Historic Thompson Park playground

Thompson Park is one of those places Watertown locals genuinely love, and the playground there fits right into that. It sits inside a proper historic park, so while the kids run around, you’ve got real scenery around you — not just a patch of asphalt behind a strip mall. Zoo New York is right there too, which makes it easy to turn the whole thing into a solid half-day out without much planning. Families come back here regularly, and honestly, it’s not hard to see why.