Adventure Playground
Adventure Playground is an urban park and adventure playground in Berkeley, California, located at the Berkeley Marina. Top of the list nearby is Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, 6.4 mi away. Weather is mildest over March to November, with 63–76°F highs.
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A garden inside Berkeley
You can stay in Berkeley
Adventure Playground is inside Berkeley, which has 30 places to stay, so you won’t need a base farther out. Where to stay ↓
A day trip from San Jose
San Jose is about 48 miles southeast (straight-line). Where to stay ↓
Best months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov
March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November are the mild months, with highs of 63–76°. When to go ↓
An airport 11 miles away
Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK) has airline service, about 11 miles from Adventure Playground.
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures and Wikipedia.
Weather through the year
Each month’s highs and lows around Adventure Playground are below.
Adventure Playground
Adventure Playground is an urban park and adventure playground in Berkeley, California, located at the Berkeley Marina. The park opened in 1979 based on the ideas of Danish architect Carl Theodor Sørensen, who had made use of scrap junkyards for playgrounds when Copenhagen was under occupation during World War II. The adventure playground model, sometimes referred to as a "junk playground," is to provide children with the resources to build. The available tools include saws, hammers, workbenches, and nails. The legal liability raised by giving children relatively unrestricted access to these tools has made adventure playgrounds rare in the United States, with the Berkeley Adventure Playground being one of only four in the country.
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- Garden
- Wikipedia readers
- 1.8K a year
Overnight near Adventure Playground
Nearest for a night are Berkeley (30) and San Francisco (528).
- 1Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
- 2USS Hornet
- 3Chase Center
- 4Lombard Street
- 5Oracle Park
- 6Presidio of San Francisco
- 7California Memorial Stadium
- 8Coit Tower
Compare 8 towns
| Town | From Adventure Playground | Drive | Places to stay | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | in town | — | 30 24 hotels · 4 inns & B&Bs · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 hostel | 121,911 | $1,414K | D− |
| San Francisco | 9 mi southwest | 15 min | 528 426 hotels · 24 motels · 37 inns & B&Bs · 5 lodges & cabins · 27 hostels · 6 campgrounds · 3 RV parks | 826,079 | $1,395K | D |
| Oakland | 8 mi southeast | 10 min | 89 56 hotels · 22 motels · 7 inns & B&Bs · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 hostel · 2 campgrounds | 440,838 | $930K | D− |
| Richmond | 7 mi north | 10 min | 14 9 hotels · 3 motels · 2 lodges & cabins | 114,861 | $668K | D |
| South San Francisco | 15 mi south | 20 min | 36 32 hotels · 2 motels · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 RV park | 64,941 | $1,189K | C |
| Emeryville | 2 mi south | 5 min | 8 6 hotels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 campground | 13,251 | $605K | D− |
| Vallejo | 17 mi north | 25 min | 36 24 hotels · 7 motels · 2 inns & B&Bs · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 campground · 1 RV park | 123,287 | $590K | D− |
| Alameda | 9 mi south | 15 min | 12 11 hotels · 1 inn or B&B | 76,876 | $1,236K | D |
Day trip from
Straight-line miles.
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Close to Adventure Playground
These well-known places are within 10 miles.
Big draw16 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw26 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw47 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw57 mi Stadium & arenaOracle Park
Big draw69 mi GardenPresidio of San Francisco
74 mi Stadium & arenaCalifornia Memorial Stadium
87 mi LookoutCoit TowerPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California Memorial Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Coit Tower: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Quick answers on Adventure Playground
Is Adventure Playground in Berkeley?
Yes. It’s inside Berkeley, CA.
When is the best time to visit Adventure Playground?
March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November, with highs of 63–76°.
How far is Adventure Playground from San Jose and Stockton?
About 48 miles southeast of San Jose and about 55 miles east of Stockton, as the crow flies.
What is the closest airport to Adventure Playground?
Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), about 11 miles away.
Where should I stay near Adventure Playground?
San Francisco (9 mi, 528 places to stay), Oakland (8 mi, 89 places to stay) and Berkeley (in town, 30 places to stay).
Tips for visiting, from Berkeley
Nobody has posted a tip yet; ask or answer in Berkeley’s Town Square.
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · NOAA climate normals · U.S. Census.