Boston family weekend planner
Best parks & outdoors in Boston
Family-friendly parks, playgrounds, regional open space and outdoor adventures across San Francisco, the Peninsula, the East Bay, and the South Bay. Browse 30 family-friendly spots and 8 upcoming events on FamHop.
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Upcoming parks & outdoors
- Family Nature Program · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
- Family Fitness and Play · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
- Family Nature Program · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
- Family Nature Program · Saturday, July 4, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
- Family Fitness and Play · Saturday, July 4, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
- Family Nature Program · Sunday, July 5, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
- Family Fitness and Play · Saturday, July 11, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
- Family Fitness and Play · Saturday, July 18, 2026
Boston Parks Events, Boston · Free
Top-rated parks & outdoors
- Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park · Boston
Outside hangout in Boston.
- Foster's Pavilion · Boston
- Boston Public Garden · Boston
Outside hangout in Boston.
- Underground at Ink Block · Boston
Outside hangout in Boston.
- Bunker Hill Monument · Boston
View stop in Boston.
- Peters Park · Boston
Outside hangout in Boston.
- Skywalk Observatory · Boston
- Charles River Esplanade · Cambridge
Outside hangout in Cambridge.
- Charlesgate Park · Boston
Outside hangout in Boston.
- Back Bay Fens · Brookline
Outside hangout in Brookline.
- Mary O'Malley State Park · Chelsea
Outside hangout in Chelsea.
- Draw Seven State Park · Somerville
Outside hangout in Somerville.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site · Brookline
Outside hangout in Brookline.
- Torbert Macdonald State Park · Medford
Outside hangout in Medford.
- Cypress Street Playground · Brookline
Outside hangout in Brookline.
- George Washington Tower · Cambridge
- Reverend Thomas J. Williams Park · Cambridge
Outside hangout in Cambridge.
- Malden Youth Community Garden · Malden
Outside hangout in Malden.
- Hunting Field · Malden
Outside hangout in Malden.
- Boston Harbor Islands State Park · Boston
Outside hangout in Boston.
- RoomEscapers · Boston
- Custom House Tower Observation Deck · Boston
- Mary Soo Hoo Park · Boston
- North End Parks · Boston
- Elliot Norton Park · Boston
- Harborwalk Lookout · Boston
- Reggie Wong Memorial Park · Boston
- Piers Park · Boston
- Grand Junction Park · Cambridge
- James P. Kelleher Rose Garden · Brookline