Duxbury Library Playground

77 Alden St, Duxbury, MA 02332, USA

Town of Duxbury: 781-934-1100

Owned By: Town of Duxbury

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The Duxbury Library Playground is a spacious fenced-in facility with areas for younger and older children. It is also known as Ellison Playground and Grafton Toddler Park. Also nearby, on the other side of the parking area next to Alden Street, there is a basketball court, a tennis court, and 3 pickleball courts.

Features

Constructed in 2003, the playground features swings, slides, tunnels, climbing structures, and bouncing equipment, plus play structures for toddlers and elementary school age children. There are woodchips and rubber mats underfoot. The tennis and basketball courts are located on the other side of the building.

This land is within the region of the Patuxet Wampanoag tribe, who for centuries have inhabited the area around the Jones River now known as Duxbury, Kingston and Plymouth. To learn more about local Native American tribes, we encourage you to interact with their members. The Mashpee Wampanoag and the Herring Pond Wampanoag share information on their websites.

Habitats and Wildlife

There are a couple of trees adjacent to the playground providing a little bit of shade.

The library property is part of the Bluefish River watershed. The Bluefish River originates in ponds and springs between Duxbury’s Station & Washington Streets and Partridge Road, and flows north, parallel to the coast, to the Cushman Preserve. From there, it turns east, passing the Reynolds-Maxwell Garden and flowing under Washington Street, where it opens up into a broad estuary. The Bluefish River merges with the Duxbury Back River in Duxbury Bay.