Room to explore.
Five separate Junior Park trails give younger climbers more than one route to try during their visit.
Junior Park • Ages 4–7 • Raleigh, NC
A kids ropes course in Raleigh, built for ages 4–7.
Five lower climbing trails give younger adventurers their own place to cross obstacles and zip through the woods while an adult guides from the ground.
The Junior Park Experience
Five Trails
Obstacles
Ziplines
Parent-Guided
Their own course — not just a smaller version of yours.
Junior Park is designed specifically for younger children. The trails sit close enough to the ground for an adult to walk alongside while kids navigate bridges, balance elements and ziplines on their own course.
Built for ages 4–7.
Bridges, balance elements and other challenges create an aerial-adventure feel close to the forest floor.
Yes, they get to zip too.
Junior Park includes ziplines mixed into the trails so younger kids get their own version of the TreeRunner experience.
You stay right there.
An adult guides each Junior Park climber from the ground instead of climbing the Junior Park trail with them.
How Junior Park Works
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Your child climbs. You guide from below.
Check In
Arrive for your reservation and get your young adventurer ready for equipment and orientation.
Get Ready
Your child is prepared for the Junior Park experience before entering the first trail.
Choose a Trail
Pick among the five Junior Park trails and start climbing, balancing and ziplining.
Guide From Below
The accompanying adult stays on the ground alongside the child and helps guide them through the experience.
Parent Participation
Plan on experiencing Junior Park together.
Junior Park requires a 1:1 adult-to-child ratio because it is a parent-guided experience. The accompanying adult stays on the ground, walks alongside the course and helps guide the child through the trails.
The adult guiding from the ground does not need to purchase Junior Park climbing admission.
Confidence Starts Close to the Ground
Try
Figure It Out
Celebrate
A Little Challenge
For a younger child, stepping onto a moving bridge or taking a first zipline can already feel like a challenge. Junior Park gives kids a place to try, pause, figure it out and experience the excitement of getting to the other side.
Let them take the first step.
The obstacles are designed for younger climbers so the experience feels like theirs from the beginning.
Give them time to solve it.
Kids can work through balance, movement and hesitation with their adult nearby on the ground.
Small challenge. Big pride.
The goal is not to make every child move at the same speed. It is to give them an adventure built for their age.
Junior Park vs. Aerial Forest
Ages 4–7
Book Junior Park
Ages 7+
Explore the Aerial Forest
Which TreeRunner experience fits your child?
Junior Park
Five lower trails designed specifically for younger climbers, with an adult guiding each child from the ground.
Approximately 2–3 feet off the ground
Parent-guided experience
Obstacles + ziplines
Up to a 2-hour experience
Main Aerial Forest
Eight elevated aerial trails across five difficulty levels, with age and participation requirements determining which trails a climber can use.
8 main aerial trails
90+ obstacles
24 ziplines
2-hour Starter + 3-hour Classic options
Peak Summer in Raleigh
More time beneath the trees when the heat really arrives.
Junior Park sits inside Raleigh's wooded setting.
During the hottest summer conditions, the established canopy provides substantial shade compared with open, exposed outdoor areas. Our Raleigh team often notices that it can feel about 8–10° cooler beneath the shaded trees during peak heat. That is a hot-weather observation, not a year-round temperature claim.
Junior Park Birthdays
Have a younger birthday crew?
Junior Park birthday packages are available for ages 4–7. Current package details and pricing live on Raleigh's dedicated Birthday Party page so families always see the current party information in one place.
Junior Park FAQs
What parents usually want to know.
What ages is Junior Park for?
Junior Park is designed for children ages 4–7.
How many Junior Park trails are there?
TreeRunner Raleigh has five Junior Park trails with a mix of climbing obstacles and ziplines.
How high are the trails?
The Junior Park experience is approximately 2–3 feet off the ground.
Does an adult need to participate?
Yes. Junior Park requires a 1:1 adult-to-child ratio. The adult remains on the ground and guides the child through the trails.
Does the adult need a Junior Park ticket?
No. The adult guiding a Junior Park climber from the ground does not need to purchase Junior Park climbing admission.
How long should we plan?
Junior Park provides up to a two-hour climbing experience. Allow additional time for arrival and check-in.
What happens when a child turns 7?
Ages 7+ can participate in TreeRunner's main Aerial Forest, subject to the current age and participation requirements.
Let them have their turn in the trees.
Five trails, obstacles, ziplines and an adventure built specifically for Raleigh's younger climbers.