This is the biggest general park in Ripon. It is a pretty large scale park with an upper and a…read morelower area. The upper area has 4 horseshoe pits and bocce ball courts. There is a small kids playground by these courts. Another part of the upper area consists of a large lawn area, which is plenty big for several different sports. There are two baseball diamonds and a medium size playground. The bathrooms are located by the baseball diamonds. Near this area is also a butterfly garden. When you walk to the lower area, there is a large gazebo which is nice for parties. There are two volleyball courts that consist of sand. The remaining area is fairly large and consist of lawn. The park parallels the Stanislaus river and there are several access points to enjoy the water. This park can get fairly busy on the weekends.

We love this park, easy tree shrouded trails to the river where you can swim or just sit in the…read moreriver. When the water is low it only comes up to your knees in most places and deep areas up to your waist. This part of the river is mostly sandy instead of rocky. The city keeps the park well maintained and there appears to a community center along with public restrooms, a butterfly garden, a large gazebo area and a volleyball area. Went on Labor Day and was surprised there were no crowds, especially since there is no entrance fee. You can either park in the park and walk to the river or you can park in a city parking area with paved trails leading towards the river. No BBQ grills or tables near the river but they do have lots of garbage bins so bring your dog, camp chairs and a picnic basket and soak in the natural beauty.

There's so many good things happening here!…read more - toddler pirate ship - rope climbing - impressive larger play structure - grass fields - across from nice walking paths for mom - really nice covered picnic tables - clean and well maintained The only downfall to this park for me was that it didn't have a bathroom. It also didn't have swings but we didn't miss them. We loved playing and hanging out here, and between the park, and walking down the walking path to Central Park, we burned 4 hours of the day which was just what we needed.

This park is legit!! My kids could play here for hours. We were visiting the Great Wolf Lodge in…read morenearby Manteca and stumbled upon this park before check in. While there is no bathroom, it's an absolutely epic play structure with three stories flanked by another climbing structure and an awesome pirate ship. There is also a huge grassy area. Would return!

Great park! We stopped here on our way home from Santa Cruz to Sacramento so our kids could play at…read morethe splash pad (I got in too because it was hot!). A little too warm to play on the playground but they have shade, for the picnic tables and restrooms. Nice park Lathrop!

This review is to simply state that my young nephews were sad to see this location closed for…read moreconstruction and that the splash pad was not in service despite the website saying it was open. Why work on this during the summer months when kids are off school? We had to drive around to find another location but all Lathrop park splash pads are not working or out of service. Sad...Has potential though. Nice large grass area and restrooms nearby.

This part is pretty freaking cool. The splash pad area is smaller than the new park next to LPD,…read morebut imo it's way better. Here's why: The play structures, bathrooms, water play area, picnics and shade are all right next to eachother. As a mom with young kids, I felt comfortable sitting down and watching them run back and forth from water play to the pirate ship, back to the picnic table to grab a snack, ect. The other park in town with a large splash pad area is large enough that I felt the need to follow my kiddos around. The picnic areas here are way nicer because they have good established shade. And, for potty training parents - the bathrooms are literally right there. Across the large flat field (perfect if you want to play soccer) there was adult exercise equipment, basketball courts, and tennis courts. They even had a handicap swing and one of those cool ones for both baby and an older rider, that face eachother. 10/10 reccomend this park! As we got into early afternoon, the park got super busy and there were lots of rough older kids. We decided that the crowd was getting a little too rough for our littles so we decided it was time to go. I would say that if you have toddlers, morning hours are best before it gets super crowded.

This is a pretty new park even though it's been open a few years but I would say it's a better park…read morethan any other Lathrop park. It's near an elementary school but not as close with a whole grass field between. The pathway that's between the school and park is wide and shady, filled with places to sit, workout and eat. There is a restroom at the park and on the Slate Street side closer to the school. The water splash pads runs continuously during the day in the summer because the water is recycled and filtered. They have city workers that check up the area regularly. I see them in the mornings when I go for a walk sometimes. They added a new pergola type area next to the tennis courts. More tables to enjoy and a bbq pit I believe The parking is pretty much street parking but it seems that a lot of the visitors are from the area so they most likely walk to it. Ice cream trucks, well vans come by and sometimes the school would invite Kona Ice usually on Wednesdays sometimes. Kona would usually be on the Slate Street side FYI

Cute park for kids. Has two structures - one for littles and the other for bigger kids. Regular…read moreand baby swings. 6 benches around the parks. Very large open grassy field next to the park. A little further down from the playgrounds is a covered picnic table shelter area and some bathrooms. Bathrooms are far enough away from the playgrounds to where the homeless aren't right next to where the kids are playing.

My little nephew plays baseball here, I always have a good time watching him play! The president…read morehere takes good care of the field!

Cool little park for my toddler ages 2 and 5. They have a splash pad and parking is generally open…read more They have basketball court and open field to run some routes on.

It was boring. It didn't have a whole lot of flavor. There wasn't really much to do besides play…read morebasketball but the courts nice

Cute park with nice structures. Large and small (separate) playground structures. Sidewalk goes…read moreall the way around the structures for those who like to walk while their kids play. 4 picnic tables. No swings. No bathrooms.

Something about this park is very relaxing to me. Very clean and plenty to keep the kids busy. Tgis…read morepark is equipped with a play grpund and tot lot, plenty of benches, and a cluster of picnic tables and BBQ pits to host a small event. No bathrooms at this park.

Nice chill spot to picnic and fish and relax. Didn't get any keepers but I'll try back another day…read more That's why it's called fishing

We've been coming to this park since 2018. It's a lovely quick get away not far from home…read more Campground Hosts are ALWAYA, kind, welcoming, accommodating and helpful. Just really nice people. However, through the years, the neglect of this park is starting to show dramatically. Roads are torn up, overgrown trees oftentimes scratch RVs and way too many stray cats. Our last two visits with friends were ruined due to faulty electrical equipment but worst of all sewage backup into the camp site. This is unacceptable but more importantly, pretty sure the health department would find this to be in several violations. We would be so disappointed to have to stop coming here but these issues are happening at different sites, not sure we want to be part of a crap shoot. SJ Parks department, please do better for your customers. UPDATE: Someone came and sprayed the area. All he accomplished was to spread the sewage leak to a bigger area of the campsite. EWWWWW