A great playground not far from the interstate with bathrooms and a larger sports complex nearby, the Ellsworth playground does Bridgeport proud. 

I wasn't expecting too much from one of the few cities along the corridor that I've only seen at 3 mph. Stuck in bumper-to-bumper, we bailed on the highway to give the five-year-old a break. Getting to the park was straight forward, basically a straight line from the exit ramp and there was plenty of parking. 

We arrived just before the start of a local kid's softball league team, so the concession stand was open. I wouldn't count on this as a regular snack stop though. There were good, clean bathrooms, and if those were closed there was also a porta potty. 

The playground and surrounding park were busy with local neighborhood kids, and one mom had brought a bubble rocket launcher that several of the kids were playing with. 

The playground itself had plenty of good climbing features. Thematically it was ocean-ish, with the slides looking a bit like a white water wave (I think that's what they were going for, or maybe a cloud). 

There was a big splash pad that looked like a whale. Thankfully it was off when we pulled in because we still had a few hours of driving ahead of us, and since its dead center on the playground, I could imagine this is a problem at some times of the year when the water is on. 

Overall I thought this was generally a decent playground to stop at, especially pulling it off a random Google map listing. We were just a few hundred feet from the water, too, so it felt like we were already at the seaside.

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The ball field is also known as Brewster's cove, named for Captain Caleb Brewster. His homestead was once connected to the property.