Alta Plaza Playground

Great playground for kids!

I think this is my favorite playground in San Francisco.
The place is gorgeous, the park and games are in amazing shape. Any kid will enjoy so much a few hrs playing here. I totally recommend this playground before any other…

By far one of the BEST children’s playground! Actually has real metal slides. Plus the view for the parents is amazing. Two thumbs up Highly recommended!

Great GATED playground in the city. Perfect spot if you have a «runner» as one reviewer calls it. Smack in the middle of Pacific Heights, it has a great vibe and many things to do (swings, climbing, sand pit, play structures, etc) and the entire playground is padded! A well maintained playground for kids.

My kids and I loved the place, the view was grate ,
The only problem was there was no parking parking, the park was ok most empty
People living near the park toke all the parking space

My new favorite playground! Lots of exciting things for my toddler to do (and me!). Ok, so it gives me an excuse to play on all the structures ! There’s a fairly good sized slide that’s pretty fun. Watch out coz you go really fast! I love climbing to the top and teasing my daughter that she can’t catch me and she loves it! We usually go around dinner time to the parks to avoid the crowd and embarrassment of me wanting to join in on the action. Oh, did I mention the view! Spectacular!

Alta Plaza is one of our neighborhood parks, and one of the most fun to visit. Apparently other people think so, too, because it’s usually pretty busy. I’ve never felt like it was too crowded, though… it’s a pretty big space, and there’s enough to do that the kids spread out quite a bit.
The playground has most of the classic playground staples: two play structures (one for little kids, one for bigger), two sets of swings (same), a decent-​sized sandbox with this awesome two-​handled shovel that I still play with even though I’m an adult, and a variety of other teeter-​totters and carousels. Our kid gets at least an hour or two of fun out of each visit.
It’s hard to review this park without mentioning the view. Yes, you have to hike up about 80 steps (or push a stroller up one of the side hills), but the reward is an amazing view to the south over Pac Heights and Western Addition. The southern exposure also means that if there’s sun, you’re going to get some of it; especially helpful on colder days.
Pro tip: The new, longer grass that they put in on the southern slope of Alta Plaza Park is nice and slippery, and the hill is just steep enough that if you sit down, you can slide. Instant natural slide! (warning: may cause grass stains)

Great for my 3 year old. Great views! No shade, so wear a hat or sunscreen on a sunny day.

Best views in the city as far as parks go… I would challenge Dolores, seriously. I really love taking the kids I nanny for to this playground. It’s super central and convenient and not to mention renovated somewhat so it feels clean. Due to the numerous schools in the area, there are a ridiculous amount of kids here almost constantly. The top hill is a great dog run, and the stairs on the eastern side of the park are a wonderful, quick work out. One of my go-​to parks in SF.

It is just too awesome.
You get to see the views of the city. The kids get to play in a fenced in playground and see all the wonderful dogs getting exercised in the park.
It’s just warms a mom’s heart with all the joy.

Arguably the best Playgrounds in the City.
The place is new, very large and well maintained.
Equipment is diverse and the view is extraordinary.

As far as playgrounds go, it’s top notch:
Fenced in, awesome if you have a runner, I have a runner
VIEWS!
Better weather than a block in any direction, mysterious
Awesome sand play
Cushie ground stuff
There are some pitfalls that should be noted.
The posh after-​school crowd and their inattentive parents, nannies and often parents with their nannies are infuriating!
If you are there with a little, watch out. Older boys and girls racing on the baby gear is a daily disaster! Trust me on this one, don’t use the baby swing on the end, the chasing kids take that corner tight.
The place is WAY over crowded. Leave before school gets out.
Also some of the craziest Moms I’ve encountered. Pretty sure they’re all popping something. OK, maybe that’s not nice… Not all, just most.
Another handy tip, watch out for the grass up the hill, you may be thinking about giving your little one some freedom to run in the grass. If you see a lumpy area in the distance and don’t act, don’t say you weren’t warned… something very close to manure is up under the trees and it’s a sinkhole version. Turned a perfectly good park day into the most heinous crying stinky event so far into this baby adventure. Thanks a lot perfect Alta Plaza Playground, there’s no way my guy isn’t traumatized somehow from the poo fest, I know Mommy is.

Absolutely one of the best in the city.
Fully fenced and perched on the top of the hill, where it always seems to be 5 degrees warmer than the rest of the city. The playground has sort of a springy-​soft flooring that makes it safer for little ones to take a tumble on.
Playground is separated into 2 areas. one for the 4+ year old crowd. and the other half for the littlest visitors. It’s nice to have that differentiation. The massive sand pitt is pretty exceptional, as is the HUGE climbing «spider-​web dome» in the ‘big kids’ section.
It’s a good, attentive crowd that frequents this park, as well. The parents/​caregivers are generally very friendly and responsible.

Playground with a fabulous city view! Good sun, great place for picture taking. I live close by but I like the fact that there a kids from all over the city making it very festive. I feel very safe with my toddler here.

Loved it! The playground is nice and sunny, the kids are well-​attended and there are many activities for kids of different ages. The gate is always closed prperly. The parents or caregivers seem also like nice people, I enjoyed talking to some of them, and my son loved playing with the kids. Most people come from other parts of town, although some are local from the area.
It’s a great place for a family outing. The views are amazing and food on Fillmore is also great. We take our son for a haircut, have coffee at Peet’s, eat at La Mediterrane, and then go to the playground. By the time we are done, the kid is tired and falls asleep. And then it’s time to seat in peace, watch him sleeping and enjoy the views.
Also, people play close attention to what is going on around them. At one point while we were playing, an old man came by with a beautiful parrot. He couldn’t go inside, so he came to the gate and started showing his parrot to the kids, trying to talk to the stranger kids. I thought that was very wrong. The guy was kind of obnoxious and would just stare at the kids and annoy them. But the parents of the kids he was talking to were near by, so I didn’t know what to do. Well, as I was sitting there, being indecisive, somebody called the police and they came very promtly. I am sure it was a separate incident.
All and all, it’s one of the best playgrounds in the city.

This is the best of the best as far as playgrounds go for my kids! First off, it’s enclosed so you can sit on one of the benches or tables and relax while watching your kids… you don’t have to worry about them running out of the playground. It has a colorful, padded rubber surface. There is a sandbox, baby swings, big kid swings, teeter totter, merry go round, giant spider web… and much more. This park seriously has it all, on top of great city views! Me, and my kids, definately recommend!

20 minutes walk for us but worth it! We live minutes away from Julius Kahn Playground, but we actually go to Alta Plaza more often (around once a week) because it’s bigger, sunnier, the view is amazing, and it’s just steps away from Fillmore where we usually have a late lunch at Crepevine, then grab a drink at the coffee shop, and walk on over here. It’s a fantastic playground for the kid to burn off all that lunch.
I think anyone who comes here ends up loving this playground. The restrooms are open on Saturday afternoons (I don’t know about Sundays). I have never seen an unhappy child here, and not once have I seen a parent allow their child to boss other kids around.
Lots of people chillaxing on the grass and dogs abound outside of the playground.
I highly recommend this park!

Birthday parties for little kids are fun. Especially when the face painter that was hired looks like a fairy tale princess. And even more so, if this princess looks like she didn’t want to get up this morning, since last night’s binge drinking event lasted a little longer than initially planned. The kids must have still been able to smell the alcohol on her breath, but it didn’t seem to bother them. Good times.
I was watching this from a distance, one eye on my own daughter, sitting on a bench with my coffee, catching my breath from the climb up to this playground. The climb makes for great city views. It’s a nice, clean playground. No broken bottles in the sand, as you will find in Dolores Park. No homeless people hanging around, as is the case with the Civic Center playgrounds.
Lots of white folks. Lots.

As parks go this one is definitely a must try for any city kid.
My city kid gives this playground two thumbs up and applauds the padded rubber mat surface, colorful play sets with varied physical skill levels and a well designed out sandbox. OK so maybe he didn’t say all that, but I sure appreciate it.
The mere fact that he keeps asking to go back is a sure sign it’s one of his faves. I’m not kidding when I say he can literally spend hour here playing with other kids or by himself in the sandbox.
Oh and view? Forgeddabout it.

Really, really great playground!
I love the fact that there is a little toddler section and the big kid section. I love the weird, squishy ground. I love the sand is clean and is the big, soft grains that easier to clean up after the kid goes in. The views are fantastic. The equipment is fantastic and there is a lot of activities to choose from.
This is a extremely popular park and I can see why.