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List of parks in Oakland, California

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A scenic view of Mosswood Park in Oakland, California โ€“ a lovely green space for families to enjoy.

Oakland, California, is a beautiful city with many places to enjoy the outdoors. Parks are special areas where families and friends can go to relax, play, and connect with nature. This list shows some of the parks you can find in Oakland. Each park offers its own unique features, such as walking paths, playgrounds, or open spaces to explore.

Parks are important because they give everyone a chance to spend time outside and stay active. Whether you live in Oakland or just visit, these parks provide a peaceful escape from everyday life. They are great places to have picnics, go on walks, or play with friends.

Oak Glen Park

Enjoy discovering the many parks that make Oakland a wonderful place to live and visit!

City

Oakland, California has many parks where families can enjoy outdoor time together. These parks come in all sizes, from very small mini parks to large regional parks.

Mosswood Park

Here are some of the parks you can visit:

  • 25th Street Mini Park โ€” 0.28 acres (1,100ย m2) โ€” 25th Street, Oakland, CA
  • 85th Avenue Mini Park โ€” 0.33 acres (1,300ย m2) โ€” 1712 85th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621
  • 88th Avenue Mini Park โ€” 0.31 acres (1,300ย m2) โ€” 1722 88th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621
  • Allendale Park โ€” 3.24 acres (13,100ย m2) โ€” 3711 Suter Street, Oakland, CA 94619
  • Arroyo Viejo Park โ€” 18.75 acres (75,900ย m2) โ€” 7701 Krause Avenue, Oakland, CA 94605
  • Avenue Terrance Park โ€” 0.93 acres (3,800ย m2) โ€” 4369 Bennett Place, Oakland, CA 94602
  • Ayala Park โ€” Ayala Ave & 57th Street, Oakland, CA 94609
  • Beaconsfield Canyon โ€” Beaconsfield Place, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Bella Vista Park โ€” 1.74 acres (7,000ย m2) โ€” 1025 East 28th Street, Oakland, CA
  • Bertha Port Park โ€” Goss Street & Wood Street & 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Brookdale Park โ€” 4.66 acres (18,900ย m2) โ€” 2535 High Street, Oakland, CA 94601
  • Burckhalter Park โ€” 4.46 acres (18,000ย m2) โ€” 4062 Edwards Avenue, Oakland, CA 94605
  • Bushrod Park โ€” 10.12 acres (41,000ย m2) โ€” 560 59th Street, Oakland, CA 94609
  • Caldecott Field/North Oakland Regional Sports Center โ€” 6900 Broadway, Oakland, Ca 94618
  • Carney Park โ€” 0.44 acres (1,800ย m2) โ€” 10501 Acalanes Drive, Oakland, CA 94603
  • Carter-Gilmore/Greenman Field โ€” 1390 66th Ave & Lucille Street, Oakland, CA 94621
  • Central Reservoir Park โ€” 3.78 acres (15,300ย m2) โ€” 2506 East 29th Street, Oakland, CA 94602
  • Cesar Chavez Park โ€” Foothill Boulevard, Oakland, CA
  • Chabot Park โ€” 3.39 acres (13,700ย m2) โ€” 6850 Chabot Road, Oakland, CA 94618
  • Channel Park โ€” 4.49 acres (18,200ย m2) โ€” 1 10th Street & 21 7th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Chinese Garden Park โ€” 1.4 acres (5,700ย m2) โ€” 7th Street & Harrison Street, Oakland, CA
  • Clinton Square Park โ€” 1.85 acres (7,500ย m2) โ€” 1230 6th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Colby Park โ€” 0.35 acres (1,400ย m2) โ€” 61st & Colby Street, Oakland, CA
  • Coliseum Gardens Park โ€” 4.85 acres (19,600ย m2) โ€” 966 66th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621
  • Columbian Gardens Park โ€” 2.33 acres (9,400ย m2) โ€” 9920 Empire Road, Oakland, CA 94603
  • Concordia Park โ€” 3.51 acres (14,200ย m2) โ€” 2901 64th Avenue, Oakland, CA
  • Crescent Park โ€” 2.03 acres (8,200ย m2) โ€” Chester Street, Oakland, CA
  • Cypress Freeway Memorial Park โ€” 14th and Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA 94607
  • DeFremery Park โ€” 9.4 acres (38,000ย m2) โ€” 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Dimond Park โ€” 14.31 acres (57,900ย m2) โ€” 3860 Hanly Road, Oakland, CA 94602
  • Dolphin Mini Park โ€” 1299 73rd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621
  • Dover Street Park โ€” 5707 Dover Street, Oakland, CA 94609
  • Driver Plaza โ€” Stanford Avenue & Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94608
  • Dunsmuir Estate Park โ€” 30.16 acres (122,100ย m2) โ€” 61 Covington Street, Oakland, CA 94605
  • Durant Mini Park โ€” 0.32 acres (1,300ย m2) โ€” 29th Street & MLK Jr Way, Oakland, CA
  • Eastshore Park โ€” 4.47 acres (18,100ย m2) โ€” 550 El Embarcadero & Lakeshore Ave, Oakland, CA 94610
  • Elmhurst Lyons Field โ€” 1800 98th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94603
  • Estuary Channel Park โ€” 7.03 acres (28,400ย m2) โ€” 5 Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Firestorm Memorial Garden โ€” Tunnel Road & Hiller Drive, Oakland, CA 94618
  • Fitzgerald Park โ€” Fitzgerald Street & Peralta Street, Oakland, CA
  • FM Smith Park โ€” 1.66 acres (6,700ย m2) โ€” 1969 Park Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Foothill Meadows Extension โ€” 0.19 acres (770ย m2) โ€” 1600 38th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601
  • Foothill Meadows Park โ€” 1.62 acres (6,600ย m2) โ€” 3705 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94601
  • Frank Ogawa Firescape Garden โ€” 6900 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Frog Park (Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt) โ€” Along Temescal Creek, Hudson Street to Redondo Park
  • Franklin Park โ€” 2.05 acres (8,300ย m2) โ€” 1010 East 15th Street, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Franklin Plaza โ€” 418 22nd Street, Oakland, CA 94612
  • Fruitvale Bridge Park โ€” 0.33 acres (1,300ย m2) โ€” 3205 Alameda Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601
  • Garber Park โ€” Alvarado Road & Claremont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94705
  • Garfield Park โ€” 1.49 acres (6,000ย m2) โ€” 2260 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Glen Echo Park โ€” 0.72 acres (2,900ย m2) โ€” Panama Court & Monte Vista Avenue, Oakland, CA
  • Golden Gate Park โ€” 1075 62nd St, Oakland, CA 94608
  • Grove Shafter Park โ€” 5.55 acres (22,500ย m2) โ€” Martin Luther King Jr Way & 36th Street, Oakland, CA 94609
  • Hardy Dog Park โ€” 2.16 acres (8,700ย m2) โ€” 491 Hardy Street, Oakland, CA 94618
  • Helen McGregor Plaza Park โ€” 0.3 acres (1,200ย m2) โ€” MLK Jr Way & 5210 West Street, Oakland, CA
  • Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park โ€” 1900 Rashida Muhammad St, Oakland, CA 94612
  • Holly Mini Park โ€” 0.35 acres (1,400ย m2) โ€” 9830 Holly Street, Oakland, CA 94603
  • Jefferson Square โ€” 1.42 acres (5,700ย m2) โ€” 618 Jefferson Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Joaquin Miller Park โ€” 500 acres (2.0ย km2) โ€” 3590 Sanborn Drive, Oakland, CA 94602
  • Josie de la Cruz Park โ€” 1637 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601
  • King Estates Park โ€” 8501 Fontaine Street, Oakland, CA 94605
  • Joseph Knowland State Arboretum and Park โ€” 453 acres (1.83ย km2) โ€” Golf Links Road, Oakland, CA 94605
  • Lafayette Square Park โ€” 1.42 acres (5,700ย m2) โ€” 635 11th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Lakeside Park โ€” 75 acres (300,000ย m2) โ€” 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610
  • Lazear Park โ€” 0.1 acres (400ย m2) โ€” 850 - 29th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601
  • Leona Heights Park โ€” 444 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94619
  • Lincoln Square Park โ€” 1.38 acres (5,600ย m2) โ€” 261 11th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Linden Park โ€” 0.46 acres (1,900ย m2) โ€” 998 42nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609
  • Lowell Park โ€” 8.74 acres (35,400ย m2) โ€” 1180 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Mandana Plaza Park โ€” 0.53 acres (2,100ย m2) โ€” 600 Mandana Ave & Lakeshore Ave, Oakland, CA
  • Manzanita Park โ€” 1 acre (4,000ย m2) โ€” 2701 22nd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Marj Saunders Park โ€” 5750 Ascot Drive, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Marston Campbell Park โ€” 3.1 acres (13,000ย m2) โ€” 17th Street & West Street, Oakland, CA
  • Maxwell Park โ€” 1.38 acres (5,600ย m2) โ€” 4618 Allendale Avenue, Oakland, CA 94619
  • McClymonds Mini Park โ€” 0.24 acres (970ย m2) โ€” 2528 Linden Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • McCrea Park โ€” 4.82 acres (19,500ย m2) โ€” 4460 Shepherd Street, Oakland, CA 94619
  • Montclair Park โ€” 7.3 acres (30,000ย m2) โ€” 6300 Moraga Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Morcom Rose Garden โ€” 7.76 acres (31,400ย m2) โ€” 700 Jean Street, Oakland, CA 94610
  • Mosswood Park โ€” 11 acres (45,000ย m2) โ€” 3612 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94609
  • Nicol Park โ€” 0.23 acres (930ย m2) โ€” Nicol Avenue & Collidge Avenue, Oakland, CA
  • Oak Glen Park โ€” 2.79 acres (11,300ย m2) โ€” 3390 Richmond Boulevard, Oakland, CA
  • Officer Willie Wilkins Park โ€” 9700 C Street, Oakland, CA 94603
  • Ostrander Park โ€” 2.4 acres (9,700ย m2) โ€” 6151 Broadway Terrace, Oakland, CA 94618
  • Park Boulevard Plaza Park โ€” 0.76 acres (3,100ย m2) โ€” 2100 Park Boulevard, Oakland, CA
  • Peralta Hacienda Park โ€” 4.47 acres (18,100ย m2) โ€” 2500 34th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601
  • Peralta Oaks Park โ€” 3.8 acres (15,000ย m2) โ€” Peralta Oaks & 106th Avenue, Oakland, CA
  • Peralta Park โ€” 4.08 acres (16,500ย m2) โ€” 94 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA
  • Piedmont Plaza Park โ€” 0.03 acres (120ย m2) โ€” 4182 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Pine Knoll Park โ€” 1.33 acres (5,400ย m2) โ€” Lakeshore Ave & Hanover Ave, Oakland, CA
  • Pinto Park โ€” 3.57 acres (14,400ย m2) โ€” 5000 Redwood Road, Oakland, CA 94619
  • Poplar Park โ€” 2.5 acres (10,000ย m2) โ€” 3131 Union Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Raimondi Park โ€” 1800 Wood Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Rainbow Park โ€” 2.44 acres (9,900ย m2) โ€” 5800 International Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94621
  • Rancho Peralta Park โ€” 34 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA
  • Redwood Heights Park โ€” 2.93 acres (11,900ย m2) โ€” 3883 Aliso Avenue, Oakland, CA 94619
  • Rockridge Park โ€” 0.28 acres (1,100ย m2) โ€” 6090 Rockridge Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94618
  • Saint Andrews Park โ€” 0.17 acres (690ย m2) โ€” 32nd Street & San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA
  • San Antonio Park โ€” 11.62 acres (47,000ย m2) โ€” 1701 East 19th Street, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Sequoia Lodge Park โ€” 11.67 acres (47,200ย m2) โ€” 2666 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Sheffield Village Park โ€” 1.34 acres (5,400ย m2) โ€” 247 Marlow Drive, Oakland, CA 94605
  • Shepherd Canyon Park โ€” 6000 Shepherd Canyon Road, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Snow Park โ€” 4.2 acres (17,000ย m2) โ€” 19th Street & Harrison Street, Oakland, CA
  • Sobrante Park โ€” 4.69 acres (19,000ย m2) โ€” 470 El Paseo Drive, Oakland, CA 94603
  • South Prescott Park โ€” 3rd Street/Chester Avenue, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Splash Pad Park โ€” 0.62 acres (2,500ย m2) โ€” Grand Avenue & Lakepark, Oakland, CA
  • Stonehurst Park โ€” 2.67 acres (10,800ย m2) โ€” 10315 E Street, Oakland, CA
  • Tassafaronga Park โ€” 2.5 acres (10,000ย m2) โ€” 85th Avenue & E Street, Oakland, CA
  • Temescal Creek Park โ€” 1.07 acres (4,300ย m2) โ€” Cavour & Clifton Street, Oakland, CA
  • Tomas Melero-Smith โ€” 1461 65th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94621
  • Tyrone Carney Park โ€” 10501 Acalanes Drive, Oakland, CA 94603
  • Union Plaza โ€” 0.42 acres (1,700ย m2) โ€” 3399 Peralta Street, Oakland, CA 94608
  • Union Point Park โ€” 2311 Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Vantage Point Park โ€” 0.4 acres (1,600ย m2) โ€” 1198 13th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606
  • Verdese Carter Park โ€” 3.36 acres (13,600ย m2) โ€” 9600 Sunnyside Street, Oakland, CA 94603
  • Wade Johnson Park โ€” 2.52 acres (10,200ย m2) โ€” 1250 Kirkham Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • William "Bill" Patterson Park โ€” 9175 Edes Avenue, Oakland, CA 94603
  • William Wood Park โ€” 2920 McKillop Road, Oakland, CA 94602
  • Willow Mini Park โ€” 0.94 acres (3,800ย m2) โ€” 14th Street & Willow Street, Oakland, CA
  • Wilma Chan Park โ€” 810 Jackson Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Wood Park โ€” 5.54 acres (22,400ย m2) โ€” 2920 McKillop Road, Oakland, CA 94602
  • Wood Street Pocket Park โ€” Wood Street & 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94607

State and Regional

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is partly in Oakland and is managed by the East Bay Regional Park District, even though it is a California State Park.

Nine beautiful parks in or near Oakland are part of the East Bay Regional Parks. These parks include:

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