Officially called the Jones Family Park, this park in North Elk Grove is in a neighborhood near EG Florin and Calvine. It's located near some good friends of ours, so we come here once in awhile. It is a medium size park that backs into a railroad track and then there's a wildlife area made up of a a fenced-off wetlands preserve. I've not gone over to that part, but the park itself has a playground, a gazebo covered picnic area, a half court for bball, 2 baseball fields, a tennis court, a huge open field of grass for other sports such as soccer, frisbee, etc.
The one big attraction here is probably the gazebo with 3 basic metal picnic tables, I've seen a lot of parties held here just driving past to get to my friends' place, so it seems a popular park for nearby families to hold their celebratory events. It's not as nice and new a gazebo as the newer neighborhood parks in the south parts of Elk Grove, as those have concrete picnic tables, but this one still sees a ton of use.
There is also a tennis court, but unfortunately, there are only 2 courts and they're not marked/retrofitted for playing pickleball, like at some of the other EG parks. Also they're quite worn. The pavement on the courts are cracked/peeling and the perimeter were not well kept but dirty with some piece of litter that's not been picked up. I also saw a couple spots w/dog doo doo which means people are being disrespectful and letting their dog do their business on the edges of the courts and/or stray dogs are coming in and pooping, so that's not bueno. One of the nets was also badly damaged so it essentially doesn't work.
The park has seen better days for sure, but it used to be very overgrown as their fields were not getting mowed down due to lack of funding. Our friends told us Cosumnes CSD finally found some funds to keep it up a bit better now, but also that some of the folks who are not from around this neighborhood, but only come for baseball games have trashed the park in the past, which is unfortunate. Hopefully, that situation has improved and people won't be so inconsiderate. I didn't go over to the baseball fields, so I didn't see if they're in good shape, but let's respect our parks.
Parking is easy here with a dedicated lot and plenty of parking spaces, some of the spots have shade trees to park under too which is nice on a warmer day. All in all, this is a nice older neighborhood park, which hopefully will see some updating soon. read more