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Moody Gardens Playground – Visiting Houston Area Parks, One Week at a Time

by Jill Jarvis Leave a Comment

Moody Gardens
Address:   7 Hope Blvd, Galveston, TX 77554

I know, I know, this is not a Houston Park. It’s not even a city park. But it’s free to visit, right on the water and a good addition to your visit to Galveston Island!

Right behind the Moody Garden’s Rain Forest and Discovery Pyramid is a little playground by the water. The pyramids have admission fees, but you can walk around them without a ticket.

Moody Gardens Pryamid
Park for free at Moody Gardens, walk around the pyramids and you will find an awesome walkway by the water. There is a butterfly garden, fountain, lots of benches and a cool ocean breeze.

Moody Gardens Playground Lillypads
In this spot you can find the playground next to the Colonel Paddlewheel Boat.

Steamboat at Moody Gardens
The playground and walkway do not require any tickets and the Moody Garden restrooms are also available without a ticket.

Moody Gardens Climbing
The play structure is in full sun, but has unique lilypad  bridges, stair steps to a fireman pole, slides and more.

Moody Gardens Aquarium Shark Tunnel
After your stop at the playground, you could explore the pyramids, the ropes course, the waterpark, the close-by Flight Museum,  the many beaches, the Ocean Star Drilling Museum, the Railroad Museum… and much much more!

Galveston Sea Wall Beach

Filed Under: All, Galveston, Parks, Things to do April 10, 2015

About Jill Jarvis

Jill Jarvis is the owner of JillBJarvis.com, a BigKidSmallCity.com and Things to Do in Houston, with Kids, blog!

She is the mom of 4 and started the website years ago... when she was tired of constantly cleaning up the same mess in the family room.

Another mom showed her that you could just go do fun things in Houston, without hours of planning.

This inspired the blog and changed everything about how she enjoyed life in Houston, with kids!

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