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Winter Break Family Fun with Hillsboro Parks & Recreation

Post Date:12/04/2025

School’s out, adventure is on!

Spend the holiday break splashing in the pool, exploring the wetlands, enjoying indoor play, shooting hoops, or hunting down a new favorite playground. Move, play, and enjoy time together with family and friends.

Hillsboro Parks & Recreation makes no-school days feel wide open, energizing, and full of possibilities.

Swimming @ SHARC

Splash into school-free days! Play under the splash umbrella, zoom down the water slide, meet friends, stay active, and have nonstop family fun.

Winter Break Recreation Swims

Monday, December 22: 1 – 3 pm & 7 – 9 pm
Tuesday, December 23: 1 – 3 pm & 7 – 9 pm
Friday, December 26: 1 – 3 pm & 7 – 9 pm
Monday, December 29: 1 – 3 pm & 7 – 9 pm
Tuesday, December 30: 1 – 3 pm & 7 – 9 pm
Wednesday, December 31: 1 – 3 pm only
Friday, January 2: 1 – 3 pm & 7 – 9 pm

Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center
953 SE Maple Street
503-681-6127

See the full pool schedule and plan your trip!
Admission to the pool is included with a family membership. See prices online.

Drop-in Play with Hilda the Adventure Squirrel

Meet Hilda the Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Adventure Squirrel! Enjoy learning games, creative crafts, and active sports for ages 3 – 7 and specially designed with preschoolers in mind. Stay warm and dry with indoor play out of the rain, and keep kids busy, happy, and moving.

Mondays: December 22 & December 29
9 to 11 am

$5 Resident, $6 Non-Resident
Children must be supervised by an adult.
Adults attend free.

Tyson Recreation Center
1880 NE Griffin Oaks Park
503-615-6552

Play @ Outdoors In

Get the wiggles out at this indoor playground in Downtown Hillsboro! Explore the full-size playground with places to climb and slide, enjoy a wide variety of toys and dolls, plus, try the NEOS whole-body gaming system with different games and challenges. Outdoors In is open to all ages but often enjoyed most by ages 6 and under.

Public Play

Monday – Friday: 9 am to 12 pm & 1:30 to 4:30 pm
Saturday: 8:30 to 10:30 am & 10:45 am to 12:45 pm
Sensory Sensitive Play is Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. This is a quieter time with lower lights and shades.
See holiday hours online.

Outdoors In
124 E Main Street
503-681-5244

Visit the Outdoors In website for fees and FAQs.
Admission is $5 Resident, $7 Non-Resident. Buy a punch card and save.
For Saturday Public Play with shorter hours, admission is $4 Resident, $6 Non-Resident.

Gym Games, Sports, Hangouts & Play

Enjoy winter break fun at Hidden Creek Community Center! Families can jump into basketball, pickleball, and Gymtastics Play Zone during open gym. Don't miss times specially for teens, whether in the gym or during Ohana No School Day Hangouts. Plus, check out all ability drop-in games activities including basketball and Sensory Playtime. Stay warm, stay moving, and enjoy a welcoming space for everyone to play, spend time with friend and family, and burn off holiday energy together.

See the Hidden Creek calendar for upcoming activities.

For sports and gym games, check out the Hidden Creek Gym Schedule.

Hidden Creek Community Center
5100 NE Hidden Creek Drive
503-693-5900

Admission is included with a family membership, play pass, or single visit fee. See prices online.

Wetlands & Nature Center Exploration

Include a trip to the wetlands as part of your break. Enjoy crisp mornings trail walks (bundled up) for an easy family adventure to see migrating birds, winter critters, and a themed Story Walk. Then head into the Nature Center to explore hands-on exhibits about local plants and animals. It’s a calm, curious, screen-free way to enjoy time together and reconnect with nature and the great outdoors.

Trails are open sunrise to sunset daily.
The Nature Center is open 10 am to 4 pm Monday – Saturday
$2 suggested donation per family

Check the website for holiday hours.

Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve
2600 SW Hillsboro Highway
503-681-6206

Parks & Playgrounds

Discover new parks and playgrounds in Hillsboro—or revisit your favorites—and fill no-school days with play. Climb higher, run farther, jump, explore, and enjoy fresh air together. From open fields to creative play structures, every park offers space to move, laugh, and make the most of your time outdoors.

Parks are open sunrise to sunset.