The Nest at Downtown Cary Park in Cary, N.C., and Chapman Foundations Adventure Playground at Gathering Place in Tulsa, Okla., beat out Kendall Weisgerber Memorial Playground for the top two spots.
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Baileys Harbor playground takes third in national contest
A labor of love is getting national attention this week, and you don’t have to travel far to find it. The Kendall Weisgerber Memorial Playground was just ranked third in the best public playground category as part of the USA Today’s 10Best travel site. Door County has been featured on the site several times before, taking second place for the best place to visit in the fall, and the seventh best place to visit in the summer in 2024. It was honored as the best Wisconsin attraction in 2017 and the best place for fall foliage in 2019. Originally built in 1992 in honor of the late Kendall Weisgerber, it was reimagined and reopened to the public last year. It now features an all-inclusive playground, allowing kids of all physical abilities to play together. It also serves as a solemn nod to Weisgerber with an arch adorned with butterflies made by Gibraltar students. Before last year’s celebration, Kari Bauman, who was Weisgerber’s sister and helped spearhead the fundraising efforts, explained why the park means so much to her family.
