Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Named One of the Nation’s Best Playgrounds by USA TODAY!

Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair has officially been ranked as one of the Top 10 Best Public Playgrounds in the nation in USA Today’s 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards!  The prestigious announcement was made on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 12 p.m. EDT, and can be viewed and shared here.

Curated by a panel of USA TODAY 10Best editors and subject matter experts, the list celebrates the nation’s most loved public play spaces. After weeks of public voting, Yanaguana Garden rose to number seven out of twenty, the only park in Texas—earning not just accolades but heartfelt affirmation from families across the country.

“This honor reaffirms that we are on track to reaching our aspirational goal of creating one of the world’s great public places,” said Melissa Robinson, Hemisfair Interim CEO. “Yanaguana Garden is more than a playground—it’s where San Antonio meets—where people of all ages and abilities come together to play, make memories, and celebrate the spirit of our community and having that displayed on a national platform is amazing for our city.”