3 Best Public Parks in Berkeley, CA

“Codornices Park was opened in 1915 with a fine tennis court, a splendid field house, and many other features like a lawn, picnic area, restroom, play area, vista/overlook, and walking/biking trails. Codornices Park has some sports fields like basketball courts and softball courts. Los Amigos de Codornices, a community group, came together in 1980 to develop a park plan and begin a series of community work parties to restore paths, hillsides, bridges, meadows, and trails. The park offers many recreational and play opportunities in a beautiful hillside setting. Codornices Park has naturally large redwood trees. Codornices Park is an excellent place to take photographs.”

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“San Pablo Park has over 12.95 acres of parkland and has two ball diamonds, a basketball court, tennis courts, and a fieldhouse. The land for San Pablo Park was purchased in 1907 to make the City of Berkeley’s oldest park. Gregg, the U.C. Professor, laid out plans for the park, and the recreation field was opened for public use in 1914. San Pablo Park was recognized as “one of the best recreation fields” in the Bay Area. The park offers various recreational activities for all ages, from baseball and basketball to younger children’s play areas. They also provide a Tot play area, a School-age play area, and Picnic areas with BBQ. In San Pablo Park, a clubhouse is available. Here, a wheelchair is also accessible.”

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“Ohlone Park is a beautiful five-block-long green space with many recreational activities, such as tot and school-age play areas, a community garden, a picnic area, walking/biking trails, and an off-leash dog area. Ohlone Park has sports fields like basketball and volleyball courts and soccer and softball fields. The park was designed on BART-owned belongings along the strip of land known as Hearst Corridor after the City arranged to underground the BART tracks within Berkeley. A committee for citizens formed in 1974 to explore potential uses of the BART property along Hearst Avenue overwhelmingly preferred park development. The park is excellent for kids, with large open fields for frisbee or any other field activity. Ohlone Park has a basketball court and is one of the best places to set up a slackline and a hammock.”

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