A very spacious park with multiple baseball fields, a kids play area, picnic areas and bbq spots…read more This park is across the street from the Martinez Regional Shoreline and close to Downtown Martinez. Decent sized parking lot, with restrooms located close to the lot. This is a good place to start your walk or run and connect to the surrounding area and Marina!!

This place was a nice place to go and walk around…read more Not too crowded and plenty of parking. Nice walking pathways. There's a pier where people go fishing. Con: strong sewer smell

This is a really nice out-of-the-way quiet park to go and just relax. Have some time to yourself or…read moreeven maybe have a picnic. There's also walking trails around it along with benches around to sit and watch the water, get fresh air and just enjoy the views

My first time to this beautiful location. Very friendly neighborhood and people were very sweet…read more Just love the bridge view at sunset The downside is the porter potties. But other than that will definelty return for a short picnic. Definelty a beautiful scenery of the Vallejo bridge.

We came to this park because we wanted to go on a walk. It's towards the back almost reaching the…read morewater you have to drive a short way. There are a lot of people fishing there. There's a walking trail but it's not too long. There's a playground and open grass area. It's a nice little park to walk next to the water.

This is a beautiful space to people watch. The day we came a huge ship went past and there were…read moreguys on jets/seadoos? Doing tricks by the boat launch. People were fishing and enjoying the beautiful day. It is windy here and can get cold quickly so bring your jacket or windbreaker. There is a small fish market down the street that has delicious fresh seafood and bomb clam chowder to warm you up. We will be back with our dogs next time!

This park is right across Frog Park in Sycamore Hercules. It has a half-court basketball and a few…read moretables for an outdoor picnic. It's relatively small and has a small trail behind the park. Aside from the basketball court, there's really no outdoor activity you can do. A small place just to leisurely around while walking on Sycamore.

It's the Central Park of Hercules. Yes, I'm probably overstating its appeal, but for a bedroom…read morecommunity like Hercules, it fits. I only discovered the park myself when I took an inadvertent detour on the San Pablo Bay Regional Trail when I was trying to avoid the breezes from the bay. There are picnic tables, a bocce ball space, a basketball half-court, and even horseshoe pits. Parking is ample for such a small patch of greenery... And yes, there is a pond. I may have even seen a duck. The paved walkways represent the best part for me because I'm either coming or going. Those who stay are either young moms with their toddlers or dogs with owners glued to their smartphones. There's also a kid's playground (Frog Pad Park) right across the street. What more would you want? A zoo? Shakespeare in the Park? Tavern on the Green? RELATED - Exploring this part of Contra Costa County? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: http://bit.ly/2VyCP18

If you're in the area and want a casual stroll with a view check this place out!! The trail is…read morepaved. Everyone on the trail was beyond friendly! Hello! Hello! Hello!! We arrived around 4ish on a Sunday. The bathroom at this time were beyond clean! No homeless living or walking along the trail. We felt safe. The view is beautiful.

** The following review reflects my experience DURING the COVID-19 pandemic. **…read more I would've never discovered this sliver of a park had it not been for an article I read about the $13 million footbridge that was built to extend the San Pablo Bay Regional Trail over the Amtrak rails above the wetlands and into Pinole Shores (review: https://bit.ly/3mVUVcf). It was completed about three years ago, and by default, the architectural addition made this small natural area a central hub for walkers and bicyclists searching for an uninterrupted stretch along this part of the bay. A small patch of greenery with panoramic bay views, it's a nice respite with plenty of birds in constant motion especially if you stroll along the rocky shore. Don't be put off by the sewage plant or the trains that speed by with frequency. Easy for me to say. It's at the end of Tennent Avenue, a straight chute from the Pinole Valley Road exit off 80. RELATED - Exploring this part of Contra Costa County? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2VyCP18

Nice play structures and lots of room to play on the grass. The park is mostly shaded in the…read moremorning.

The park was very nice. Plenty of things to climb on and entertain both the 5 year old and 9 year…read moreold. Really clean restrooms are available. We would go back here for sure.

They finally finished the Rodeo stretch of the San Pablo Bay Regional Trail at Pacific Avenue. They…read morespent money on a large footbridge over the marshland, but there is little to do at the end but turn back since it turns industrial pretty fast. One suggestion I have is considering the walk over the railroad overpass and into this postage stamp of a shoreline park. There is indeed a Rodeo Beach but nothing like the scenic sandbar in the Marin Headlands. Just a lot of concrete rubble. Nicer is the small bluff that drops into the bay, an almost Monterey touch you don't expect to see in these parts. There's also a beached tugboat and remnants of a long-gone pier to consider for photographic purposes. OK, now you can walk back on the trail. RELATED - Exploring the western part of Contra Costa County? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2VyCP18

I enjoyed this park! I liked how quiet it was and that I could play fetch with my pup! The water…read morefountains for myself and my dog were nice to have, along with the big shady trees. We were up and running around most of the time so I didn't get a chance get to check out the graffiti on the benches that I read about lol Another thing I found convenient was that there is a pet store across the street next to the stop light. So my dog and I just walked over there after playing and grabbed a snack (for her lol) and back! I'm not sure if there are bathrooms unless you go into the school campus. I did not feel comfortable to go over there because the kids seemed to be at recess. There is a grass field, their play ground, and then the campus.

My husband and I spent an afternoon driving around running errands, and before we headed home we…read moredecided to stop at this park and walk around. It's not very big but it had a stretch of grass and several benches. The park was empty except for a woman and three children who didn't take her eyes off us as we walked by. We're not a very threatening looking couple so I had to wonder if she was just over-protective or was used to a different type of crowd walking around this park. The three water drinking fountains were all out of service and just leaking water over their full brims. Clogged and leaking. Bad combination during a drought. We sat at one bench and I painted my toenails in the sun. The bench/tables were clean and had BBQs. I don't recall seeing garbage cans close by but I wasn't really looking for them. The park backs up into a school yard. The neighborhood was quiet and nice. I thought how great it would be to live here if you had children, or pets also. I picked out my favorite house on the street as we walked back to our car. It's definitely a small park and there's no playground equipment, but it would be really awesome to live close by and have friends over for BBQs under the big, shady trees.