Work It Out: 7 Seattle-Area Parks With Exercise Equipment for Grown-Ups

For kids: One of the best playgrounds in the south end, Les Gove Park has a large play area with plenty to do; it was carefully designed to be accessible to kids with disabilities. Kids will especially love the steep slides, musical instruments and a large sand play area that includes a man-made creek. A popular spray park also operates in the summer.

For adults: Parents and caregivers will find fitness equipment (also donated by MOMentum) to work abs, obliques and arms set along the north side of the playground. There are also several gliders that face the play area.

Find it: 910 9th Street S.E., Auburn; free parking in the lot off Deal’s Way.

Also nearby: This 20-acre park has tons more to explore, including a flat, paved walking/biking path, bocce ball court, gymnasium with drop-in programs and public library branch. The adjacent White River Valley Museum is a small, kid-friendly museum with fascinating, unusual rotating exhibits plus permanent, hands-on fun for kids. Don’t miss snapping a photo with the spectacular public art at Les Gove Park.

Next stop: Bataan Park