Loring Park Playground
✓ Last confirmed for the 2022 season
Where: 1382 Willow St, Minneapolis, Minnesota
When: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: 6 am-midnight
Cost: free
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Downtown Minneapolis's oldest park got the city's very first playground apparatus back in 1904 and still offers a playground and seasonal wading pool steps from the Berger dandelion fountain and community gardens. It remains a rare full-service green space at the edge of the city center.