Kid-Friendly Fun at Local Sprinkler Parks

Everybody can use a quick cool-down in a heatwave—especially kids and parents.

Local Moms recommend the following local sprinkler parks:

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"(Both)are great because they are close and have a lot of other things to do when kids get tired of being wet," Lewis wrote in a . "And the water is on already! Dugger has better shade and a better climbing structure, and Capen Street has sand to thoroughly baste a wet little body."

Cathi Lodato likes Grimmons Park, just over the line in Somerville.

"It's for all ages," Lodato . "My niece is only 17 months old and was walking along getting her feet wet.  She enjoyed it. The park is definitely parent friendly! We were all walking through it wetting our feet."