Cannery Park — Hayward

Cannery Park and Splash Pad is a perfect place to cool off on a hot day! 

I’ve been waiting for a not too hot but also not too cold Wednesday to try out this Hayward “water park” and today was that!

We’ve been to this park before water fountain season started and honestly didn’t even get out of the car and as it turns out though that my kids enjoyed the non-water features more (of course they did).

The water area is fun and includes squirt cannons, water fountains from the floor, spinning seats, rocks for climbing and bottomless sideless slides that lead into the sunken “pool” (it doesn’t really fill up like a pool but it’s where all the action happens)

Near the splash pad is the play area with suspended lily pads, a small rock wall, ladder arch, suspended seats. There’s a sandbox without sand and a swing set with standard and bucket swings. Close by is the bathroom and plenty of picnic tables.

On the other side of the splash pad is a small section with boulders for climbing, big circles tops for hopping, and a spinning silver ball. Beyond this area is a small skate park and a half basketball court. Around all of the play areas, there are shaded benches.

This park also has so much grass and two ball fields.

Street parking (pull in on Burbank st, a lot on Martin Luther King Drive, and parallel parking on B street.

Water is on at the splash pad Wednesdays and weekends 11-5 (it’s sometimes turned on during extra hot days)