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Kennedy Park

Overview: Kennedy Park is rated 4.5/5 from 1321 Google reviews. This park offers a carousel, tea cup ride, train, and a farm-themed playground. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and seating and covered spots. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs.

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4.5(1,321 reviews)

Overview: Kennedy Park is rated 4.5/5 from 1321 Google reviews. This park offers a carousel, tea cup ride, train, and a farm-themed playground. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and seating and covered spots. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs.

People say this park offers a carousel, tea cup ride, train, and a farm-themed playground. They highlight the spacious layout, clean facilities, and ample picnic tables and shaded areas. They also like the reasonable ticket prices and the family-friendly atmosphere.

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social dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenities

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Address19501 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94541, USA
Phone(510) 881-6700
City pageHayward
Imported fromHayward, CA

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social dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenitiesparktourist attraction6 Google photos1321 reviewsOpen now

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J F4 months ago

Nice Area! Great for big groups. Only wished that umbrellas for the round tables were provided, unless you have your own. Not many guests would want to sit there for a long period under the sun, in the heat.

Connie Bautista6 months ago

First time visiting Kennedy Park. It did not disappoint. The park is clean and huge. People friendly. It feels like an amusement park. The only problem for me are the bathrooms. They do not flush. Other than that, I will come and visit again.

Jabari Graya month ago

First time here today though my in-laws have been bringing our eldest for the past year or so. Probably the best local urban park I've been to. Creative playground design that plays old-timey and modern structures of of over another innovative, well integrated ways using a farm and nature aesthetic theme as the focus. Well staffed, super clean, lots of parking, central location for the area, with many picnic tables, covered reservable areas and fully grown trees about. Train, carousel, and tea cup amusement rides to boot. Kids under 3 ride free and tickets are $3. Snack bar, clean restrooms with lots of side (though no changing table in the men's which was kind of annoying), and a diverse and friendly crowd. Dogs love it, too. Not what you'd expect off a main drag and right next to a Target, but if you had to stick a family recreation zone in the middle of the street, they (HARD) did a great job of making this feel like an oasis when you're inside the boundaries. If you are in the SLZ, Ashland, Cherryland or Hayward areas, check it out.

Andrew Veleza month ago

Very nice park. Clean and friendly people can be found. Train rides for kids and parents. Merry go round also a favorite. Snacks are available for purchase. The park also offers private birthday party sections or picnics with a barbecue station and bench seating. Call for details for reservations. Plenty of parking that surrounds the area. All flat ground for easy access. 🚻 Restrooms are available.

Kornel Rozsavolgyi8 months ago

Very well maintained, surprisingly good park and playground. You can rent sections for parties as well, they have rides too! Carousel, Teacup ride, mini train around the park, and other games. Nice lawn and clean everything!

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  • Monday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Thursday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Friday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Saturday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Sunday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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