Grant park is a playground that we had visited right after moving to Duluth, but had completely forgotten about. It is a really nice playground right next to Meyers-Wilkins Elementary school and has a community resource center on site. There are soccer fields, basketball courts, and a community garden. I did have to watch the two year old near the garden boxes since he thought it looked enticing but after that, they playground captured his attention. The park is fenced on two sides and there is only one road nearby. It might be a concern on school days since it appears to be the school entrance, but it was very low traffic when we visited. There are picnic tables, benches, and shade trees. It is in full sun and we got pretty hot before 10 a.m. I assume there are bathrooms inside the community center but there was a group using the center when we were there and I didn't want to intrude.
The playground is sand surface with some rubber mat beneath the main steps. Some features are:
- 2 swings
- 2 baby swings
- Bouncing circle to stand on
- Rock structure (no holds)
- Rock wall with holds
- 3 slides
- Speaking tubes
- Corkscrew
- Monkey bars
- Plastic ladder nets
- Ladders and stairs
- Pull up bar
- Spinning wheel to hang from
- Fireman pole
- Steering wheel
Update August 2017: the roller slide has been removed and replaced with a wavy plastic slide. The covered corkscrew slide has been removed and replaced with a rock wall with holds. My boys were very sad to see the roller slide gone but it's still a quiet and large park that is very pleasant to visit.
Duluth Parks page
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