Mary Gomez Park & Pool

Great alternative to play tennis if nearby parks are full but I just wished they had lights for night players.
Clean and there’s also a swim center here as well.

Pool said it was open until three but at 1 it was closed with no staff present. This is September 2015. Please update your hours. Looking at pool through locked gate it looked clean but tiny. Some lap lanes. Small open area with slide. Only place to sit is outside pool area on bleachers.

Fantastic pool for a younger family with kids. Very fun slide over at the deep side of the pool. Friendly lifeguards too!

It’s on the older side. It has some shade and bbqs. A basketball court is awesome but compared to other parks in sc it gets pretty warm. Lots of families but still not my fav park as it does get some weirdies.

This is a good place to learn for kids. When you join a group session, there are 3 other kids other than your own. If you unfortunately have a kid who is scared of water or has any other problems, then the training your child gets is just half of the time allotted. The trainer keeps tending to that child and in the process, the other children loose out on their time. It would be a better way to take the help of parents and move on to the other kids in this case. I feel my child has lost time as there was a little child who was not willing to get into water and the trainer tried to get her in the water with no results.

This small (eight acre) and secluded park is good for families with young kids. It has a very nice sized grass area for running your dogs, playing frisbee, or just running after your little one. Restrooms are located near the basketball courts and swimming pool. The pool is open to the public during the Summer.
The park has lots of trees and shade if you want to enjoy a BBQ with family and friends. BBQ facilities are provided in the picnic area. Most of the park is fenced in so you don’t have to worry about passing traffic on San Tomas Expressway.
I take my child to the children’s play area. The play area consist of a large sand box with a toddler (2 – 5 year old) play structure, a play structure for younger kids, a play structure for older kids, two regular swings, and two «bucket» swings for toddlers. Enjoy nice shaded seating while watching your kids play in the play area.

Cute, uncrowded, and well kept neighborhood park. Great tot lot area and nice trees for shade if you’d like to lay down a blanket to relax (the city just planted some more too). Minus one star because the tot lot has shade for only part of the day which makes it too hot to use during summer afternoons. I have not used the pool or tennis courts so this review does not apply to those features.

My frenchie Ninja had a great time swinging in the swings yesterday evening.

So I bought a groupon for mommy and me (that would be the baby) swim classes so the review is just for the pool. It’s heated, the classes given there are pretty good, they have changing rooms and there is a small parking lot, so far so good right? Yeah well not quite, if you take your little one here (even on warm days) prepare to bundle them up in 3 towels to keep them warm because, especially in the morning, there is this freaking wind that seems to come out of nowhere. On the parking lot, nope no wind, on the grass next to the pool… nada…but then as soon as you are near the water… woooosshhhh and your little mini will be freezing her little butt off. Doesn’t help that every time I am there the showers are cold. Oh yeah and did I mention that the parking lot was small? You can park about 10 cars there so on a busy day expect it to be full.

Two descent courts, but no lights though. Not usually busy in the evenings

I took my first swimming lessons here at about age 2 and now my kids swim here too! Pretty cool! One of the smaller community pools for city of Santa Clara but very well maintained. Open from June — August in the afternoons for swimming. If you are a Santa Clara resident you get a discount on entrance fees, we buy a season pass which is a better deal and gets you into the 4 city of Santa Clara pools. Great way for families to have fun during summer.

a cute clean rarely crowded park with clean restrooms and a toddler and big kid area

Mary Gomez Park & Pool is a great park! They have a lap swimming pool that is open in the Summers (unlike troubled San Jose which struggles to keep its pools open & staffed).
The park also has a large lawn, 4 picnic tables with 2 BBQ grills and a playground with 3 structures.