Cedar Rose Park — Berkeley

Cedar Rose Park, developed on the old Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way, offers grassy areas, playgrounds, and many recreational options.

This Berkeley park is one of the many parks and green areas along the Ohlone Greenway, a walking/biking, running path that starts all the way down near downtown Berkeley and connects with the Richmond Greenway Trail in Richmond.

This park offers two playgrounds, a grass area, picnic benches with bbq, basketball, tennis and volleyball court, a small amphitheater, and sidewalks for biking and walking. The grassy area is really sunny as most trees are on the outer rim.

The larger play area has a structure, standard swings, and a tire swing. The structure has two slides (a double and a spiral), steps, ladders, a bridge, and activities.

The smaller play area is completely enclosed and has a large bridge with tunnels underneath, a play structure, a three-person teeter-totter, a climbing turtle, a swing set with two buckets swings and a standard swing and steps that lead to nothin' (seriously why are they there?? I think this area was intended to be a sandbox and maybe was at one point, but now it is woodchips). The structure is made of wood and has two slides (a short tube and a double), steps and a very low inclined climbing wall. This area is perfect for toddlers!

There are bathrooms here and street parking was easy. The different sports areas are separate from the grassy and play areas. You’ll have to cross a street to get to them. This park had a lot of day “campers” but nothing that made us uncomfortable.