Houston Playground

A full fledged sports complex. It's set-up for: flag football, deck hockey, basketball courts, and flag football. There's a large playground as well for the young ones. There are bathrooms on site as well. Parking is left to parking on adjacent entrance streets. It can get a little congested as the night wears on for flag football. A fun time for the whole family.

I was amazed that during after school hours, the community center had volunteers that brought out equipment for youth boxing. Also, there was springs of water coming up from the ground. There are 2 play areas with swings and a climbing structure, one for toddlers & they other for elementary school-aged kids. The playground had nicely maintained courts: 2 hockey courts, basketball courts and tennis courts. A couple of baseball fields, a football field and perhaps nets for soccer and/or lacrosse. Behind the hockey court, is the start of the trail through Houston Meadow, which is approximately a mile and leads out to the Philadelphia Courtesy Stables. Usually the horses are out of their stalls grazing in the enclosed area. I took a left off the Houston Meadow Trail and it lead me to Forbidden Drive and associated trails. It was a great day.

We love bringing the kids here! We met up with some friends and everyone had a good time. The bathrooms were left open a little longer, which was appreciated. The multiple play areas is cool with the splash pad!

2 somewhat run down play areas (2-5 y/o, and older kids.) The little kids playground has shade so that's where I took my kids. Too hot to play in the other one, and even the structure that was in the shade, the slide was way too hot to use. There was dog poo in the older kids playground and overall the play areas didn't seem well maintained. It's a shame because the spray pad seems so fun! Big field next to the playground to run around and easy street parking.

TL/DR: Don't go out of your way for a visit. So, I read all the great reviews. Drove 4 kids from West Philly. Disappointment of the summer. This place is BEAT with peeling paint and old, weathered everything. The play equipment was not very stimulating for the 4,6,7,& 8 year old. The 4 year old literally said "This place is a bummer". 😂 However, the fields were awesome if you're on a team. The view is green. The bathrooms function - yay! - but smell terrible (and I do not have very high standards). Saving Grace: Epic, wild nature right behind park! Forget the playground, check out the meadow and woods.