8 Best Indoor Playgrounds in the Bay Area

Peek-a-Boo Factory is an indoor playground designed for children to explore, climb, and play in a safe, imaginative environment. With colorful play structures, slides, and party rooms, it’s a popular destination for family fun and birthday celebrations.

Jumpity Bumpity is an ocean-themed indoor play center designed for young children to enjoy safe, active fun. It features bounce houses, obstacle courses, and soft play areas that promote physical activity and imaginative play.

Equipped with some of the most exciting and engaging play structures, Kidtopia aims to be a unique indoor recreation center that enables children to develop essential skills at a young age. The play zones at KidTopia include a creative make-believe zone with an ice cream truck, salon, mini market, kitchen, dollhouse, and train table, as well as the main play zone featuring a ball pit, climbing structures, slides, and more.

Safari Run is a jungle-themed indoor play center designed to keep kids active and entertained. It features obstacle courses, slides, and open play areas that encourage physical fitness through fun. 

La Petite Playhouse is a 10,000 sq. ft. facility that features giant undersea-themed play structures, a separate baby/toddler structure, an interactive “Eye Click” game, a climbing wall, two sports courts, a Magic Brush (Interactive Sketch Book), and private party rooms for birthday parties and special group events. 

House of Air is an indoor Trampoline Park located in West Crissy Field in The Presidio of San Francisco. Their athletic and recreational facility is host to open trampoline jump time, aerial and physical training on trampolines, trampoline dodgeball, fitness classes, and other recreation activities.

Sue Krawitz Tandoc said:  House of Air is your destination for family fun, exercise, programs and more. They offer special kids programs that focus on games, coordination, core strength and social skills. Their Open Air programs are fun for the whole family with open jumping with instructors on hand to assist. A safety lesson is included for first-timers. They also boast camp programs featuring sports, games, socialization and much more. House of Air is also a great venue for your child's birthday party. Hop over to House of Air for everything your family needs for fun and fitness!

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Imagination Playhouse is a fun indoor playground designed to support the fine motor, cognitive, social, and emotional development of generations of children.

Recess Collective is a San Francisco–based nonprofit that creates inclusive, community-centered spaces for families with young children, offering perinatal education, free play, creativity, and supportive connection from pregnancy through age four. Founded in 2018 as a nonprofit evolution of an earlier play-based community space, it partners with neighborhoods and organizations to design both permanent and mobile “Recess on Wheels” hubs that reduce isolation, deliver vetted resources, and promote early childhood development through play.