What makes for a perfect playground? Tell us about the slides and climbing structures that kids want to visit again and again ...

They constructed a 60-foot dry-tooling structure — a climbing wall clad with plywood that climbers can sink their ice picks and crampons into without needing any actual ice — on the lawn in the park.

A “bamboo jungle” play structure and rocks for climbing are featured at Northern Lights Park, which is opening in March 2025 north of Costco in Bellingham, Wash. Robert Mittendorf The ...