Holiday Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Holiday Park, Carlsbad, California
When: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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A huge playground with swings, slides and climbing structures under spacious shade trees in Carlsbad Village, with basketball courts, horseshoe pits and plenty of green space to run. Its old-growth trees make it one of the shadiest play spots in the city.