For Boca Raton families, Sugar Sand Park is an institution, from its carousel rides and playground to the Willow Theatre and Children’s Science Explorium. Now, it’s in the running for USA Today’s 10Best’s Reader’s Choice Awards.
Sugar Sand Park’s Science Playground is one of 20 playgrounds being voted on by the public for Best Public Playground. Nearby Barrier Free Park in Boynton Beach is also on the list of 20. Other contenders include playgrounds in New York City, Philadelphia, Seattle, St. Louis, San Antonio and more.
“It’s an honor to be listed among some of the great playgrounds in America,” Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Executive Director Briann Harms said in a press release. “We’re extremely proud of Sugar Sand’s Science Playground and how much it’s loved by our community.”
At the playground, children (and kids at heart) can climb into a human head, crawl through the ribs of a Florida Imperial Mammoth, sit aboard a spaceship en route to Mars, and wander through a DNA double helix, coral reef, and other interactive activities.
The public is welcome to vote for Sugar Sand Park once a day until April 6.
Open since 1995, Sugar Sand Park’s playground’s design was inspired by local children providing input on what was their “fantasy playground,” according to the press release, and came to fruition thanks to more than 1,000 volunteers.
