Canyon Trail Park

After taking out lunch at a nearby restaurant which didn't have tables outside, we needed a place to enjoy our food. A friend suggested a nearby park so the three of us headed there. The Canyon Trail Park is a neighborhood park located at the end of a residential street.In the main section of the park, there's a large grassy area with a playground, two tennis courts and a couple of picnic tables. There were some parents and their kids in the park and a couple playing tennis. The empty picnic tables were perfect for the three of us to eat our lunch. The park has some mini hiking trails that I will need to check out in a future visit. There was a restroom next the clubhouse, but it was locked. But our object was met, finding this park to enjoy our lunch.

If you are looking for a nice path to walk in the neighborhoods-Canyon Trail is a very good places to go for，it has 3 designated parking space in front of the Art Center, and street Parking's too, a restroom was located next to the Art center, but please be aware, KEY was requested, and you can apply key from El Cerrito Community Center with a small deposit fee.Sometimes groups of parents and kids get together there for games, classes, birthday parties too, it has a large field of green green grass area, tennis court and a play structures good for little kids too.Canyon Trail is load with squirrels, birds, dragonflies...sometimes group of deers and turkeys will show up walked up and down.this trails supposed requires all dogs on leashes, but many people do let free their dogs, so watch out those aggressive ones.years ago we were be able to enjoy the little water pond down at the lower position of trail where the wooden sign was located, this tiny pond used to has lots of lives, tiny fishes, tadpoles, now seems not any more, pond now over growth with Cattails with some other water plants make it muddy muddy and no more clear waters.Near the pond it has three aged cherry blossom trees in about 2 months hopefully they'll be blooming and beautiful again. I truly hope those cattail in the pond that now damaged water quality and completely changed the living condition of this pod can be quickly clean out, we have not seen any tadpole this year so as other small fishes, sad lost of tadpoles lost of frogs singing around too.

My grandmother Mary lived on Gatto so I grew up in this park and later taking the short but trail home from school. It's a beautiful little area. Great for families.

I grew up in this park, and have so many happy memories of playing on the play structure, group games in the fields, learning to play tennis on the tennis courts, walking down the hiking trail to the creek, catching tadpoles and frogs in the pond (no longer permitted), and BBQs in the clubhouse. Yes, it is a little old, but has everything a kid would ask for in a park. :)

Sweet little nature preserve tucked away in the middle of residential El Cerrito! Some beautiful redwoods, wild berry bushes, and a little babbling creek running through this short but beautiful nature walk. The perfect place to get a dose of green and getaway from the bustle of the otherwise densly populated area.