Bakersfield California includes a variety of parks and recreational opportunities. In fact, the city's parks are one of its highlights.

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Kern River Parkway Trail
Kern River Parkway
Saunders Recreational Facility
Skate Park Facility

53 parks located throughout the city including the Kern River Parkway and Centennial Plaza.

Aera Park

Aera Park is located at the northeast corner of Stockdale Highway and Jewetta Avenue. This facility is approximately 22 acres and is maintained in a collaborative effort by both the City of Bakersfield and Bakersfield Southwest Baseball league, which plays season league games here. There are 11 fields. Aera Park opened on April 18, 2009.

Softball Fields
Lighted
Restrooms


Amberton Park

Location: Manning on School House Way, Bakersfield, CA. Neighborhood park with kids toys, individual picnic areas, a covered seating area and large shaded grass areas area. Size: 2.75 acre

picnic tables
BBQ
playground equipment
covered shelter
open turf
no restrooms

Beach Park

Location: Corner of Oak Street and 24th Street, Bakersfield

There is a picnic area in Beach Park which can be reserved for family, friends, or company gathering. This area offers wonderful shade during the heat of summer. In addition to the lighted softball diamond, which can be reserved for your family, team or league's use, there are lighted rugby, soccer and volleyball courts. Horseshoe pits are available for enthusiasts of that sport, along with a skate park to have a place for skateboarders to safely hone their skills.

In the North-East corner of the park is a monument dedicated to those who have survived cancer. This monument depicts a man, woman and child, entering and going through their cancer treatment, emerging whole and well again on the other side. This is a truly inspirational piece of art, and we are grateful to be able to display it at Beach Park.

The Kern River Bikepath winds its way through the North-West corner of Beach Park, allowing the riders, or walkers, to take a break from their exercise and relax in the wonderful shade canopy offered by the mature trees found throughout the park.

Many enjoy the same shade during their lunch hour. We have many individual picnic areas for people to enjoy their lunch in this quiet location, and re-energize for their afternoon at work. Come and join them, you will find this park will quickly make its way onto your favorite place to visit list!

Park Facilities

Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Softball Fields
Lighted Soccer
Rugby Lighted
Skate Park
Horseshoe Pits
Restrooms

Beale Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
Picnic Areas
Amphitheatre
Basketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Volleyball Courts
Water Spray Parks
Horseshoe Pits
Restrooms

Bill Park Greens Park

Basketball Courts

Campus Park North

BBQ

Campus Park South

BBQ
Soccer
Rugby
Lighted
Tennis Courts
Volleyball Courts

Castle Park

BBQ

Centennial Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Backstops
Basketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Volleyball Courts
Leash Free Area
Restrooms

Centennial Plaza

Central Park At Mill Creek

Restrooms

Challenger Park

Park Facilities:

BBQ
Basketball Courts

Coral Keys Park

Park Facilities:
BBQ

Corvallis Park

Park Facilities:
BBQ

Deer Peak Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Basketball Courts
Restrooms

Dr. Martin Lurther King, Jr. Park
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
1000 South Owens Street, Bakersfield, CA 93307,
(661) 322-9874

The MLK Center park facilities often is where the annual Easter Egg Hunt is hosted.
The MLK Center's meeting rooms, kitchen, picnic areas, and gymnasium, are available for rental to the public when such use does not conflict with activities programmed by the Recreation and Parks Department. Reservations must be made at least 3 weeks in advance.

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Multi-Purpose Room
Softball Fields
Lighted
Swimming Pool
Basketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Water Spray Parks
Restrooms

Garden Park

Park Facilities:
BBQ

Greystone Park

Granite Pointe Park

Park Facilities:
Volleyball Courts
Basketball Courts
BBQ

Grissom Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Backstops
Basketball Courts
Volleyball Courts
Restrooms

Haggin Oaks Park

Haggin Oaks ParkHaggin Oaks Park is a beautiful park located in the Haggin Oaks development on McInnes Blvd and Chinon Street. This park features tennis courts, a sandlot style play area and an exercise area for adults. With open sidewalks, and rolling turf areas, dotted with picnic tables, it is the perfect place for an afternoon with the family or friends.

While you are there you might enjoy watching the antics of the "watch geese", who live at Haggin Oaks Park all year, within the migrating bird sanctuary. These geese will greet you with loud honking, and are more than willing to relieve you of any bread you may want to give them!

Come and visit Haggin Oaks Park and enjoy the serenity and the "watch geese" for yourself, we guarantee you will agree with our assessment of the park!

BBQ
Tennis Courts

Jastro Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Amphitheatre
Tennis Courts
Volleyball Courts
Horseshoe Pits
Restrooms

Jefferson Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Amphitheatre
Swimming PoolBasketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Volleyball Courts
Water Spray Parks
Restrooms
Horseshoe Pits


Joshua Park

Kern River Parkway

Volleyball Courts

Kroll Park

BBQ
Leash Free Area

Lowell Park


Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Backstops
Basketball Courts
Volleyball Courts
Restrooms

Patriots Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter

Softball Fields
Lighted
Basketball Courts
Volleyball Courts
Restrooms

Pin Oak Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Basketball Courts
Volleyball Courts
Restrooms

Planz Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Softball Fields
Lighted
Swimming Pool
Basketball Courts
Volleyball Courts
Water Spray Parks
Horseshoe Pits
Restrooms

Quailwood Park

BBQ


River Oaks


Basketball Courts


Saunders Park


Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Basketball Courts
Volleyball CourtsWater Spray ParksHorseshoe PitsRestrooms

Seasons Park



BBQ
Basketball Courts


Siemon Park


Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic AreasSwimming PoolBasketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Volleyball CourtsHorseshoe PitsRestrooms

Silver Creek Park
Silver Creek Community Center
7011 Harris Road, Bakersfield, CA 93313
(661) 665-8033 (661) 665-2795 FAX
Hours:Open Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: Corner of Harris Rd. and Reliance Dr. in southwest Bakersfield. The Silver Creek Community Center is 14-acre complex features a pavilion, swimming pool, two meeting rooms, performance stage, disc golf course, tennis courts, horseshoe pits, par exercise course, and two large picnic areas. Some of these areas are available for rental when such use does not conflict with activities programmed by the Recreation & Parks Department. If an area is not rented or programmed, it may be utilized on a first come, first-served basis.

The Silver Creek Center's meeting rooms, kitchen, picnic areas, and pavilion (covered court), are available for rental to the public. The pavilion offers lighting for evening events and basketball courts. Reservations must be made at least 3-weeks in advance.

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Multi-Purpose Room
Pavillion
Swimming Pool
Basketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Restrooms

Stiern Park

BBQ
Basketball Courts

Stonecreek Park

BBQ
Basketball Courts
Restrooms

Solera Gardens Park

BBQ
Horseshoe Pits

Tevis Park

BBQ
Basketball Courts

The Park At River Walk

Bright House Networks AmphitheatreThe Park at River Walk is a 32 acre parcel of land adjacent to the Kern
River. The property was rescued from urban development some years ago and, what was once an inaccessible piece of land located at Buena Vista Road and Stockdale Highway, is now the city's greatest recreational feature.

The crown jewel of the park is the Bright House Networks Amphitheatre, a state of the art outdoor public performance venue. The impressive steel and rock structure of the theater appears to be on an island surrounded by a three acre lake and cobble lined streambed that circulates water between the audience and stage and contains lighted fountains. The stage area is over 3,000 square feet of surface area and soars over 28 feet to the cross beams. It can accommodate the latest technology in sound and lighting and is versatile enough to allow for an intimate performance for a few or a major production for thousands.

A unique amenity to the park is the water feature, the upper three acre lake that surrounds the amphitheater meanders through the park along a 1,000 foot long cobble stone creek bed to a two acre lower lake. What is most impressive is that no water is wasted to operate the lakes and streams. The lakes are actually groundwater recharge basins fed fromthe Pioneer Canal and any additional water outlets back to the adjacent Kern River.

The park also exhibits some wonderful architecture in the entry features and bridges and uses native plant materials, most indigenous to the Kern River corridor, in the planting scheme. Currently, an off-street parking lot with the capacity to hold 300 vehicles serves the park for typical use. In the near future, as adjacent projects are built, shared parking arrangements will allow for significantly more convenient parking for large events. Naming opportunities are available for park amenities such as the lakes, picnic shelters and benches.

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Amphitheatre
Restrooms

Tradewinds Park

BBQ
Basketball Courts
Backstops
Volleyball Courts
Horseshoe Pits

University Park

BBQ
Leash Free Area

Wayside Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Softball Fields
Lighted
Basketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Volleyball Courts
Water Spray Parks
Restrooms

Weston Park

BBQ

Weill Park

BBQ

Westwold Park

BBQ

Wilderness Park

BBQ

Wilson Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Backstops
Basketball Courts
Tennis Courts
Volleyball Courts
Leash Free Area
Restrooms

Windsor Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Basketball Courts
Restrooms

Windermere Park

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
Basketball CourtsRestrooms

Yokuts Park

Yokuts Park was named after the Yokuts Indians, and was developed in 1992. Located just off of Empire Drive, North of the Truxtun Avenue extension, Yokuts Park has quickly become a favorite park for family and friends to enjoy the various concerts in the park through out the ensuing years. Yokuts Park has also been the site of many public service events, including Kids Fest, Keep Bakersfield Beautiful, Earth Day CleanUp, and the Haunted Trail event, to name only a few. The large expanse of grassy areas have lent themselves to such events, and has made Yokuts Park a true community oriented park.

Come and enjoy the large covered picnic areas, complete with a serving area, along with the sandlot playground area, the bike path as it winds its way through Yokuts Park, and views of the Kern River when you are next in the area. We believe you will understand the reason why this park has quickly become a favorite of the city.

Park Facilities:
Reservations accepted
BBQ
Picnic Areas
Shelter
Soccer/Rugby
Lighted
Restrooms

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