Falls Road Park - Hadley's Playground

Falls Road Park - Hadley's Playground

 

Location: 12600 Falls Road, Potomac, MD 

Park Website

  Metro:

Rockville - 2.6 miles (Red) Looks like the T2 bus will take you form the station to the park

You can also pick up Rockville's Millennium Trail near the Rockville station.  It runs along Norbeck Road and Wooton Parkway, and crosses Falls Road near the park.

My Opinion:

Features:

This place is really cool.  There are three main areas that are designed to look like a pirate ship, a castle, and a fort.  Each area has things to climb, platforms, bridges, slides, etc.  There are also some swings and a monkey bar area.

What's Unique:

Having the equipment themed as a ship, castle, and fort made this playground really fun.  Instead of just climbing around, kids were really using there imaginations.  While we were there, a group of girls all hid in the castle and pretended to be princesses, and a group of boys went the the ship to be pirates.  Then the pirates stormed the castle, captured a princess, and took her back to their ship.  What followed seemed a lot like tag and involved a lot of laughing.

There's a lot of space.  It seemed odd at first when I saw how spread out the equipment is, but after watching my kids play I realized they were doing a lot more running around than they normally do at a playground -   races, tag, hide and seek - simply because they had the space to do it.    Next time we go here (the kids were already planning their next visit on the car ride home) we'll bring the scooters and take advantage of all this flat and cushioned riding space.

Restrooms:Yes

Sun/Shade:Sunny!  There are some covered areas with tables, but the playground is out in the open.  There are some small trees on the east side of the park, so there will be some morning shade.  Go early. 

Surface: rubber mats.

A right turn out of the park, a left on Montrose, and then a right on Seven Locks will get you to a Giant, a McDonald's, and some other options.  A left out of the park, a right on Wooton Parkway, and then a left on Seven Locks will get you to a Starbucks.