Made in the Shade

Burch Avenue park

Burch Avenue Park is located near Duke in a quiet neighborhood. It too has a nice fence around it to help contain roaming toddlers. The play equipment is brand new and was installed in 2010. The coolest part? There's a fun stage at the back of the park so kids can show off their creative sides as well as their active ones!

Indian Trail

Indian Trail is another great shaded Durham park located in North Durham. This park has play structures with a little different style. They are wooden with a European look, and it's always fun to take kids to a playground with different types of structures. This park also offers access to the Ellerbee Creek Trail, for biking, hiking or running.

Piney Wood Park

Piney Wood Park in South Durham also has a good bit of shade. Piney Wood always seems to be bustling with lots of kids and parents happily playing. There are several play structures and other interesting nets and poles to climb on. They also have swings and a nearby dog park to watch. The woods bordering the play ground are full of things to explore with a large teepee built of of logs and a dry creek bed running through.

St. Stephen's

The playground at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is also one of our favorites for shady play. It's located off of Hwy. 751. They do have a preschool during the school year, so the playground is off-limits until 1 o'clock. Sometimes in the summer it is open all day, but you might check their summer camp schedule to ensure availability. The playground is huge and fenced. There are two separate areas with two different play structures, sandboxes and swings. The kids have lots of room to get their energy out while the fence keeps them nicely contained.

Rockwood Park

Rockwood Park is always one of our favorite parks in town. It's located near the intersection of 15-501 and University in central Durham. Nestled under the shade of a tall canopy of trees, Rockwood has play structures, swings, a basketball court, several bridges and a great little trail encircling the whole thing that is great for bike riding.

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Burch Avenue park

Indian Trail

Piney Wood Park

St. Stephen's

Rockwood Park

Made in the Shade

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