Veterans Memorial Park

Went here early for sunrise. If you have a family member who served. Go and have a conversation. …

it connects the restaurant area to the river and is a nice place to relax after walking around. but, i dont think it should be raised at street level, as it creates a barrier. people should be able to enter the park from anywhere. also, it’s more of an amphitheater than a park. maybe they tried to cram too much into too small a space.

I love this little park.
After exploring Napa Valley and enjoying a little wine tasting nearby, we settled in to have a picnic here. They have a bunch of picnic tables and the scenery is beautiful. If we lived in the area I could see me frequenting this location often.

The Veterans Memorial Park is a bloated place that struggles to find it’s place in the new Napa.
It has a moderate size and is near the waterfront as well as the First Street Bridge. The park does have more than one to many pusher on a weekday afternoon and the park can feel dirty.
Veteran’s Memorial Parks proximity to business does add a touch of class. It is a big marker in Wine Country. One can walk along the waterfront between businesses and hotels.
Kids can run around the grass, but it can be park dosen’t have any specificly interesting fauna. The trees feel cookie cutter and some other towns will have more interesting squares, even if the towns are smaller.
The stairs and grass can both be highly relaxing. Napa is comparitively enriched by the park’s being there.
The Veterand Memorial Park is worth a look if visiting Napa.

I think it is so sweet you can use your smart phone to read about everyone who has gave all for our country. I chooses not to do this, as I knew I would cry and this is not how any of these men and women want to be remembered.

Veterans Memorial Park is an OK hangout in downtown Napa. It’s not centrally located like the Santa Fe&Sonoma Plazas (thank Spanish/​Mexican colonial city planning) It’s next to the brewery/​restaurant Downtown Joe’s, with views of the river, and a short walk from Morimoto, the Visitor’s Center, a Wells Fargo… and post-​apocalyptic abandoned storefronts, along with the county courthouse/​jail.
For an outdoor concert venue, it’s so-​so when it comes to acoustics. Sound diffuses in the air. It’s better as a gathering place.
The memorial to veterans on the busy street corner is in an odd place. It should be more centrally located within the park. Instead, it gets passed by as people go to various crosswalks and speed through the intersection.
As far as riverfront parks go, I’ve seen better.

Took a nap here to rest the soul after a long, hot day.
Poor Napa River. why it gotta be so muddy, unappealing, low, and generally ugly?
Promenade with Florence’s Rotisserie and Morimoto… people-​watching contentment.
Pollen got me bad; those trees are merciless in their sprinkling of my kryptonite. Had to bust a move. Too bad.

Veteran’s park is a really nice park that has amphitheater style seating area and a stage area. It looks out over the Napa river which at high tide is very pretty. The park seems very new and well kept. When I was there they were setting up for Shakespeare in the park, I wish I could have stayed…

— When The Dream Crusher Came Down To Veterans Memorial Park —
A Friday night gig at Veterans Memorial Park in the summer was the gig to get and I had been preparing for months. I had my SignaJam files saved and backed up and formatted. I unplugged my computer and speakers and boxed them for the drive to The Park. Unbeknownst to me, a spider crawled into my computer a few months back and laid eggs on my motherboard. Unbeknownst to the spider, the eggs contained a virus, a virus that he picked up from one of his lady friends in Santa Barbara right before he found comfort in the darkness of a cedar chest that eventually made its way up north to my pad. It wasn’t until the lights went down at the Veterans Memorial Park and I was getting ready to fire off my first musical masterpiece with a click of my mouse, that a quick pop could be heard from within the walls of my machine. The screen turned a bright blue. The smell of roasted spiders eggs filled the air. My intranet computer jam sizzled in mere nanoseconds and I knew I was doomed. The crowd waited. I stood frozen and hunched over my keyboard and monitor as if I were anticipating a miracle. I finally freed myself from the restraints of sheer horror and stepped to the microphone and apologized for the technical mishap. I shrugged my shoulders and lumbered off stage, leaving my gear on stage and leaving behind a befuddled crowd.
I awoke at about 10 or 11 the next day and started once again. My chance at creative relevance had been blown, but I was done dwelling on my failure. I decided to head back over to the park in order take in its beauty without the pressure of anticipation or the willingness to make a dream come true. I flopped down with my backpack on the green grass and slept for awhile. I could hear Main Street buzzing above me and to the left. People were talking and wondering, laughing and yelling OK!, walking over there, crossing the street to somewhere in Napa. Ducks were chattering and chuckling below me in the Napa River. I started to float away from all of that and began dreaming of a different place and time.

Great spot to read a book, picnic, hang out, people watch.
Also the host of many outdoor events. Napa city nights free music night, outdoor plays, concerts, movie in the park, great spot to watch the fireworks.
Great location downtown next to a brewery, a coffee spot and lots of other yummy restaurants.
Only down side is youll find the occassional homeless person wandering the area.