This is my favorite park! I love this place. So many memories here - as an adult, not even as a kid. But I can see this place being good for kids too. There are two sides to this park and both have a playground for kids. The entrance at Morello and Chilpancingo is the more fun side - with basketball courts, a sandy area set up for volleyball (bring a net with you), a soccer field, and even a baseball field. This side of the park has a few grills but the other side (off of Hidden Lakes) is even more ideal with built in privacy. You can hike or jog in this park or walk up a hill and enjoy great views of some parts of the East Bay. The park is quite spacious and if you walk far enough you will find out why this park is called ... HIDDEN LAKES PARK!! read more

Just updating my review - for those of you who jog or walk dogs in the 'open space' area behind the baseball fields, etc - along the trails where the dry grass is, before you hit the lakes, be AWARE of the coyotes. I was out walking my dog this morning around 7:00am and a coyote ran-out in front of me, about 20 feet away. He didn't head in my direction, nor dart for my 30-lb dog (who I'd let off his leash, foolishly)... But it freaked me out a bit. So just be careful and be aware. We pass many dogs along those trails, as we walk those trails EVERY morning. Many of these friendly dogs roam without a leash, as does mine, as they're well-behaved -- but I'm going to be leashing my dog from now on, just to be safe. So to all those that use those trails, particularly in the mornings and evenings, just be CAUTIOUS, cause this is the 2nd time I've spotted a coyote as I've been out and about - and I've only been coming here for about 4 months now. 1st sighting was 3-months ago, at a distance. Today it was much closer to the trail (20 feet away I'd guess). Felt very fortunate that coyote didn't go for my dog - who was even closer to him than I was (about 10 feet away!) read more

I love Hidden Lakes Park. The best area for Toddlers and young children is the entrance on Center Ave. There are often plenty of children to play with the single child I care for. This park is well maintained. There are great hiking trails suitable for children and adults. The Morello side of the park can be reached by using hiking trails or driving and parking in its large parking lot. Sports fans will prefer the morello side of the park as that is were you will fine baseball diamonds and basketball. Both areas are great for picnics. The small play area on the Morello side will not hold the attention of toddlers over 18 mos for very long and won't offer as many opportunities for socialization as the Center Ave play area. This park won't disappoint. I encourage people of all ages to come see what it has to offer. Be willing to explore from both entrances to find the best fit for your family and interest. read more

The track around the soccer field is fantastic, and love the trails back to the hidden lake!

Amazing trails & good for kids too mine climbed all the way to the tops of the hills with me we loved it here beautiful little nature walks and beautiful view from the top read more

Hidden Lakes Park - Parks Near Me - Martinez, California

Can't say enough about this park. Of course my endorphins are flowing, but the serenity, safe environment and dog friendly environment are unbeatable! Love, love, love! read more

Love the walk around the lake. My boys can roam, run and see beauty. I love how it's tucked away and you feel like no one it around

After living in the area for 30 years, we found this park. It was really enjoyable and calming. That is, accept for when a bunch of high school kids were using the hiking paths for some kind of run. Otherwise, we really enjoyed our time there and plan to go back soon. read more

Hidden Lakes Park - A nice fountain in the park. - Parks Near Me - Martinez, California

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Love this park. It has everything. Only wish it had a better play structure for little kids.

I love this park. We live nearby and enjoy the peace and quiet of the open space. There are more species of birds here than on Mt. Diablo. It is also home to raccoon, possum, river otters, deer and coyote. Most people are very considerate of the space and try to keep it clean. In addition to the open space there is also the baseball diamonds, a sand volleyball court, a soccer field, numerous picnic benches and three lakes where we often see people fishing. If you need a place to enjoy a walk or a run without interruptions this is the place. There is not a lot of parking but in the mornings it's readily available. The community around here is very respectful of the open space as well by keeping off the areas around the trails that are not meant to be used by anything other than the animals that live here. There are nesting areas and migratory bird paths so come out and enjoy it and be part of nature instead of taking it over. read more

I use to always hang out here when I was younger although the update is kinda a downer they took a lot of memories when they remodeled the park. read more

This is a great park to go for a hike or to run around the track. It's clean and there are plenty of people around so you always feel safe. The turf field is also great if you want to go play football or soccer with your friends. read more

Wonderful quiet clean park for families and dog friendly. Weekends in the summer can be BUSY with baseball picnics etc but people seem to be courteous and pick up after themselves Lots of trails. But concerned about new sports field. As a neighbor I'm worried about traffic noise. We shall see read more

So here is my dilemma. It is a beautiful park with a lot of good smoke spots, but not enough stoners to smoke me out all the time. Also, whenever i try to order from the cannabis club, the delivery drivers can never find me, and I'm generally too high to go to them. New Hall park in Clayton has a great spot where I can wait for other stoners to show up and smoke me out pretty much any time of day. This park is far too large to smell weed and find out who is sparking up to piece a J with. Also, the grass is really dry, and I'm afraid of lighting it on fire. It needs more irrigation, but not to the point where it will douse my bowl. Another complaint is the lack of electricity. How am I supposed to hook up my Xbox and play CoD? Also the lack of a local 7-11 makes it difficult to acquire Doritos, Swedish Fish, and extra blunt wraps. One improvement I would like to see in the near future is the installation of a skate park with a ban on scooters. I only want scooters banned because they will probably snitch if I try to sell them bud. I mean, I'm usually too high to look for jobs, so how else am I supposed to buy more weed? The lack of posters with my favorite reggae bands and dank memes makes me mildly uncomfortable. Finally,. I am currently being eaten alive by mosquitoes in the park right now. I'm not 100℅ sure, but it may be because of the lakes. Maybe if we changed the name, the mosquitoes would go away. Overall, I give it four stars because I can smoke with more friends here than at home because my mom won't nag me here. Also, my friends and other park patrons aren't constantly telling me to get my life together, which is a nice little escape from the crippling reality of my life not going anywhere. I blame Obama and our terrible economy, along with isis and the war on drugs. read more

I played here as a youngster, long before there was a park. It had the lakes, it had wooden platforms for canvas tent camping. I grew up on Morello Road and we'd ride our horses to the lakes to swim. What a joy to see the lovely park that has been built on this site, with such terrific variety of things to enjoy. Get to this park and play!! read more

The park is, for the most part, nice and clean. My biggest complaint is with the bank around the lake, and the fishing. I'm a big fisherman, and it infuriates me to see fishing lines and lures all around the shore, and hanging from trees. Obviously there's better places to fish, but this place is free and relatively close to my house. I'd like to be able to satisfy my craving for fishing without having to pay launch fees, and entrance fees sometimes. To get to my point, the fishing sucks; at least for largemouth bass. That's almost all I fish for, and it sucks that this place is so over fished by the local bums who catch a lunker and KEEP IT! Ugh nothing pisses me off more than people who don't catch and release bass. They have almost destroyed the largemouth population by taking the good genes out of the water. I will say that I still see big largemouth caught on occasion, but it's a rare sight. The trout fishing is great when they stock it, and there are a ton of good size blue gill. I've heard it holds catfish but I've never fished for them so I don't have any first hand experience to write about. If your going to fish here please pick up after yourself, and if you catch a largemouth please practice catch and release! read more