The Play Zones
The Play Zones

Six spaces. Endless ways to play.

Each zone is thoughtfully designed for a different kind of exploration — with room for every ability, pace, and personality. Zone details and photos will be updated soon.
Zone 01

Sand & Water

A multi-sensory, nature-based experience with a water pump, sensory stream, creek channel, splash tables, and accessible sand play. Children experiment, build, and discover together.
Features include: picking garden, art wall, sensory channel wall, digging area, landscape boulders, wood bridge, willow dome, animal sculptures, and stamped animal tracks.
Zone 02

Tike & City Track

Wide pathways designed for trikes, wheelchairs, and side-by-side play. Builds confidence, spatial awareness, and independence. Features artificial turf hills, a toddler bridge and tunnel, and interactive panels.
Features include: trike track with painted play signs, color shadow art panel, Rube Goldberg sensory panel, chalkboard panel with scavenger hunt, moveable picnic tables, themed playhouses, and market stand.
Zone 03

Boulder Hill

Rock climbing, balancing, body awareness, and a quiet retreat hut for children who need a peaceful moment. The spinner and hanging bars build vestibular and upper-body strength. The embankment roller slide offers a sensory-friendly sliding experience.
Features include: boulder hill & climbing wall, spinner, hanging bars, sensory panels, communication board, quiet retreat hut, mosaic seat wall, tree bench, and planting & stepping stones.
Zone 04

Imagination Zone

A stage, fort-building area, playhouse with instruments, and accessible amenities create a welcoming environment for creative, collaborative, and imaginative play. Parent meeting benches offer caregivers space to connect while children explore.
Features include: performance stage, fort-building platform & posts, existing play house with instruments, parent meeting benches and planting, exterior bike rack, and welcome sign.
Zone 05

Toddler Exploration

Designed for our littlest learners — a colorful covered canopy, gentle climbing, musical instruments, nature-based play, and soft sensory experiences. Raised garden beds, a garden workbench, and sensory planting area encourage hands-on discovery.
Features include: covered structure & LED café lights, sensory panels, instruments, toddler play house, toddler swing, gravel desks & seats, gravel digging area, insect hotel, quiet retreat hut, and raised garden beds.
Zone 06

Art & Nature Garden

A calming, creative space woven through the playground with garden areas, art windows, easels, stepping stones, and nature exploration. Designed for quiet wonder, sensory discovery, and creative expression at every child’s own pace.
Features include: art wall, sensory picking garden, planting areas, stepping stones, nature kitchen, and integrated sensory experiences throughout.

Questions about the play center?

Call us at 907-279-1200 or visit us at 1117 East 35th Avenue, Anchorage.
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