Elm Creek Play Area
✓ Last confirmed for the 2026 season
Where: 12400 James Deane Parkway, Maple Grove, Minnesota
When: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: 5 am-10 pm
Cost: free
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One of the largest play areas in Minnesota, this brightly colored complex of tunnels, slides, ropes and swings in Elm Creek Park Reserve is accessible to people with disabilities and fenced with a single opening, which makes it easier to keep track of little ones. The sand-bottomed Elm Creek swim pond next door charges about $5 per person in season.