Panhandle Playground
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: Oak Street and Ashbury Street, San Francisco, California
When: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: typically daylight hours
Cost: free
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Renovated through the Let'sPlaySF! campaign, this playground in the middle of the leafy Panhandle uses boulders and wood to blend into a corridor that shelters some 80 tree species. Kids dig for treasures built into the sandbox, tackle multiple climbing surfaces, and split between areas for younger and older children.