dog friendly park

Bucklin Park

Overview: Bucklin Park is rated 4.5/5 from 1531 Google reviews. This park offers a playground with an obstacle course, a lake with ducks, and picnic areas. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade. Downsides: Some reviews mention inconsistent cleanliness.

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4.5Google rating

1,531reviews

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Overview

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4.5(1,531 reviews)

People say this park offers a playground with an obstacle course, a lake with ducks, and picnic areas. They highlight the park's scenic views, including green grass, trees, water, and birds, as well as the architectural details and art. They also like the park's safety, security, and suitability for families and groups.

Best for

dogs that need room to runowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenities

Quick facts

Address1350 S 8th St, El Centro, CA 92243, USA

Phone(760) 337-4555

City pageEl Centro

Imported fromEl Centro, CA

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dogs that need room to runowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenitiesparktourist attraction6 Google photos1531 reviewsOpen now

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MikeyBacon3 months ago

PLEASE PEOPLE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STOP FEEDING THE DUCKS BREAD!!! YOURE KILLING THEM, THERES NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND IT GETS THE WATER ALL GROSS. Just go to the local dollar store and buy a $5 bag of sun flower seeds or bird feed and hand feed them. SIMPLE DAMMIT! I want to strangle who ever came up with the dumb idea to feed animals with bread. Youll start seeing more variety of birds if you do things right. Other than that, love this place. I hope people keep taking care of it. They should add more plants and make it more nice and diverse with desert plants, grass is nice but it has no purpose in the desert other than esthetic.

Trending Nordic2 years ago

This park gives some much needed green to the city. There's a little pond with ducks and other birds. The Veteran's Memorial is well maintained. The pathways are brick and perfect for walking or jogging. Overall a nice place.

Km McLean5 years ago

Grew up in IV, came back to visit after having been gone for a couple of decades. This park was somewhere we went all the time while growing up. I’m glad to see that they’ve tried hard to keep it up. It’s a pretty park and very large. Paved walk ways, fountains, play area, Little Library box. I enjoyed our time back here.

Steve Crawford5 months ago

Large and accessible park. Great kid playground, water features with ducks, fountains. Good for walking leashed dogs. Oddly, very few sitting benches but there are grassy hills. Very well cared for and clean family park.

Isaac Benjamin2 years ago

Took my dog out for a walk. Nice park, but, the only negative aspect of it is the water pond. It really needs to be cleaned. It's been left untreated and looks horrendous.

Opening hours

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Monday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Tuesday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Wednesday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Thursday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Friday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Saturday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Sunday: 5:00 AM – 11:00 PM

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