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Refugio Valley Park
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5 reviews for Refugio Valley Park
A good park that I grew up with. Lots of space, good place to have a kid's birthday party with the slide and duck feeding and grassy area.
Needs a little updating around the "jungle gym" but other than that it's a nice spot for friends and family.
There are good things about this park. It is nice in the morning when folks come to exercise. The updated play structures are great.
Things I don't love- The weekends can be crowded. The bird crap is nasty.
I'm putting Hercules on the Yelp map.
This review is dedicated to Scotty D. I don't know him but I read his review of the San Leandro Marina and his memories of feeding ducks stale bread reminded me of my childhood at Refugio Valley Park.
Refugio Valley Park is award winning for its landscape. It's got beautiful trees, an awesome pagoda (where people often get married, take their cotillion pics, and bands play), nice playgrounds, and a track for jogging (or walking if you please). The playing field is wide for soccer in the summer and church volleyball madness. Every weekend is filled with jumping castles and birthday parties. Refugio Valley Park is also home to the Hercules Cultural Fair. There is much to do at Refugio and is used by the Hercules residents time and time again.
The Refugio Valley Park I knew as a kid was much more simpler. They had these yellow ducks that you could ride on, the playground with the giant slide and hundred steps was one of the best things in the park (now boarded up and closed down), and in the summer they would show movies. Sometimes the city would throw fish in the lake and host fishing days for everyone. Now the lake is just muddy and overtaken by the ducks. The geese are the worse. The crap all over the jogging trail and if you get too close I swear they will peck the living hell out of you. I did enjoy feeding the ducks popcorn and the ends of the bread loaf that noboy liked to eat. Just throw the food into the lake and the ducks flock to you. Fun stuff.
In high school, we'd have water wars and picnics. Those were good times. Nowadays I'll usually just walk to the park and do a few laps. It's still a nice park. New generations are now enjoying it with the old. Good ol Hercules.
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This is by far my favorite park. It's a little out of my way, but I've been going here since childhood. Charlie, my pup, loves trying to chase the geese and ducks. Good luck! It will never happen. LOL There are lots of trees and you can even walk over a little bridge. Kids love the play area. When I went there this morning, the parking lot was almost full. People were getting their barbecues ready to go for all the parties to come. The lawn area is great for soccer games, but today it was a bit on the dry side. The hot weather scorched it. Yep, so this a definite must-check-out if you are near this neck of the woods. BTW, you can also venture on a trail leading to the residential area. Plenty of room to walk or job along the path. It does get hot there so wear plenty of sunscreen.
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Very beautiful park. I've enjoyed every picnic i've attended there. Only downside is, if you stay there too late after sundown, the automatic sprinkler system turns on you and GETS you! Other than that, i definetly recommend the area.
