Activites for the young at heart on the California Central Coast.

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Adam Park

600 W. Enos Dr.
Santa Maria, CA
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This 29.5 acre park has a community building, restrooms, playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, softball, volleyball, tennis, basketball, soccer, and electricity.

Alice Trefts Park

510 E. Park Avenue
Santa Maria, CA
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This 5 acre park is the home of a 100 space community garden.

Armstrong Park

1000 E. Chapel St.
Santa Maria, CA
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This 2 acre park has a playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, horseshoes, and softball.

Atkinson Park

1000 N. Railroad Ave
Santa Maria, CA
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This 6.5 acre park has a community building, handicap accessible playground, restrooms, bbq pit, picnic tables, softball, and tennis. Atkinson is a beautiful park but may not be your best choice if you are looking exclusively for a playground. The playground is completely fenced but the equipment is the older metal kind.

Buena Vista Park

800 S. Pine St
Santa Maria, CA
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This 4 acre park has a handicap accessible playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, basketball, horseshoes, and electricity.

Fletcher Park

2200 S. College Dr
Santa Maria, CA
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This park has a playground, a granite pathway, and a covered bbq area.

Grogan Park

1155 W. Rancho Verde
Santa Maria, CA
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This 6 acre park has a community building, handicap accessible playground, bbq pit, and picnic tables. Click on the website link above to view pictures.

Hagerman Sports Complex

3300 Skyway Dr.
Santa Maria, CA
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This sports complex includes four multipurpose fields, a snack bar, playground, meeting room, and restrooms.

Harvest Ranch

2700 Santa Barbara St
Santa Maria, CA
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This 5 acre park has a playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, and softball.

Joe White Park

500 S. Palisade Dr.
Santa Maria, CA
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This 2.4 acre park has a playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, and basketball.

Maramonte Park

620 E. Sunrise Dr
Santa Maria, CA
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This 9 acre park has a community building, restrooms, handicap accessible playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, softball, tennis, basketball, and horseshoes.

North Preisker Ranch Park

801 W. Boxcar
Santa Maria, CA
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This is a very nice park with covered bbq, a great play structure, and picnic tables. The basketball court is shared by the Junior High School but can be used when school is not in session.

Oakley Park

1300 N. Western Ave
Santa Maria, CA
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This 4 acre park has restrooms, bbq pit, picnic tables, softball, and a large grassy area.

Perlman Park

100 N. Broadway
Santa Maria, CA
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This 3 acre park has restrooms, a playground, electricity, and a picnic area. The park encircles multi-family homes. Even though it may look like the park is for residents it is a city park for all to enjoy.

Pioneer Park

1000 W. Foster Road
Santa Maria, CA
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This 15 acre park includes a very large picnic area, large bbq facilities, a softball field, a playground, and horseshoe pits.

Preisker Park

2301 Preisker Lane
Santa Maria, CA
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This 40 acre park has a playground, restrooms, bbq pit, picnic tables, softball, volleyball, gazebo, electricity, and group picnic areas. Be sure to bring some bread for the ducks and some extra change in case someone comes by with an ice cream cart.

Rice Park

700 E. Sunset Ave
Santa Maria, CA
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This 3 acre park has a playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, and softball.

River Oaks Park

Santa Maria, CA
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River Oaks Park includes a lake encircled by a walking path, basketball courts (half courts), a playground, picnic areas, and restrooms. There is expansion planned for this park which will include tennis courts.

Rodenberger Park

2700 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Maria, CA
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This 5 acre park includes picnic areas, a playground, softball, and fitness course.

Rotary Centennial Park

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Santa Maria, CA
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When completed this park will include a community center, Huck Finn casting pond, a gazebo and sunken bandstand, a par course, as well as soccer and baseball fields and a basketball court.

Russell Park

1000 W. Church St.
Santa Maria, CA
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This 1.5 acre park has a very nice playground, picnic areas with bbqs, and a nice grassy area.

Sierra Vista Park

809 N. Fremont
Santa Maria, CA
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This 5 acre park includes a Babe Ruth baseball diamond, the Edwards Community Center, and a gymnasium with volleyball, basketball and bleacher seating.

Simas Park

516 S. McClelland St.
Santa Maria, CA
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Simas Park is a multi-park site. The Santa Maria Indians Baseball Team calls historic Elks Field home. Two other baseball diamonds provide plenty of summer activity. The Paul Nelson Aquatic Center is a favorite with Santa Marians and visitors alike. A lawn bowling green is here too. Sharing the site is one of the Central Coast's premier youth centers, Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center, complete with a challenging outdoor skateboarding area. All this is in walking distance from the Santa Maria Civic Center, Library and the Town Center mall. In addition, the park has a restroom.

Stanley Park

500 La Costa
Santa Maria, CA
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This 2 acre park has a playground.

Tunnell Park

1100 N. Palisade Drive
Santa Maria, CA
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This 5.5 acre site has a picnic area, a playground, and a large expanse of turf.

Veterans' Memorial Park

313 W. Tunnell St
Santa Maria, CA
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This 2.25 acre park has a community building, playground, bbq pit, picnic tables, and electricity.

Waller Park

Orcutt Expressway between Waller Ln and Goodwin Road (just north of Skyway Dr)
Santa Maria, CA
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Waller park has two lakes with fountains, picnic areas, bike trails, hiking trails, horseshoes, restrooms, a playground, basketball courts, volleyball courts, a frisbee golf course, and 153 acres of lawn. Bring a picnic and don't forget bread for the ducks. Happy Trails pony rides run on the weekends (weather permitting) for $3 a ride - a great deal and a lot of fun. Waller park is a Santa Barbara County Park.

Westgate Park

1800 S. Westgate Drive
Santa Maria, CA
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This 7-acre park offers visitors a large playground, and lots of open space.