DOVER ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
The City of Dover, in collaboration with the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire and many generous supporters, has created the new, innovative Dover Adventure Playground. This unique play area features a life-size flat-bottomed vintage gundalow boat, a net climber, swings and slides, a 3-story Garrison tower, a 1,200 pound, 3×8 foot climbable Alewife granite fish sculpture, a splash pad, musical instruments and a life-sized “whale’s tail” sculpture perched on the roof of the Dover Pool.
Playground Hours
Spring & Summer: 7am – 9:30pm
Fall & Winter: 7am – 7pm
Splash Pad Hours: 9am – 8pm
The Dover Adventure Playground is a public park maintained by the city of Dover, open for families to play on at their own risk.
Bathrooms
It’s against the policy of the museum to let anyone who is not a paid visitor use the bathrooms inside the museum. This rule is for safety reasons and we cannot make exceptions.
However, there are two seasonal port-a-potties available for the public to use to the right of the entrance to the Dover pool, close to the river. These port-a-potties are kept open most of the time, but are locked on weekdays from 9pm to 5am. Any additional port-a-potties that might be in the park are probably there for specific events or festivals, like the Cocheco Arts Festival, and might be locked at different times.
