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Graceada Park

4.0 (21 reviews)

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Area for age 2-5
Shayna C.

First of all, the play structure is AMAZING. It is extensive, has lots of slides and types of climbing areas (including a mini- rock-wall for the toddlers that is low and slanted and safe) I took my 2.5 year old twins here and they couldn't get enough of it! Visibility is good if you want to sit on one of the benches provided to the parents. There are plenty of places for them to run around and play. And there is even a tree in the middle of the park that is strong and low and good for climbing. Lots of shade as well. Only reason I knocked off a star is because there were homeless people hanging out, one of them went i to a bathroom and started yelling, so I didn't feel comfortable using the bathrooms or letting my kids in there.

Graceada Park's famous bandshell, Mancini Bowl.  Central West Ballet featured here.
Ron L.

Motown doesn't have a City Park, a la SF's Golden Gate Park, but this is good enough. And boy is it good. When one thinks of Modesto, a few things come to mind. "Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health" is what the city fathers want, says so on the I Street Arch. "Cowtown" is another; "endless tract housing" is another; sadly, "meth" is another. Oh yes, and the Gallos live here. But Graceada Park is located in an unexpected pocket of classic houses from several generations ago, on what was once THE street to live on (Sycamore). You see the park when you speed down Needham, but if you want to experience the park and the neighborhood, just park the car and walk in. It's large. It's peaceful. It's heavily treed. It has a nice playground, tennis courts, and the Mancini Bowl bandshell. It has a lot of open space for throwing the football or frisbee. Or you can lay out a blanket, have a picnic, or just do nuthin'. It feels like the Midwest; not surprising, seeing that Modesto was a magnet for Okies in the 1930s. When you're 1-2 blocks north, the traffic of the big cowtown seems far, far away. And I finally parked the car and walked in; ballet performance at the bandshell. Felt very old-school in a good way, such a gorgeous setting, and it couldn't have been pulled off in any other park in town. It helped that we ate at the A&W Drive-in before coming here; all we needed was to be driving a `53 Cadillac. For those of you into old MGM musicals, here's a fitting ending to this review: If Fred & Cyd were to redo "Dancing In The Dark" in Graceada Park, it would come out almost as magical as it did in "The Band Wagon".

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Great pickle ball experience and it is a very lovely park just a little bit of a pain to drive here with the traffic

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Great Pickleball courts. They have 12 courts and very nice. Central Valley Pickleball Club. Highly recommend.

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14 years ago

Do not go here on Thursday nights. Teenage hipsters come hang out there. It is horrible.

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15 years ago

I frequent this park often. Its beautiful, but be careful, there can be some strange characters hanging around.

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10 years ago

Nice park, but theres a wholeee lotttaaa homeless people here that its annoying and alittle scary. So im looking for a new park to go to.

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Sooner or later, if you grow up in Modesto, you probably will end up on stage at the Mancini bowl, it's like a coming of age .

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Graceada Park - parks - Updated May 2026

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