Douglass Community Center Playground — Attraction in Leesburg

My husband and I agreed this is the best playground we've ever seen! The bigger playground has some areas that involve risky play but it's challenging to get to them which keeps young kids safe. Smaller kids at one year and up enjoyed the smaller playground which had a lot of cool features such as musical memory games, a roller slide, and a wheel to spin that gives an action. They even had a merry go round! The playground is huge with lots of fun things to do, and all the families there were very nice.

Overall it was a great community with kids between 1-15 all playing happily. There is also a creek nearby, lots of grass to run and play games in, a covered pavilion of picnic tables, grills, and Adirondack chairs and tables for adults to watch kids play.

Additionally we learned so much about Black History and contributions to the USA and modern society. There are educational signs and historically themed structures for...

The new playground opened on May 31st, 2023.

Very new playset with a lot of variety of playsets, tall slides, and plenty to do.

There is a small sand park behind the building.

Parents can sit in lawn chairs . There is a shelter pavilion nearby Colorful and full of historical details of famous Black Americans for kids to learn about.

There are basketball court, biking trail , walking trail, 2 BBQ grills , plenty parking, floor hockey rink, and bathrooms .

Great place for parents and kids to have fun together.

One negative is not enough trash cans spread out...

Our family was excited to check out this new local park! Well done games and features. However the longer we stayed the heavy handed theme became less of celebrating minority historical figures (predominantly affiliated with one political party) and more of purposeful exclusion of ONE racial group. What could have been a fun intro to relevant American history was unfortunately more of a tax-funded political campaign geared toward children. Proceed at your own awareness...