About Family Spots Map

Family Spots Map is a carefully curated map for family adventures – drawn by parents for parents. Instead of endless lists or faceless ratings, you’ll find handpicked playgrounds, zoos and wildlife parks, places for water play, museums, activity parks and many more places for shared family moments.

The focus is simple: quality, safety and real experiences with children – not the biggest map, but the one you can rely on.

Family Spots Map is created from the perspective of a young family who are out and about with their own children – often short on time, sometimes tired, yet always searching for a good place to spend a few bright hours together.

Tilla, our little turtle, reminds us how precious shared time is. She invites you to slow down, take a breath and discover a place where minutes quietly turn into family memories.

How Family Spots Map works

Map & filters: Zoom into your region, move gently across the map and filter for what you need – playground, wildlife park, pumptrack or a spot that matches your search.

Spot cards: Each spot offers a short story – a compact description, special features such as "drive-through safari" or "accessible" and a note on whether we have verified it.

Favourites: Mark your favourite places with a heart, so they stay close at hand while you travel – even when the connection fades.

Offline basics: Key data is stored locally, helping you to rediscover your spots even with poor reception.

Curated & verified – our quality promise

Family Spots Map isn’t an anonymous collection of map pins. Every spot is chosen consciously and cared for over time.

“Information checked” marks details checked using sources or our own visits. Checks may cover individual details, such as location, category or visitor information. The label does not automatically confirm every facility or full accessibility. The visitor information shows which details are confirmed and which remain unconfirmed.

Still, the world keeps changing. Conditions on site may shift – so please always check local information, signs and operator updates, and trust your own judgement.

Family Spots Plus – more for motorhomes & adventures

Together with matching add-ons, Family Spots Plus opens the door to extra specialty categories – rest areas with playground & shower, free motorhome parking near playgrounds, motorhome service points, family-friendly campsites, bikepacking spots and special routes that feel like small adventures.

Spots Plus is still under development. The base map and free places are available without activation. Extra areas are currently being tested only with a developer access code. There is no public test code, Plus purchase or paid subscription at present. Any future paid offer and pricing have not yet been decided.

How do I recognise Plus categories? In the category picker, Plus content carries a clear marker – for example “· Plus”, “· water add-on (Plus)” or “· motorhome add-on (Plus)”. Categories without a suffix belong to the base map.

For municipalities, destinations & partners

Family Spots Map is not only designed for families, but also for destinations that want to position themselves as family friendly – cities, municipalities, regions, campsites and holiday parks.

As a partner you can:

  • highlight your region or site with curated family spots,
  • offer Plus access to guests, citizens or customers in a future pilot,
  • showcase your family-friendly services directly on the map,
  • use feedback from families to improve your services over time.

This turns the map into a building block of your family strategy – from a single family-friendly campsite to a full family destination.

Interested in a pilot region or partnership? Feel free to reach out to hallo@familyspotsmap.de.

Help improve the map

Do you know a spot that is missing here — a special playground, a hidden nature highlight or a campsite that feels right with children?

Send us its location, category and a short explanation of what makes it special for families. Together, we can improve the map step by step.

Usage, responsibility & safety

Family Spots Map provides information to the best of our knowledge, but cannot guarantee completeness, safety or compliance with every local regulation.

On site, please always pay attention to:

  • signage and the local rules that guide you,
  • nature protection rules, lifeguards and the weather,
  • your children’s age, courage and abilities.

Use of the app is at your own risk — you know your children and your situation best.

Project status & version

Family Spots Map is a growing passion project. New spots, regions and categories are added step by step — first where we travel with our own children, then together with partners and the community.

App version: 20261109-details-v43

If this map helped you spend a good day with your family, then it has fulfilled its purpose.