6 Awesome Accessible Playgrounds in Collin County

Where are the All Abilities Playgrounds in Plano, Frisco, Dallas and nearby?

Let’s find out first: What is an inclusive playground?

Also known as all-abilities playgrounds, these are the best playgrounds in DFW that provide safe play opportunities for children of all ages and abilities. These types of playgrounds typically offer wheelchair accessibility, and areas for kids who deal with sensory overload to escape the playground commotion.

Ideally, it’s a play space where kids with cognitive and physical disabilities can easily play alongside their friends and siblings and develop social skills. It’s a perfect special needs playground near by for special needs children but allows for inclusive play.

Liberty Playground – Inside Windhaven Meadows Park

5400 Windhaven Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Recently opened inside the new Windhaven Meadows Park in West Plano near the intersection of Windhaven Parkway and W. Spring Creek Parkway.

The new park includes Liberty Playground, a 20,000-square-foot playground designed to be accessible for children of all abilities. 

Laid on a ground of synthetic turf, you’ll find a balanced mix of sensory play activities and physical play structures. The equipment focuses on the six elements of play: social, emotional, physical, sensory, cognitive and communicatory. 

There is also a sensory garden with wooden elements, water features and ample shade structures & 50 new trees to give us shade in the heat.

The park itself spans 123 acres with multiple amenities in addition to Liberty Playground.

Features:

• 1.9 miles of Walking trails
• A pond
• Natural open spaces
• A 5 acre Dog Park including shade, seating areas, drinking and rinse stations and pet waste and litter cans.
• Spray Ground
• Restrooms
• A Reservable Pavilion
• 320 Parking spaces including 12 accessible spaces

Jack Carter Playground 

2800 Maumelle Drive, Plano

Redesigned and built in 2017, it sits at the former location of Jack Carter Pool which has moved to another address. It’s specifically designed for children of all abilities to play, learn and grow together and includes experiences that involve movement, climbing and a mix of tactile, visual and auditory experiences.

There are several great bigger pieces to play on and the ground is all cushioned to help kids if they fall. The park itself is really nice with a lot for kids to do but the grounds area is really great for parents and families too.

Another nice feature of the park is a giant sand volleyball court! Bring some cups, shovels, and buckets to provide loads of entertainment and fun for kids.

McKinney All Abilities Playground

Bonnie Wenk Park, 2996 Virginia Parkway, McKinney, TX 

The Park, a Joint Venture between the Rotary Club and the City of McKinney has been open since 2018.

Park Features

• Five play pods/areas: 
• All-abilities playground
• Skywalk
• Zipline and ropes course
• Multipurpose fields

Hope Park, Frisco

8000 McKinney Road, Frisco

It’s a great asset to Frisco families and well worth a visit! This park, within Frisco Commons Park, is just off Main Street near Preston Road. It’s big, innovative and provide a variety of entertaining play experiences for kids. It’s not just slides and swings! 

An area for younger kids with accessible play equipment of all types and a more challenging area for older ones. 

It has 3 play areas:

• Top Lot (2-5 years)
• Big Kid Lot (5-12 years)
• Friendship park for all ages

Designed with a rubber park surface to cushion those falls, you’ll see climbing walls, slides, swings (including a tire swing), a choo-choo train, teeter-totter and a merry-go-round. 

You’ll also find a sensory area for kids at many developmental levels. 

KidMania 

701 Angel Parkway, Allen

This handicap accessible playground in Allen in Celebration Park, as is Casey’s Clubhouse located in Grapevine’s Dove Park between the neighborhoods Hunters Ridge and Winding Creek Estates.

Features

• Barbecue Grills
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Hike/Bike Trails
• Lacrosse
• Pavilion
• Picnic Tables
• Playground
• Restrooms
• Soccer
• Softball
• Sprayground
• Tennis

Celebration Park is specially designed for family fun with pavilions, picnic tables, sports fields and a hike and bike trail. Every day, except Wednesdays, between May 1 and October 31, water jets at the spray ground provide water fun for children ages 2 to 12. Covering more than one acre, kidMania is one of the largest handicap-accessible playgrounds in Texas.

The Ann Eisemann Inclusive Playground 

1301 W. Belt Line Road, Richardson

Nearby in Richardson, it’s located in an 11,000-square-foot Parks & Recreation amenity located in Cottonwood Park. 

The playground includes:

• Separate Play areas for ages 2-5 and ages 5-12
• Poured-in-place rubber safety surface
• Four types of swings, including traditional “belt” swings and “tot buckets” as well as high-backed, plastics seats that provide added support, and two-person swings, in which a child and an adult face each other
• Adaptive merry-go-round, in which children can sit in molded plastic seats next to children who are standing
• Double see-saw and a tire swing
• Two “roller slides,” which provide faster movement and more muscle/joint sensation
• Adjacent, accessible, family-style restroom with a drinking fountain
• Sensory Garden

The playground also includes concrete walkways and an extensive ramp system, which provides access to decks, climbing equipment and slides. The playground is open daily, sunrise to sunset.

These Playgrounds are perfect for Kids with all types of Special Needs and Abilities, but you should check out these Indoor and Outdoor Playgrounds around Collin County!