The Best U.S. Cities for Playground Access 2025 (Dream Garden Global Study)
🌈 Introduction At Dream Garden , we believe playgrounds are more than just places to burn energy — they are where confidence, coordination, and creativity begin to grow. A well-designed play space helps children move freely, connect with others, and develop essential physical and social skills. Whether outdoors in local parks or indoors in community play centers, accessible playgrounds shape healthier, happier childhoods . That’s why Dream Garden analyzed how well U.S. cities make space for kids to play, combining local park accessibility with the number of playgrounds available for families . 🏆 Where Kids Have Room to Play According to Dream Garden’s new analysis of 99 major U.S. cities , Cincinnati, Las Vegas, and Madison lead the nation in playground accessibility. The study compared: the number of playgrounds per 10,000 children , and the percentage of residents within a 10-minute walk of a park , to create a Playground Access Score reflecting both avail...