Zube Park

Look at the fish!

Twisty slide!

A playset for little kids too!

Even a tunnel slide.

Swings.

A cool see-saw.

Lots of soccer fields!

Zube Park in Hockley (17560 Roberts Rd) is a 140 acre park with a playground, jogging trail, soccer fields, & a pond.  There are restrooms available, right next to the playground.

Hermann Park

Hermann Park in Houston (6201 Hermann Park Dr) is a 445 acre with something for everyone to do.  Seriously.  Bayou Parkland (80 acres of natural setting to hike, picnic, or just enjoy), Buddy Caruth Playground (barrier free play are & splash park), Hermann Park Golf Course (18 hole municipal course), Hermann Park jogging trail (~2 mile trail around the park), Hermann Park Railroad (buy a ticket & ride the train!), Garden Center, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston Zoo, Japanese Garden, Judson Robinson Jr Community Center (full gym + room rental), Molly Ann Smith Plaza (interactive water fountains for the kids), Lake Plaza (pedal boat lagoon), Mary Gibbs & Jesse H Jones Reflection Pool, McGovern Lake (8 acre lake that allows catch & release fishing for children under 12 & senior citizens), Miller Outdoor Theater, & the Pioneer Memorial Loghouse Museum.  Of course we focused on the playgrounds, but the whole park is great fun, you could spend the whole day & still be ready to come back & see even more!  There are public restrooms, Pinewood Cafe, & lots of other things to ensure your day is comfortable & fun.

Meyer Park

There's a little kid playground.

 The little kids have their own swings.

 The big kid playground!

Big kid swings!

 Look, another playground, with a twisty slide!

 Lots of grassy space with picnic tables & benches everywhere.

A little covered area for a shady picnic. 

I see lots of turtles!! 

 A bird coop?  That's crazy!

 We followed a trail & found this nice spot.

Meyer Park in Spring (7700 Cypresswood Dr) is 180 acres of soccer fields, baseball fields, trails, playgrounds, a basketball court, duck pond, & fishing lake.  There are covered picnic areas, a gazebo, & a picnic pavilion (that can be reserved here).  There are restroom facilities & water fountains available.  When it rains a lot, both swing areas & some of the playground area floods.  The park is split in half by Cypresswood Dr, with the playgrounds & ponds on the same side.

Telge Park

Lots of stuff to play on!!

Slides, tic tac toe, & bouncy rides!

These work as monkey bars.

A climby thing!

Look at that big slide.

Swings are so much fun.

Mommy can sit there.

The nature trail.

Telge Park in Cypress (12400 Pleasant Grove Rd) is a 111 acre park with a nature trail, creek, wetland habitat, & a playground.  There is a restroom at the park, near the playground. With the creek & all the trees, I highly recommend you bring bug spray.

Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Garden

We started on the pretty side.  My mommy likes pretty things.

 Mommy said something about there being lots of photo ops around here.  Whatever that means.

 A maze made out of plants!!

 This is the side I came for!  PLAY TIME!!

 This playground is HUGE!

Look at all the tubes & stuff! 

There's a zip line over there too! 

 Swings & a rock wall!

 I love to climb, this things looks fun.

 There are lots of benches to sit on, and so many picnic tables to have lunch!

 This is the playground for little kids.  I'm too big & cool for it now.  ;)

...but it did have some cool bouncy things & more swings!

Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens in Humble (22306 Aldine Westfield Rd.) is a fun place for the whole family - and it's FREE!  It's open 8am-5pm 361 days a year.  The park is split in half by Aldine Westfield Rd.  The east side is where you'll find the botanic gardens, with plenty of beautiful plants & flowers, benches, and even a fan/misting station.  There's also a visitor center & gift shop.  There are restrooms on this side of the park.  You can either walk the trail under Aldine Westfield (it is a rather long walk to the back, where the playground is though), or hop in your car & drive across to the west side, where you'll find the playground, picnic spots, a canoe launch, and trails to check out.  There are also restrooms on this side of the park.  Please check out the rules of the park here (you can also find a map of the park there).