Free Play

Free Play • Passive • Drop-in • Informal • Play

What Is the Free Play Program and Who Can Play?

Free Play is field time set aside for the community to enjoy passive, drop-in, and informal play outdoors. Free Play space is intended to be welcoming and to safely benefit multiple community members from a variety of households/neighborhoods at the same time. The Program is perfect for personal, casual, spontaneous use, like a mom and son tossing a ball, friends playing Ultimate Frisbee, or a family enjoying kickball.

Free Play Schedule

  • The program is offered from March through October for natural grass, and year-round for synthetic turf. 
  • No Free Play on holiday weekends.
FREE PLAY SCHEDULE March 3 through August 3, 2025
Weekdays Athletic Fields Hours
Mondays Highlands Park  4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Tuesday

Everest Park Field 4 (3/3-3/22)
Crestwoods Park Field 3 (4/1-4/15)
No FreePlay available (4/22-5/27)
Crestwoods Park Field 3 (6/3-7/29)

 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Wednesdays Terrace Park 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Thursdays Spinney Homestead Park 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Fridays 132nd Square Park Fields 2/3 (3/3-4/27 & 6/9-7/20) 7 PM to 9 PM
  Crestwoods Park Field 3 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
 Weekends Athletic Fields  Hours
Saturdays 132nd Square Park Fields 2/3 4 PM to 7 PM
  Juanita Beach Park Field 3 (3/3-6/1 only) 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
  Juanita Beach Park Field 1 (6/2-7/6 & 8/2 only) 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
 Sundays 132nd Square Park Fields 2/3 5 PM to 8 PM
  Crestwoods Park Field 1 4 PM to 7 PM
  Highlands Park 10 AM to 2 PM
  Juanita Beach Park Field 2 2 PM to 6 PM

 

FREE PLAY SCHEDULE August 4 through November 2, 2025
Weekdays Athletic Fields Hours
Mondays Highlands Park  4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Tuesday Juanita Beach Park Field 3 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Wednesdays Terrace Park 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Thursdays Spinney Homestead Park 4 PM to 8 PM or dusk, whichever comes first
Fridays 132nd Square Park Fields 2/3  7 PM to 10 PM
 Weekends Athletic Fields  Hours
Saturdays 132nd Square Park Fields 2/3 6 PM to 9 PM
 Sundays Crestwoods Park Field 1 1 PM to 4 PM
  132nd Square Park Fields 2/3 4 PM to 7 PM

*This schedule is subject to change when necessary to accommodate new City programs.

Are Any Activities Not Allowed During Free Play?

Certain categories of uses are not and instead require a Facility Use Permit or a contract with the City to use a park.

  • Examples are business uses, like instructors serving clients for payment or for free (dog trainers, personal trainers), and league/team use (one on one coaching, team players practicing with or without a coach, etc.). 
  • Groups/clubs which are organized, and/or repetitive, and/or large are also not permissible.
    • Examples are running clubs, Ultimate Frisbee/Soccer clubs, etc.
  • Unsafe, high-risk, damaging activities are also not allowed.
    • Examples of high-risk activities include golf, archery, remote control activities, laser tag, Bubble Soccer, etc.
    • Examples of damaging activities are digging, stakes that may penetrate irrigation, paint, etc.
  • On Synthetic Turf fields, dogs, metal cleats, glass, seeds, stakes, and gum are not allowed.

Questions

  • We appreciate your cooperation to make this new program a success and hope you enjoy this opportunity to get outdoors and be active!

Contact Us

Nicci Osborn
Program Coordinator
425-587-3330
FieldRentals@kirklandwa.gov

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