# What is the tallest playground swing set you have been on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584 "2014-07-20T04:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TogoFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TogoFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TogoFan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/1 "2014-07-20T04:20:07Z")
The ones around where I live are 8 foot or shorter. I have been on a few very tall swing sets in past years. Whats the tallest ones you have been on? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/2 "2014-07-20T06:13:35Z")
It was many years ago – it wouldn’t pass muster today. The chains were about twelve feet long. You could REALLY zoom! ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/3 "2014-07-20T07:03:44Z")
Yeah, the ones I remember from childhood were ten or twelve feet tall. I miss those. I wish they had swings for adults. Seems to me it would be a great no-impact aerobic exercise. All the gyms should have a few. And why should the kids have all the fun, anyway? When I get my first million dollars and have a house built to my specifications, I’m going to have a tall swing put in. Heck, I’ll have one inside and one outside so I can swing whenever I want, no matter what the weather is doing. And the kids will just have to stay off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/4 "2014-07-20T10:34:39Z")
You know, on safety I’m sure they shorted swings to make them safer but on the flip side, they made them short enough that now the kids who want more of a challenge and what 5th grader doesnt, will use them as chin up bars or jungle gyms which make them more dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/5 "2014-07-20T13:45:38Z")
12 ft in Fraser, Co. So… that makes it close to two miles high… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/6 "2014-07-20T15:21:46Z")
There’s an [xkcd](http://xkcd.com/255/) for everything. ---
**Author:** ![TogoFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TogoFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TogoFan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/7 "2014-07-20T22:02:28Z")
My 13 foot tall swing set should have 11 and a half foot long chains. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/8 "2014-07-20T22:09:52Z")
[Try this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvc1HIjHP2Y) ---
**Author:** ![TogoFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TogoFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TogoFan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/9 "2014-07-20T22:28:08Z")
That is way too far away from my house. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/10 "2014-07-21T06:12:00Z")
One of my memories of kindergarten: There were two swing sets in the playground, one for little kids and a ginormous one for the big kids. Somehow I wound up on one of the big swings, and my teacher was pushing me. Higher and higher, with each push I was more terrified. And then, panicking, I let go. And went flying. Playgrounds were covered in very sharp cinders back then, and I landed on my hands and knees, with pieces of cinder in my hands. I don’t know how tall the big swings were; they seemed to reach the sky. I really liked my kindergarten teacher. I wish I didn’t have this bad memory. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/11 "2014-07-21T06:29:38Z")
Are you looking for the world’s tallest swing set so you can practice your pole dancing? Why not just get a tall pole installed for that? ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/12 "2014-07-21T13:09:22Z")
I don’t know if this one “counts,” since it’s not a traditional swing set - more like a rope swing. I went to this awesome playground, which some Googling reveals goes by the name of the “All Ages Playground” or “Ngala Maya Adventure Playground” in the small town of Katanning in SW Western Australia. It had some crazy shit, everything looked to have been made by a mad genius - nothing prefab or safe about it. And my favourite thing was this [gigantic swing](http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42657424). IIRC, you grab the rope/swing (which I can’t actually see in this photo), climb the structure on the right, and leap, swinging down under the stand. You can see more of the playground if you scroll through this user’s photos. SO FUN. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/13 "2014-07-21T14:20:57Z")
Elementary school in suburban Atlanta in the mid 1960s. There was a swing set that had to be at least 15 feet tall. Made out of steel. The seats were steel. The chains were steel. As a child, I had to steal myself to actually ride the dang things. Of course the playground was plain Georgia red clay and whatever weeds could grow. Jumping was not something I ever did except in my dreams. And, in my dreams when I did jump from the giant swing, I flew. Across the playground and into the woods and beyond. ---
**Author:** ![TogoFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TogoFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TogoFan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/14 "2014-07-28T03:08:27Z")
Do you think the 8 foot swingsets these days are a little boring? I think they are very fun to swing on but nothing like the 12 foot tall swingsets that we used to have back in the days. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/15 "2014-08-02T23:43:11Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > One of my memories of kindergarten: There were two swing sets in the playground, one for little kids and a ginormous one for the big kids. Somehow I wound up on one of the big swings, and my teacher was pushing me. Higher and higher, with each push I was more terrified. And then, panicking, I let go. And went flying. Playgrounds were covered in very sharp cinders back then, and I landed on my hands and knees, with pieces of cinder in my hands. > > I don’t know how tall the big swings were; they seemed to reach the sky. > > I really liked my kindergarten teacher. I wish I didn’t have this bad memory. If it’s any consolation, the teacher’s memory of that time he or she nearly killed a kindergartner is probably way more traumatic. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/16 "2014-08-02T23:45:44Z")
> [@TogoFan](#): > > Do you think the 8 foot swingsets these days are a little boring? I think they are very fun to swing on but nothing like the 12 foot tall swingsets that we used to have back in the days. In my day, all we had was a rope wrapped around a tire. And we loved it! ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/17 "2014-08-02T23:45:56Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > There’s an [xkcd](http://xkcd.com/255/) for everything. LOL! I should “like” that guy or whatever. Love the material. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-tallest-playground-swing-set-you-have-been-on/693584/18 "2014-08-02T23:48:06Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Are you looking for the world’s tallest swing set so you can practice your pole dancing? > > Why not just get a tall pole installed for that? Yep, another fetish thread, all right. \