opened 31 years ago in 1979. It is a wonderfully unique outdoor facility where staff encourage children to play and build creatively. Come climb on the many unusual kid designed and built forts, boats, and towers. Ride the zip line or hammer, saw, and paint. By providing these low risk activities Adventure Playground creates opportunities for children to learn cooperation, meet physical challenges and gain self confidence. - Pictures of a fort building project. The concept for Adventure Playgrounds originated in Europe after World War II, where a playground designer studied children playing in the "normal" asphalt and cement playgrounds. He found that they preferred playing in dirt and lumber from the post war rubble. He realized that children had the most fun designing and building their own equipment and manipulating their environment. The formula for Adventure Playgrounds includes Earth, fire, water, and lots of creative materials.
Let me know how things work out. I will have to bring my kids there soon!!!!
