This park protects a small herd of tule elk...there are only six left here in March 2026, so it's…read moreluck if you can catch sight of one. It's $8 per car for day use. There is a guided tour on the fourth Saturday of the month, except December, at 10 am. The park ranger will give an overview of the history of the park and tule elk at the viewing platform, followed by the tour of the small visitor center and a guided drive (you follow them in your own car) through the gates. The ranger was very good at providing us with the info, but unfortunately, no sighting of any elk this time around. Chances seem really slim since there is so less elk in the park.

Plan ahead and visit during the safari! We had a great time and learned so much about the elk and…read moretheir habitat and without the guide we definitely would have missed out. The hours/days for the safari are posted on their website. There are restrooms onsite and small picnic areas. This would be a great opportunity for a picnic and a learning experience. Children much younger than 6 would probably be fairly bored, but we found it very interesting. The guide made sure to take his time and make sure hat everyone's questions were answered and that everyone got great pictures. This is a wonderful part of California's natural history in action.

If there were bathrooms I would have given this park 5 stars…read more The park is nice and quiet and tucked into a neighborhood. There's tons of grass to run around or picnic on. There is also covered picnic tables and benches scattered around. The park also was a drinking fountain. The playground is big and has lots of slides and climbing areas. There are swings and a small balance beam type of thing. There's also lots of sand which the kids built sand castles in. To one side off the park there is a little area with some workout equipment like bench press and elliptical. Off to the side is a basket ball hoop and a small court. I really like the large shade trees and street parking all around the park.

Great little neighborhood park with stuff for parents to do, an oil derick and three shade…read morestructures! No bathroom though!

Well patrolled and always peaceful and enjoyable:) Like to…read moreplay basketball in the mornings!

A great place to relax with your children; it features barbecue facilities with dedicated grills…read moreand a playground for the kids, as well as volleyball and basketball courts. However, the cleanliness of the environment is a bit poor.

North Rosedale Park is a rich green 14.4 acre oasis perfect for outdoor activities smack in the…read moremiddle of dry brown Bakersfield, and until today I never even knew it was here. My friend, Joan, likes to bring her dogs here to play and get exercise, but I'd never joined her so I was missing out on all the other opportunities there are here for good clean outdoor fun in the sun. There's quite a bit of equipment for children of all ages to clamber about and plenty of bark below to help soften a fall. There are public restrooms, though I did notice that there were also port-a-potties out front - not sure what was up with that. There is a large covered area with long picnic tables and adjacent barbecue grills perfect for large groups to picnic. You can reserve this picnic shelter, which has a capacity of 80 people, for your own group by contacting the NOR Parks & Recreation District at 392-2010 and filling out an application which can be downloaded here http://norfun.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/FR-100-Use-of-Facility-Online-Packet.pdf If you're into outdoorsy sports, there are four lighted sofball diamonds complete with bleachers. There is also a full sized tennis court, a full sized basketball court, and two basketball half courts. There were people practicing or playing on two of the baseball diamonds and on the tennis courts and random people picnicking with families the day of our visit. There is plenty of grass for kids or dogs to play on (please clean up after both groups) and picnic tables scattered randomly about the park. I think I may join my friend and her dogs for their next outing here.

It isn't the most glamorous parks but it gets the job done with the huge fields, the basketball…read morecourt and the playground. My kids love it right after school so it is one of our major places to attend.

Raised my kids and now grandkids here! Great park with a great field of grass with plenty of room…read morefor parties and BBQ's Excellent playgrounds with basketball courts and clean bathrooms

I would think they would update the parks that are already here and watch on how fast everyone…read moreproperty value will go up good clean and updated desperately needed parks and just think about it how the community can all come together and help bring life back into our once beautiful parks

I went to the Taco & Beer festival yesterday with my niece. What a fun time! People were so…read morefriendly. We got to here two fabulous Latin bands. La Mar Cha is a local Bakersfield band. Excellent musicians and a fabulous lead singer who loves to engage with the audience in sing alongs. Then an LA band called Tropa Magica. Amazing guitar players who threw down an awesome guitar duel. But the icing on the cake was the best drum solo I have ever heard. Good food & libations. Stramler park is one of Bakersfield's older parks. It is a bit rundown but still a good venue for festivals here in town. The grassy areas are a bit uneven so you want to be careful where you step. But they have a huge area with metal picnic tables, so you can usually find a seat when you are ready to eat. There were lots of choices for beer, hard cider & seltzer's. About 7 food vendors, not quite sure. They have only one public bathroom, but there were ample port a potties set up. It was a good time had by all!

I love this park. As a non-profit organization, we need to be able to rent a fenced space so we…read morecan hold our biggest fundraiser of the year here. It holds at least 2000 people comfortably, and allows us to set up a full vendor village with over 50 canopies without feeling crowded. It has a large stage, a permanent structure from which you can serve refreshments, including BBQ facilities and deep pit; and it has a building that can serve as a ticket booth. There are four permanent restrooms. There are about fifty picnic tables as well, plenty of seating for a big crowd. We ended up renting a stage because the bars on the one they have are not conducive to crowds viewing the entertainers. There is a lot of electricity available, although the circuits are a little strange. Pay attention to the circuit boards, and don't overload the breakers. There's a sand pit and a volleyball net; we didn't really use that. It's becoming a little dilapidated, and serious renovation of the structures is probably overdue. They have pretty much gotten rid of the gophers, though, so the ground is a little safer to walk on. The rear parking lot is not marked for parking. This means you need to have your own chalk lines and cones, plus numerous staff people out there all day to make sure idiots don;t part badly. This is a serious problem. Attached to Stramler is Metro Park, and you can rent both at the same time. Metro has a playground for little kids, and that's a nice touch for family events. If you're renting the park, prepare for the paperwork avalanche of your life. Everything about the process is difficult. They require you to rent dumpsters and port-o-potties, to have serious liability insurance, which is part of the paperwork nightmare. They need extra paperwork that most agents don't just give you. Make sure you understand this. On top of that, they require your security company to provide the signed contract, AND a copy of THEIR liability insurance, with the similar demand for extra paperwork. Gotta love the County.

Liberty Park can't help but take me back to my childhood with long days of watching my siblings…read moreplay soccer to training for my own sports and playing casual pick up games of basketball. The large grass fields make it the perfect spot for to play any sport!

Liberty Park, on the Southeast corner of Brimhall and Jewetta, can be reached off of either street…read moreas there are two different parking lots serving the one location. They are probably not both needed every day, but they are important to accommodate special occasions and events sponsored by NOR recreation & parks which administers and maintains this park. I was here one evening last summer with friends to hear a local band play. We all brought lawn chairs and blankets and had a lovely evening listening to music and people watching. Both parking lots were pretty full that evening. On an average afternoon like today, there were families with young children enjoying the large playground equipment structures, teenagers walking their dogs, a couple of young men playing one on one basketball on the courts, and several men setting up for some unknown sport which involved the placement of many red flags on the large field just South of the picnic area. I enjoyed my picnic under the shade structure which held a large number of picnic tables with conveniently located barbecue grills. It can be reserved for a fee by contacted NOR directly qt 392-2010. The picnic shelter has a capacity of 80 people and can be reserved for a fee of $15 per hour with a 3 hour minimum reservation. You will also need to fill out an application which can be downloaded here http://norfun.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/FR-100-Use-of-Facility-Online-Packet.pdf There are several other individual picnic tables scattered about in the grassy area with a grill next to each one. The park sprawls across 21.3 acres. There are two very large grassy areas, one to the North and one to the South of the playground equipment. There are clean public restrooms, all of which are individual rooms that can be locked from the inside and were well stocked with toilet paper. I didn't give it five stars because the grass is not as lush, green, and well watered as most of the other parks in Bakersfield.

Clean park, good neighborhood! It's a good place to take your kiddo for a nice afternoon.read more

Tucked away in a quiet and nice neighborhood in the oildale side of town, this park is a hidden…read moregem. It's situated on a small street with little traffic. Lots of grass for soccer or other grass sports and basketball courts also. The bathrooms are well maintained. There is a covered BBQ area with picnic tables. A play ground with slides, rock climbing and swings for the bigger kids and a smaller area for the little ones. The playground area has wood chips instead of sand. So no messy shoes and socks. Nice here. My daughter and I love this park.