Local Parks and Playgrounds

Ellsworth Park

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621 Ellsworth Drive, Bethesda, MD. Right next to the Silver Spring Library on Colesville Road. If you are on Colesville Rd, you want to turn onto Woodside Parkway (on the right if you are going north, leaving Silver Spring, on the left if you are going south toward Silver Spring). Then take the first right onto Ellsworth Dr. (map)

This neighborhood park has a playground with lots of great wooden posts to climb on, a picnic area, and tennis courts.

If your kids are into climbing, this is a great park to go to, one whole area of the park is filled with 6 inch square posts sticking straight up to different heights, really fun to climb on. There are also a bunch of slides, swings, and some more traditional playground equipment. There are lots of small picnic tables and some of them have checker boards built in.

Detailed park inventory

Playground Equipment

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QuantityConditionDescription
Baby Swings2good
Standard Swings3good
Tire Swings1good
Straight slides2good
Spiral slides2good
Covered slides1good
Climbing apparatus1good
Things to bounce on3goodTwo horses and a two-seat space shuttle.
Bridges2goodBoth are made of wood and are intentionally wobbly.
Tunnels1goodConnecting two parts of the play structure.

Relaxing/Picnicing

QuantityConditionDescription
Benches10good
Picnic Tables9goodMost are square and seat 4, one on each side. Some have built in checker/chess boards.
PergolaYgood
Trash CansYgood
Water Fountains1good

Environment

QuantityConditionDescription
Treesyesgood
SunyesgoodMost of the playground area is in the sun
ShadeyesgoodMost of the picnic tables are shaded.

Sports and Fitness

QuantityConditionDescription
Tennis courts2good

Other

QuantityConditionDescription
ParkingyesokSome on street, 2 hour limit.

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Park sign

Ellsworth Park sign
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Wooden climbers

Wooden climbers
(Large version)

Swings

Swings
(Large version)

Playground area

Playground area
(Large version)

Playground equipment

Playground equipment
(Large version)

Slides and climbing equipment

Slides and climbing equipment
(Large version)

Tennis courts

Tennis courts
(Large version)