Kid-Friendly Fun: Skate Park and YMCA

If you’re a skateboarder or do tricks on your bicycle, the Skate Park on Perkins Street is the perfect place to show off your moves on the park’s ramps, box pyramids, vertical bowls and rails.

Best of all, it’s free. The park is open daily from dawn to dusk.

The park is located right behind and across the street from the playground at the James Street Park. It’s convenient for middle school students as well, with the right down the hill. There’s also a Facebook group open for anyone to join who rides at the skate park.

But if swimming is more your thing, check out the on Lynnfield Street. It’s one certain means for enjoying a 90-degree day.

The pool is open Monday to Friday for recreational swimming until 7:45 p.m. Start time is 2 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and noon on Wednesday and Friday. The pool is open 10 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

In addition to the outdoor pool, the recreational facility includes an indoor pool, indoor track, full-size basketball court, rock climbing wall and all the latest gym training equipment, along with various programs for all ages throughout the year. Membership plans are available for children, seniors and families and there are childcare facilities on the premises.