Post Falls with kids: day camps, youth sports, beaches and the skate park

Most of what the city offers children runs through one office: Parks and Recreation, on the first floor of City Hall at 408 North Spokane Street. It runs the day camps, the youth leagues, the small-child classes and the parks. The catch is timing. Nearly every program opens registration on a set date and closes when it fills. Dates here are from the city's camp page and its 2026-2027 fall and winter activity guide, and they move a little each year, so check the city's pages before you plan around one.

How to sign up

The city takes registrations three ways: online through the Dash by DaySmart recreation app, in person at the Parks and Recreation office (Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm), or by phone with a card. Households inside city limits get a discount on leagues and classes, and some Post Falls addresses sit outside the city limits. A class that does not reach its minimum can be canceled, so register early.

Summer: Camp Ka-Mee-Lin at Kiwanis Park

The city's day camp started in 1995 and runs through the summer at Kiwanis Park, 4176 East Weatherby Avenue. It takes children entering kindergarten through sixth grade, counted by the coming school year. Registration opens January 15 and stays open until the camp is full, which is the date to mark.

The city lists a weekly field trip, swimming in the river, hiking, art, archery and inflatable waterslides. Drop-off is from 8:30 to 9 am and pickup from 3:30 to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. Extended care stretches that from 7 am to 5:30 pm for an extra weekly fee, and some weeks carry an added charge for the field trip on the schedule.

Kiwanis Park is 40 acres on the river with a playground, shelters, trails, fishing and a swimming beach with no lifeguard.

Winter break and spring break camps

The same camp runs two weeks over winter break at Ponderosa Elementary, 3483 East Ponderosa Boulevard. For 2026 the first week, December 21 to 24, is Future Career Week, with pickup at 2 pm on Christmas Eve, and the second, December 28 to 31, is Wellness Warriors Week. There is no camp on Christmas Day or New Year's Day. Families can book one week or both, foam archery and a field trip are included, and meals are not provided. Registration runs November 1 to December 15, or until full.

Spring break camp uses the same school. In 2026 it ran March 30 through April 3, with registration from January 15 to March 16.

The youth sports calendar

The city's leagues cover ages 3 to 15, and each season has its own sign-up date:

• Spring flag football, soccer and volleyball: registration opens January 15, play starts in April.
• Summer baseball: registration opens May 1, play starts in July.
• Fall flag football, soccer and volleyball: registration opens July 1, play starts in September.
• Fall basketball: Tiny Hoopsters and the River City competitive league both open August 1. Tiny Hoopsters plays on Saturdays at Prairie View Elementary with no weekday practices.
• Winter recreation basketball: registration runs November 1 to December 1. The seven-week league has weeknight practices and games on six Saturdays, with practices starting Tuesday, January 19. It takes boys in grades 1 to 9 and girls in grades 1 to 6.

In spring, Tiny Kickers soccer is for ages 3 and 4 (a child must be 3 by April 17) and plays at Woodbridge Park, 750 North Silkwood Drive. The NFL FLAG football league takes grades 1 to 8 at Warren Field, 105 North Idaho Street. Both register from January 15 to March 1.

Siblings are placed on the same team if you note it when you register, and coaches get their own children. The city does not take requests for a particular coach, for friends to be teamed up, or for carpools. A family that withdraws at least one week before the coaches meeting gets 80% back; after that there are no refunds.

In mid-November the River City Basketball Tournament brings teams from around the Northwest to Post Falls schools; in 2026 it is November 13 to 15.

Small children, and other programs

For toddlers and preschoolers the city runs short classes at the Black Bay Depot, 1211 East 3rd Avenue. Tiny Tumblers is a 30-minute class for 2- and 3-year-olds with an adult, and Mighty Might Gymnastics takes 4- to 6-year-olds. Early childhood excursions take ages 3 to 5 with an adult on one-hour outings, such as a pumpkin patch trip in October.

For older kids, the Safe Sitter course prepares 11- to 15-year-olds to stay home alone, watch younger siblings or start babysitting, with child development and first aid in the day. The fall and winter guide lists it on October 24, November 14 and January 9.

Specialized Needs Recreation offers 5 to 10 activities a month for youth and adults who find other programs hard to join because of a learning disability, a sensory impairment, or a mental, emotional or physical challenge.

Parks worth knowing with children

Two beaches. Q'emiln Park, south of the river at the end of the Spokane Street Bridge, has the guarded beach. Kiwanis Park's beach is unguarded.

A fishing pond for kids. Falls Park's pond, off West 4th Avenue, is set up for children and for anglers with special needs, with a fishing bridge, a platform and the shore. Idaho Fish and Game rules apply, and anyone over 14 needs a license. The park also has a playground.

The skate park. Millennium Skate Park, at Greensferry Road and 3rd Avenue along the Centennial Trail, is a fully recessed concrete park with rails, boxes and ramps for every skill level, plus a pump track, a turf area and parking. It is open sunrise to sunset; helmets and pads are recommended, and dogs are not allowed.

Winter. Black Bay Park, on the 1200 block of East 3rd Avenue, lists sledding among its winter uses, and it has a basketball court and two lighted tennis courts the rest of the year. For bigger snow, the city runs two snow tubing trips that leave from City Hall, on January 8 and January 31, 2027, with round-trip transportation, a gondola ride, the tube and a two-hour session included. Children 4 and up can go, anyone under 18 with a participating adult, and registration closes 10 days before each trip.

Using our listings

Our Parks and Outdoors and Things to Do categories carry the city parks named here, and the Fitness page lists gyms and studios in town. For a doctor, a dentist or an eye doctor, the Medical category lists practices with addresses and phone numbers. We do not take camp or league registrations. The city's Parks and Recreation office does.