Franklin Park
Features You'll Find:
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SPORTS
- Baseball / Softball
- Basketball
- Football / Rugby
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NATURAL FEATURES
- Community Garden
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BUILDINGS & PICNIC SITES
- Picnic / Drop in
- Picnic / Reservable
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PLAYGROUND
- Playground
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- Restrooms / Year Round
- Trail / Hard
- Trail / Soft
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SWIMMING
- Spraygrounds
Hours:
Open ½ hour before sunrise
Close ½ hour after sunset
Sprayground Hours
Restroom Schedule
1201 S. Puget Sound Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98405

- PICNIC SHELTER RENTALS
A picnic shelter is available to reserve between April 1 and September 30. Reservations may be made up to 365 days in advance. - SPRAYGROUND
Franklin Park's new sprayground is a great place to bring the kids. Admission is free. Come splash, play and cool off! Sprayground Hours
- Play Area Accessibility Information
HELP KEEP THIS PARK CLEAN, GREEN & SAFE
Learn more about how you can volunteer your time, services and support to enhance this park.
FRANKLIN PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN
The Community Garden program provides an abundance of gardening opportunities including meeting your neighbors, becoming more self-reliant, beautifying your neighborhood, producing nutritious food, reducing your family food budget, conserving resources and getting outdoors for some healthy exercise.
HISTORY
Franklin Park covers an area of more than 20 acres extending from Lawrence Street to Puget Sound and from South 12th to South 16th. The majority of the land was a gift to the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma from the West End Playground Association in 1937 for a "perpetual public park and playground". The new park was named Franklin Park due to its proximity to Franklin Elementary School. Read more about the history of Franklin Park.
Events Happening Here:
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09 Mar
Franklin Park Volunteer Work Party
Register Online Help restore your local park's natural area every second Saturday. Our habitat...
09:00 am -
13 Apr
Franklin Park Volunteer Work Party
Register Online Help restore your local park's natural area every second Saturday. Our habitat...
09:00 am -
11 May
Franklin Park Volunteer Work Party
Register Online Help restore your local park's natural area every second Saturday. Our habitat...
09:00 am
Current News
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01 Oct
Green Tacoma Day Oct. 10 features free fun for kids in Wright Park
Volunteers needed elsewhere to cut English ivy, Scotch broom and Himalayan blackberries and replant native vegetation...