Exploring Guide: Things to do in Sherwood Park with Kids
Guide to Family-Friendly Activities in Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park is one of the best places near Edmonton for things to do with kids in Sherwood Park, especially if you’re looking for easy, family-friendly outings. Families come here for its mix of playgrounds, spray parks, walking trails, and community parks that make it simple to plan anything from a quick stop to a full day outside.
In the summer, spray parks and splash pads are a big draw, while playgrounds and green spaces are popular year-round for burning off energy. It’s an easy area to explore with kids, with lots of free and accessible activities spread throughout the community.
Best Things to Do in Sherwood Park With Kids
Discover Millennium Place
Millennium Place is a one-stop-destination for indoor fun. The all-year-round skating rink, indoor toddler playground with climbing wall and swimming pool with lazy river and wave pool make it a great all-season indoor destination. Your admission to Millennium Place includes all attractions.
Explore Sherwood Parks Best Trails
Explore the Natural attractions through the Riverside Nature Trail or Sherwood Park Natural area to feed chickadees, discover a geocache or spend time at the shore trekking down a path to the shoreline of the North Saskatchewan.
Unlimited arcade Play at Arkadium
Arkadium Retro Arcade has a collection of arcade games - all included in your general admission price. Visit on Wednesdays for Retro night, where all admission prices are rolled back. At Arkadium, you’ll find classic arcade games and a huge selection of pinball machines.
Discover STEAM Play at The Makery Space
Visit The Makery space for their drop-in open play, Sherwood Park day camps or the popular slime making sessions on Sunday for open-ended STEAM play.
Best Places to Explore Outdoors in Sherwood Park
Spray Parks in Sherwood Park
Broadmoor Lake Spray Park hits hard for one of the best spray parks in Edmonton area. The pirate-ship themed spray park with a unique slide feature, and on-ground toddler ‘river’ make it a popular spot for families with mixed age children. The adjacent playground, walking space and concession selling ice cream in the summer months make this a busier than normal spray park - but the large design makes for many places to play.
Playgrounds in Sherwood Park
Broadmoor Lake Playground is the most popular option for families with the spray park, walking trail around the lake, adjacent recreation centre and playground with amenities like bathrooms and concession.
HearthstonePlayground is a lesser known option that’s a little more of a ‘hidden gem’ with the out of the way location. This newer-development playground has a unique design making it worth the stop.
Yohemas Park has one of the rare find, race tracks through the playground climber for toy cars or marbles. The miniature ‘egg climber’ and pristine sand make this a popular local Sherwood Park playground for toddlers.
Cambrian Playground is a wide open, natural style of playground. Bring a blanket for the expansive green space, and pack a picnic for an extra-long playdate.
Eton Playground is a popular choice for parents with young children because of the toddler friendly design and integrate musical and sensory details in the playground.
Discover the Best Playgrounds in Sherwood Park Guide
Walking Trails and Green Spaces
Sherwood Park Natural Area is an easy trail for bird-watching, frog-hunting and fa popular location for feeding chickadees. Sherwood Park Natural Area can be accessed through both the winter and summer months. It’s a popular trail, just outside of Sherwood Park, where you can feed chickadees by hand. The 2.7 km trail is kid-friendly, and can be walked winter or summer.
Follow the Geocache Trail at Riverside Natural Trail to discover an easy to follow path that’s so filled with geocaches, your kids will want to finish the whole thing. Some of the most interesting and immersive geocaches we’ve found in the city have been installed on this trail. Download the free Geocache App and read our quick and easy guide to Geocaching in Edmonton and plan an adventure.
Best Places to Explore Indoors in Sherwood Park
Recreation Centres and Swimming Pools
Millennium Place is a one-stop-destination for indoor fun. The all-year-round skating rink, indoor toddler playground with climbing wall and swimming pool with lazy river and wave pool make it a perfect rainy-day, winter or escape the heat activity. Your admission to Millennium Place includes all attractions.
Kinsmen Leisure Centre is a local aquatic centre popular with parents of younger children. The toddler area has two sections, an impressive collection of water toys, a small-scale slide and fun splash features that aren’t too intense for toddlers and infants.
Day Trips from Sherwood Park
Summer Day Trip Ideas from Sherwood Park
Visit Miquelon Lake during the summer months for free nature-themed programming - every week. Discover the free foraging walks to learn about edible plants and hands-on programs to connect children with the natural world.
Elk Island National park is free to visit through the summer with the Canada Strong Pass. Take part in the free weekly programming like bison hikes or visit the interpretive centre at Astotin Lake for weekend sessions.
Visit the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village to step back in time and discover Ukrainian Culture through immersive experiences.
Winter Day Trip Ideas from Sherwood Park
Strathcona Wilderness Centre features groomed cross‑country ski trails for classic and skate skiing, snowshoeing and walking. Popular winter activities include: para nordic skiing with over twelve kilometres of trails, cross county ski lessons for families and winter camps.
Free Things to do in Sherwood Park
Visit Sherwood Park Mall for the monthly drop-in crafts and activities as part of their kids club program.
Drop-in for one of the monthly free swim events at Kinsmen Leisure Centre during the after-school swim, September to June.
Join the Summer Reading Challenge at Strathcona County Library for the chance to win prizes and engage in the interactive, in-library game.
Visit Meika's Birdhouse to meet the birds and learn about bird adoption in the community.
Hit up the Bowling Alley! Sherwood Park Bowl is a classic experience with the kids and an inexpensive way to escape the heat during the summer months with the Kids Bowl Free summer promotion.
Strathcona County Museum and Archives hosts a weekly free admission on Saturdays and a popular weekly drop-in gardening series for younger children during the warmer months of the year.