Was looking for a place to eat our dinner outside. This was perfect! The day was gorgeous but the park was pretty empty. There’s picnic tables to dine inside by the child play structures and grassy areas, plus some along the side of the lagoon. Ducks and geese were present and fun to watch. PLENTY of parking, both in the lot and along the street. Walking trail around the lagoon. Lots of space and pretty clean.
Cathy O.
Classificação do local: 5 Napa, CA
Great park, good for dogs and kids. Nice walk, look at the ducks. Watch out for the coyotes and you’re OK.
Christina p.
Classificação do local: 4 Novato, CA
A great place to take your kids to run around, play at the park or feed the ducks. Even for a nice walk with a friend or a love one. I love just throwing a blanket down and having lunch with my family by the pond. It’s also a perfect place to fly a kite on a windy day!
Joe B.
Classificação do local: 5 Oakland, CA
I was in Marin to spend some of my Costco rebate at the wine-lover’s-paradise Novato store, and my little pup demands that whenever we travel, we stop at a new dog park — he’s high maintenance that way. Bring your pup here, go to the dog park, and walk around the lagoon next time you’re in Marin. The dog park is off-leash, but you can walk on-leash around the park. Great views, nice people — a nice little oasis away from urban life.
Dana G.
Classificação do local: 4 San Rafael, CA
The Civic Center Lagoon is a great place to meet for lunch. It’s super utilitarian– I can meet friend, an ex-colleague, or even my grandma! Everyone loves it. I don’t really think it’s the very-super-best-most-wonderful-and-prettiest spot in town. BUT– It’s soooo convenient with it’s ample parking and close freeway access, and offers so much! — There are views of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Civic Center, the green hills of northern San Rafael, and the lagoon. — It’s a great place(well, the only place I know of) to feed the ducks(is this now considered bad? It seems bad). — Shaded picnic benches, sunny picnic benches, and other benches abound. — Nice to walk around the lagoon. — Looks like a cool playground. Not that I’ve ever used it, but… still– you can’t go wrong when you add a playground. — Oooh! And little waterfalls.
Azul C.
Classificação do local: 4 San Francisco, CA
I just went to this park yesterday. It has so many cool features like a big xylophone, a climbing structure and a little water controlled kid sized river with sand. Very cool.
Miriam S.
Classificação do local: 5 San Rafael, CA
This is the park right across the street from the civic center. It is HUGE for your typical neighborhood park, and there’s always plenty of parking. It has tons of picnic tables, and there’s big grassy area for the kids to run around, and if YOU want to run around, there’s plenty of space for you to get in a few miles w/o setting foot on the street. The playground has just undergone complete renovation! They put in some great new features, like the sand castle building area, complete with a stream! However, I don’t think they left too many things for the the 1 – 3 year old’s, except for the swings and the motorcycles. The new main structure involves LOTS of climbing, and it seems to be geared to 5 – 10 year old’s. My son had a good time, but I can imagine it would have been very hard for him a few years ago.
