Constitution Park, Tequesta

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Description

Constitution Park is such a surprise! You don't even see it from the Seabrook Road, just a nondescript building (you enter from Dover Rd). But behind the building lies a wonderland! Here among swaying coconut trees, palmettos, and pines are a ton of things to do! Best of all (for older kids) is the sky-high playground. Wow! Those slides look hair-raising. There is plenty of climbing alongside the playground, with climbing wall, ropes, ladders, and rubber climbing squares. Kids younger than five will get very frustrated at this playground and not like it at all.
For toddlers there is a smaller playground with cute stations: at one of them kids can turn pictures to change the head, torso, and feet of an animal. At another station there are musical chimes perfectly tuned to the major scale. These sound much better than your typical playground chimes and my daughter loved making melodies on them. There are two bouncies, a dinosaur and a bumblebee.
This park is not very good for kids of medium size. Toddlers have a playground and kids aged seven and over have an incredible playground but kids of around 4 years old feel like neither playground is right for them.
A red fitness trail leads around the park past landscaped garden areas. Exercise stations are situated along it, including monkey bars. Among palms is a pretty pale-lime gazebo and a Caribbean-style building with restrooms. Several spiffy basketball courts offer more to do, and there are benches where you can sit in the shade by the courts. In the corner, a skate park adds even more fun, though it is fenced and only open limited hours. These activities are all intermingled within the park among clusters of palms, not laid out separately in barren areas like in most community sports parks. There is also a large picnic lawn with lovely shady areas.
This is an inspiring, tropical-looking park. And what's rare about it is that older kids will actually have more fun than little kids!
For a cup of tea or coffee, walk to Perks Coffee in Tequesta town, with cute outdoor seating on a patio. Or drive two minutes to Oceana Coffee Cafe, at 150 Hwy 1, a nice coffee shop with modern decor, ocean photos, and large windows. They sometimes have live music on Saturday mornings, and they have good chocolate croissants!
Check out also Pine Gardens Park behind Jupiter Library, with its super tall slides and cool five-person spinner. Indian Creek Park is another good one with a tall slide.
A beautiful place to visit nearby is the Jupiter Lighthouse where you can have a picnic by the water.

Photo Gallery

A tropical oasis!	Pathway to the playground.	Basketball courts with shaded bench and gazebo.
Basketball courts and plenty of palms.	Picnic on the grass.	Gigantic slide!!
Toddler playground.	Bouncies.	Toddler play area where you can change the head, torso, and feet of an animal.
Big kid playground.	Rock-climbing wall, bridge, and fort at the big kids' playground.	Playing ball on the grass.
Sheltered picnic tables beside the playground.	The amazing structure, with a bear and ice hill!	I love this tropical-blue concession stand. They made it white now, but hopefully they will change it back!
Climb up a bear!	Awesome slides!	A basketball game among the palms.
Guys having fun playing basketball.	White gate on Dover Rd.	Walking path that goes around the park.
Pretty gazebo.	Monkey bars station.	Looking toward the playground and coconut trees.
The playground.	Blue flowers along the path.	The path is shady in some spots, lined with pine trees.
Side angle of the playground. There is lots of shade and a gazebo for parties.	The concession building and restrooms.	Blue basketball courts.
Plants around a tree, and gazebo in distance.	The blue basketball courts and coconut trees.	A little boy scooters at the skate park.

Directions

Constitution Park is located at 102 Dover Rd, Tequesta FL. There are plenty of free, slanted parking spaces along the road, and a pretty white gate that leads into the park. 
Perks Coffee, 384 Tequesta Dr, Tequesta, FL 33469.Oceana Coffee Roasters, 221 Old Dixie Hwy #1, Tequesta, FL 33469.
Oceana Coffee Cafe, 150 US Highway 1, Tequesta. Don't confuse this with Oceana Coffee Roasters, which is their supply store.

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Overall Visitor Rating: Unrated.