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Emerald Glen Playground and Sports Park

Emerald Glen Park, Glynnis Rose Drive, Dublin, CA, USA

Dawn to dusk

$

water-activities, playground

Emerald Glen is a vast park with fun playgrounds, a water play area and sports fields for a truly memorable day with your family.

This 48+ acre park offers baseball fields, soccer fields, softballs fields, bocce ball, tennis courts, basketball courts, skate park, cemented walking paths, picnic/bbq areas and a rose garden plus other neat art and fountains found around the grounds and The WAVE indoor swimming pool with an amazing outside waterpark. So much!

There are two playgrounds. The first playground is pretty open and spaced out! The big draw is the rocky area with two slides. Kids can climb up a variety of ways from the raw rock side to evenly carved out steps. The rock face has some neat “fossils” for the little archaeologist! Speaking of archeologists, the sandbox has a dinosaur skeleton so don’t forget your sand toys! In addition to the rock, there are two structures at this bigger playground with fun elements like bridges, spiral slides, tunnel slides, monkey bars, zip line, monkey rings, math activities, a musical activity, a variety of letters and a fun lookout bubble. In the center of the play area there’s an awesome water pad that has lots of activity on hot days! On top of it all, there's a swing set with both bucket and standard swings.

The second play structure is way smaller with a slide, steps, ladder, swings, climbing net/wall, and swing set. Behind this smaller playground is a large hill you can walk up and get a pretty good look at all this park has to offer. 

There is plenty of parking near both play areas plus open bathrooms! 

Features

Parking Restrooms Playground Baseball Rose Garden Basketball Tennis Courts Water play
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Jessie Fritzen
Jessie relocated to the Bay Area in 2013 to be a high school math teacher and since has gotten married, has two kids, and is now a SAHM, stay/slay at home mom. She enjoys working on her embroidery crafts and taking her kids to local playgrounds and regional nature parks, both of which were activities she became passionate about during the pandemic when she needed an outlet and a way to maintain her mental health. She loves encouraging local families and visitors alike to laugh, play, and explore. There’s so much to see and do so get outside and do it! #amom2kidsandapark
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