Howe Community Park

Cool lil park close to home. Great to just come sit and relax or just bring the kids to the playground. Surprisingly not crowded.

This is a beautiful park with a lot to do. There are three well maintained playgtounds, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, a dog park, a community center, a nice path for jogging and several nice open grassy areas.
The park seems to act like a buffer between a kind of iffy neighborhood and a nicer neighborhood so, ocassionally you see some creepers. I haven’t had an issue with anyone but, I would suggest keeping kids close.
My largest complaint is about the dog park. I have a 70 pound lab mix, the fences are only about 3 feet high and run right along Howe. Although my dog hasn’t tried to jump the fence, she easily could as could any medium to large dog. Also its less of a dog park and more of a dog run.

This park has something for everyone to enjoy: Volleyball Court, Dog Park, Playgrounds, Duck Pond, Jogging Trail, Tennis Courts, Picnic Areas, and Baseball Diamonds. If you just want to sit under a shade tree and relax, you can do that, too!
Just across the street is another park with a Frisbee Course.
Make a picnic lunch and you can spend an entire day here!
The only downside to this park is the limited parking options.

I like this park but the type of people it attracts is enough for me not to bring my toddler to it. We went one time and there was a couple of people throughout the parking smoking pot nearby where there were kids playing. It has nice little playgrounds but I hate the people that come here, just no respect for anyone.

Good place to go on morning jogs! Not really busy on weekday mornings, but weekend mornings and nights are busy.
There is a pond and you can go fishing but I wouldn’t want to eat anything that came out of there. Big park! Over-​all nice place.

It’s a really big nice park with enough play areas for children BUT the type of parents and children here are lousy.
5PM 6 – 7 ladies (looks like they all know each other) allowing their children to pick up the playground chips and throw them all over other children. Repeatedly told their children to stop, the mothers look on and stare. No discipline when their children were pushing and shoving my kid. We move to the smaller play ground and their children followed along without parents present. Bad parenting!

A park is a park, not always. Howe park is but a shadow of it’s former glory. The swimming pool that it had was glorious, now it’s gone paved for parking, yet parking situation is horrible. Tennis courts ran down, 3 out of 6 have no nets wtf is up. The ones that so have nets are slanted cracked and survivors. Baseball fields are nicer than they need to be. 2 preschool playgrounds, 1 is newer and nice. 1 bigger playground looks fun couple spiny seats, swings, climbing surface, rope pyramid, best thing at this park. Dog park is adequate with two enclosures makes it safer for dogs. Two bathrooms stink and portable toilets blow. Pond is there, oh yah wow pond. Try not to break an ankle on the roots while on the out of date paths that circle my park. WHERE ARE THE BASKETBALL COURTS? How can this be a park without Courts 1 star!

Howe Park is a nice park overall. The grounds are very well maintained and it is really clean. The bathrooms aren’t, but what park has a clean bathroom? I’ve been coming to Howe Park since I was a little girl when we would come visit family in Sac, way before I moved up here. We bring our kids here to play every so often since we live close by. I also walk around Howe Park and also it’s sister park, Santa Anita Park. They recently repaved the sidewalks which make the walk a lot smoother. I enjoy the walks as a form of cardio to switch up my work outs and Santa Anita is also well maintained and more of a quieter, relaxed park to enjoy a picnic, or to play Frisbee or catch on the big open field (after walking down a bit). Howe Park, and Santa Anita both have a stream that runs through, and because of the drought has been emptied out. The pond is still there, and people can fish there with a license. Howe also has 2 play grounds, one on the lower level for bigger kids, and a toddler playground on the top level which is aimed for kids 2 – 5. They have baseball/​softball fields, tennis courts, a racquetball area, and the Community Center which has an office and an area to rent out for parties or events. My only compliant about this park is that in the parking lot (both on the lower and top levels), adults sit in their cars and it creeps me out. It’s either people alone, or 2 people. I have walked by cars walking to the playground area and you can smell pot coming from their car, or also old men just staring out at the playground. It definitely makes me feel uncomfortable. Why do these people sit in their cars? I never go alone with my kids. I don’t feel 100% safe in the Arden Arcade area so either my fiancé goes with me or my dad. I always keep a good watch on my kids, especially my youngest and my daughter. I also never do the walks alone, especially since on the Santa Anita side its less people. Its a cool park to enjoy, just keep a close watch on your kids. Once in a while you do see the Police drive through doing a check. It makes me feel safer knowing they are patrolling the park.

This is a great park. It’s well maintained, has a nice layout and covers all the basics and then some. It has bridges over a stream (great for playing Pooh Sticks) lots of shade and trees, great photo op spots, nice playground, pond and more. They also have events throughout the year in the community center which I have yet to take advantage of. Adequate picnic areas, some tennis courts, a softball field, Volley ball, swimming pool and a running/​walking trail make this park quite the all-​in-​one stop.
I highly recommend it for anything from a leisurely walk with nice scenery to bringing the family for a fun day out.