The Best Park / Open Space in East Bay

Martinez Waterfront Park

Martinez Waterfront Park is located off Joe Di Maggio Drive. This large open space has wonderful scenery and amenities aplenty. The picnic tables are often reserved for birthday parties. AMENITIES: Amphitheater Baseball/Softball Field(s) Bocce... more

Memorial Park Bandshell

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park (MHSP) is a 38-acre shoreline park built by the Port of Oakland and operated by the East Bay Regional Park District for the community, with more than two miles of pathways encircling Middle Harbor Basin. Photo Credit: &... more

Mission Peak Regional Preserve

Mitchell Canyon Interpretive Center

The Center has displays about various aspects of Mount Diablo State Park, including geology, wildlife, trails, and plant life. Clothing, souvenirs, and interpretive books and pamphlets are for sale. There are also postcards, note cards, trail maps, a... more

Montclair Park and Recreation Center

This great community resource is nestled in the Montclair District, complete with a duck pond, picnic areas, tennis courts, outdoor basketball court, and modern play equipment. Recent renovations were completed to make the center accessible to commun... more

Morgan Territory Regional Preserve

According to Native American folklore, at the dawn of time, Tuyshtak (today's Mount Diablo) was the sacred birthplace of the world. Supernatural beings, the First People, lived here. The First People are often designated with the names of the animals... more

Mosswood Park and Rec Center

Mosswood Park is nestled on four acres of green between West and North Oakland. The park is host to many events, programs and classes year round, and during the summer months hosts a thriving summer camp program. Our after school programs feature coo... more

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Mount Diablo State Park

Mount Diablo State Park park of the California State Park System. It was established in 1921. The park encompasses over 20,000 acres. The summit of Mount Diablo has an elevation of 3,849 feet -- it is the highest point in Contra Costa County. Rec... more

People's Park (Berkeley)

People's Park in Berkeley is a park located off Telegraph Avenue, bounded by Haste and Bowditch streets and Dwight Way, near the University of California, Berkeley. The park was created during the radical political activism of the late 1960s. - https... more

Peralta Hacienda Historical Park

The mission of Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is to promote understanding, historical healing and community amid change and diversity. We present and interpret the untold history of the Peralta rancho and the stories of the Fruitvale com... more

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline

There are beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Marin County and Brooks Island from this popular 23 acre park located at the west end of Central Avenue in Richmond. There are 20 more acres at North Point Isabel, which is located across the Hoffm... more

Preservation Park

Occupying two blocks in the heart of downtown Oakland, Preservation Park is a Victorian neighborhood, a unique collection of historic residences transformed into the City's most innovative workplace and event center. Find out about their wedding site... more

Quarry Lakes Regional Recreational Area

History is everywhere in the area of Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area in Fremont. Native Americans inhabited the region for millennia before the arrival of Europeans, notably in the sites that are now preserved at Coyote Hills Regional Park west... more

Raimondi Park

Park featuring a baseball diamond & a multi-sport field. There's also a playground and a putting green. more

Rankin Park

(41 Acres) West end of Buckley Street. Swimming and diving complex, picnic areas, horseshoe pits, lighted softball field, restroom, playground area and gazebo. more

Redwood Regional Park

On Redwood Road, just a few miles over the ridge from downtown Oakland, is a hidden redwood forest whose peaceful groves give little evidence of its bustling past. In the mid-1800s, what is now Redwood Regional Park was the scene of extensive logging... more

Robert Livermore Park

29.86 acres:  Opened 1971, the park contains picnic tables, restrooms, baseball areas, an aquatic center, tennis courts, and a community center. Named for the city's namesake.  In March 1999, the money to build a community center was appro... more

Robert Livermore Park & Community Center

The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (LARPD) operates the Robert Livermore Community Center, which held its grand opening in spring 2005. The center serves as the Livermore area's recreation destination. The complex offers 71,000-square-fe... more

Robertson Park

Robertson Park, 133 acres that offers a large open turf area, horse trails, hiking/bicycle trails, horseshoe pits, soccer fields and softball areas. 77 acres were purchased from the Tobin family, who asked that the park be named for their relati... more

Rotary Nature Center

Established in 1870, Lake Merritt is the oldest wildlife refuge in the nation. The Rotary Nature Center & Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge is a place for the public to appreciate nature in the heart of Oakland. The interpretive museum at the Rotary... more

Rotary Park

Rotary Park is a charming green space with a huge gazebo that is used for a variety of community events. The park's facilities can be rented out for special events. more

San Antonio Park

San Antonio Park in Oakland has a community garden and the San Antonio Sports Complex.  The park has tennis courts, a soccer field, the Sarunas Marciulionis basketball court, a children's playground and walking paths.  ------- San Antoni... more

San Felipe Community Center Park

San Leandro Marina Park

Marina Park, located off Monarch Bay Drive near Fairway Drive, is a 30-acre regional park that borders the beautiful San Leandro Shoreline. Amenities include picnic areas with barbecue grills, play apparatus, three large group picnic areas, a large g... more

San Lorenzo Community Center Park

A great park, has community buildings, a pond playground,  dog run area, bocce courts, a b-ball court, soccer and softball/baseball fields.    more

Shadow Cliffs Regional Park

A haven for swimming and fishing can be found at Shadow Cliffs, only a mile from downtown Pleasanton on Stanley Boulevard. Shadow Cliffs, formerly a gravel quarry, was donated to the Park District by Kaiser Industries and opened as a park in 1971.... more

Shell Ridge Open Space

Shell Ridge is located in the heart of Walnut Creek beginning just a short distance from downtown and continuing all the way to Mount Diablo. It is the city's largest open space area and is made up a series of parallel ridges and valleys. Shell Ridge... more

Snow Park

Three blocks from the 19th Street Bart station, Snow Park is a small green space across from Lake Merritt. more

Somersville Staging Area

The East Bay Regional Park District began acquiring land for Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in the early 1970s. Today, most of the mining district is within the Preserve's nearly 6,096 acres. The Somersville Staging Area is an ideal location f... more

St. Rose of Lima Park

St. Rose of Lima Park is home Sacramento’s original outdoor holiday ice rink. Located at the corner of 7th and K streets, this park is just across the street from the downtown arena. St. Rose of Lima Park was named after a church that once stoo... more

St. Vinnies Community Garden

The purpose for St. Vinnie's Community Garden was to turn the long-time derelict site at the intersection of Marin & Ohio St.'s (at the rear of Fire Station 21) into a flourishing Community Garden that would offer beauty and a connection for the comm... more

Sugar Pine Point State Park

Ed Z'berg - Sugar Pine Point State Park contains one of the finest remaining natural areas on Lake Tahoe. With nearly two miles of lake frontage, the park has dense forests of pine, fir, aspen and juniper. The park is located on the west shore of La... more

Sulphur Creek Nature Center

Summit Museum Visitor Center

The Summit Visitor Center is located in the historic stone building atop Mount Diablo's highest peak. The tower was constructed during the late 1930's of fossiliferous sandstone blocks quarried in the park. Renovated in 2010, the Visitor Center hi... more

Sunken Gardens Skate Park

The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District Skate Park at Sunken Gardens Neighborhood Park, east end of Pacific Avenue, is open to the public during daylight hours. The 11,000 square foot, concrete structure was designed with the help of Liver... more

Sunol Wilderness

The Sunol Wilderness Area is a little-known gem tucked away in the southern part of the East Bay. Some of this park's highlights include its great wildflowers, beautiful views, quiet trails, and Little Yosemite - a secluded, refreshing swimming hole.... more

Swiss Park

The Former Alameda Naval Air Station

Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay.[1] Built on reclaimed land at the west end of Alameda Island, the site was acquired by the USAAC in 1930 but turned over... more

The Gardens at Lake Merritt

A seven-acre collection of themed gardens in the heart of Oakland at Lakeside Park. Follow us on Facebook at The Gardens at Lake Merritt. more

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