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Things to do for families in Phoenix, Az Area

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Danelle Manlig

These are a few of our favorite parks to play outside when the weather is beautiful in the winter months. Some of our fun escapes when it gets🥵 and we are looking for indoor A/C activities in the summer. I tried to keep most of the items on the list...

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Wonderful Zoo! It’s mostly outdoor so best time of year to go is Oct - April

Phoenix Zoo

This park is in Surprise by the Baseball fields where the Rangers do their Spring training. Has a pond with ducks & fish, covered play area for kids and nice walking path. Ice cream trucks and shave ice trucks come often too.

Surprise Community Park

This is a lovely park in the SW area! There is a little hill that I stood on to be able to have eyes on my boys. As you can see in the pictures it’s not fully shaded only partial

Park - Goodyear Recreation Campus

We’ve had lots of fun at this park. Feels like it has a good amount of shade too. There is also a walking/biking trail across the bridge. We’ve taken our bikes for rides here too.

Rio Vista Recreation Center

This place is amazing! Very interactive! You can easily spend all day here with your kids exploring all the different areas. As a parent I did like that many of the areas were sectioned off enclosed spaces. Made it easier to keep track of my kids. It...

Children’s Museum of Phoenix

This is a unique park. It has a train theme playground with two play areas one for older 5-12 and younger 2-5. There is lots of shade. Has a splash pad that opens in March. Train rides for $3.00 a ticket(updated 2026) children 2 and under are free. T...

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

Huge aquarium! They have areas where kids can touch some tide pool sea life. Wide variety of sea life, my favorite are the penguins and otters. There is a rotating viewing room that’s really fun too. Also all indoors, we save this activity for when i...

OdySea Aquarium

There are 6 locations throughout the valley. Look on Groupon they always have a deal going for 3 hours of play for lower cost. It’s an indoor play place and trampoline park. When it’s summer time too hot outside to play and my boys are over the pool....

Indoor Playground & Trampoline Park Chandler Kids and ... - Uptown Jungle

There are 9 locations in the Valley. You do need to plan ahead a Reserve a table. This was fun activity; especially if you have little artists. $10 per painter (2 & under paint free) Also indoor activity out of the heat

As You Wish Pottery

All outdoors except the aquarium. So aim to come during the cooler months. Love the train ride with the informative ducks teaching you about the animals takes you all over the park. I also brought my own feed so I didn’t have to pay for it, little zi...

Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park