San Mateo Central Park

Address:	50 E 5th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA
Phone:	+1 650-522-7400
Site:	cityofsanmateo.org
Rating:	4.6
Working:	6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM

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Karen V Chin

The main park for San Mateo. It has a rose garden with gazebo, large playground and choo choo train ride for the little ones (weekends only), tennis courts, the almost 50 year old Japanese Tea Garden (free, designed by landscape architect, Nagao Sakurai, of the Imperial Palace of Tokyo), picnic tables with BBQ grills, large open grassy areas for volleyball, frisbee, and to picnic and listen to the annual outdoor Thursday night Summer music concert series. There is a Recreation Center in the middle of the park which is also the Senior Center during the weekdays which the seniors in the area come to exercise, socialize with one another and eat lunch. In the mornings, you will see groups of seniors exercising and groups of mothers pushing baby carriages. No matter where you turn, you will see a happy dog with its owner. Very dog friendly (must wear leash). Poop bag dispensers are throughout the park. There is a large baseball diamond with good size stadium bench seating and a bocci ball court in front of the baseball diamond. Many families use the park during the weekends. During the warmer months lots of kid parties are being hosted in the picnic tables area and the kids are playing in the playground or riding the train. Central Park is beautifully maintained by the city. There is something blooming throughout the year. There is metered 1 story parking garage underneath the tennis courts and metered street parking.

purple amika

サンマテオのダウンタウンに隣接するセントラルパークは、テニスコート、野球場、遊具の広場、ジャパニーズガーデン、ローズガーデンなどがあり広くてのびのび出来る公園です。お腹が空いたらダウンダウンのカフェやレストランがすぐ近くにたくさんあります。

Nick Zi Chen

Great park. Love the Rose Garden, the free admission Japanese Garden, the trees, the plants and flowers all around the park. Nice kids playground. Watch out for wide slide, super slippery and kids slide down fast. The kiddie train on the weekends in not bad either. There is parking under the Tennis Courts or park in the downtown lots and make it an nice outing with lunch or dinner at San Mateo downtown.

David Shaheen

Very nice park. Lots of open area for setting up volleyball nets, grills for cooking. Decent play structures for kids. Tennis courts with paid parking underneath. Street parking was tough on the weekend. Some of the playground items (like swing) was broken. Could be maintained a bit better. Im not a fan of the big sandy area, since I dont like my kids to get super messy. I prefer wood chips or turf.

Susanne Schubert

Nice park with a small Japanese garden and playground area. The park hosts as well a community center, a rose garden, baseball field, which transforms into an ice rink in winter time, and a ceramics studio with occasional pop up shows. Make sure to check for their sales and go visit the garden. The Japanese garden closes at 4 pm, so make sure to get there beforehand.

Cathy Steffen

San Mateo Parks and Rec Dept has great programs of many different types like art, fitness, or dance to name a few and for various age groups. Sign up online. Central park has tennis courts, baseball field, japanese garden, swings and slides, ceramics workshop, and much more. Great place to spend an afternoon walk or bring family to picnic.

Nicolas Vidal

Parc agréable sans rien de particulier à signaler, quelques courts de tennis, un parking, une aire de jeux pour enfants ainsi quune partie Jardin Japonais agréable.

Nick Kosmides

I used to go here every week when I was a kid. Back then, the playground was all metal and they had these giant drum shaped swings that fit four inside. The train around the park, the toy train inside the little eatery snack shack, softball, tennis courts, Multi Level parking garage. Its got a lot of immensities.

Coy Tran

Its got a little of everything lovely including a lovely rose garden, well-maintainedJapanese tea garden, huge childrens playground, several barbecue and picnic sites, professional softball field and stands, and tennis courts, and open grassy areas for anything fun and relaxing.

Adin

This place was the best during the Pokémon Go phenomenon last year. The park is well designed with a good loop I walk in, a playground for the kids, and even a Japanese garden! There is a parking lot across the street and a crosswalk directly into the park for easy access.

Alex Mayfield

One of the best and largest parks in the surrounding area. It hosts a large baseball diamond, tennis courts, several playgrounds for children, a rose garden, a lovely Japanese tea garden, as well as having an arboretum society nestled back near the South entrance.

Tyler Richendollar

A very large community park with lots of space for meeting and cook outs, area for kids to play and use playsets, adults to play sports, visit a Japanese Zen garden, and a botanic gardens. There is parking below the tennis and basketball courts.

Asha Keba

Gorgeous Japanese garden, great playground for kids, complete with a larger central grass field for sports and get togethers and Fitzgerald Field baseball diamond. Even a small train for kids to ride in the summer. Wonderful!

Marlon Evangelista

A spacious park in the middle of downtown San Mateo, with a bunch of little areas to explore, such as the rose garden, Japanese garden, tennis courts, grassy areas, picnic tables, playgrounds, and a baseball field.

Alejandra González

El parque esta bien ubicado, ideal para ejercitarse al aire libre y convivir con la familia.

Colin Madere

We love our local park. Its big, has kids play area, has decent picnic table area for parties, rose garden, right next to the Japanese garden. Seriously hard to beat. Keep it up, San Mateo!

Danny Eng

Great for dog walks and family fun. If you go, definitely take a stroll in their Japanese Garden. Even though its a bit packed sometimes, the koi fish pond and trees definitely mellow you out.

Gabe Lucas

Take my kid here all the time, play some old school funk and push the stroller, push the swing. We have a great fun. I cant wait for the little train to be running. Close to transit too.

Josh Bowles

This place is awesome! Some buddies and I came here after dinner to smell some roses. Totally worth it! The rest of the park is pretty nice too! Plenty of benches for snuggly pairs;)

Sean McQuay

Nice big park with everything you could need. Large playgrounds, tennis courts, Japanese garden, large fields, picnic areas. Parking is tight but Im always able to find a place

Ed Miller

Great local park with playground, rose garden, Japanese garden, lots of redwoods and some sports areas. There are a lot of events in the summer and an ice rink in the winter.

Alvin Chin

Lots of events here. Free Thurs. evening summer concerts can be busy. Tennis courts here. Parking in area is free holidays and Sundays. Also after 6PM any day.

Andrew Stromberg

They have a little tiny train for kids, probably only runs during the summer though. Otherwise a lot of play structures, grass, and sand for children.

Zahar Sokol

Great park with big playground and Japanese garden. You can picnic on the grass or play games on the central field. Tennis courts with parking.

Fractal Glow

Sunny. Rose garden... Love smelling all the roses. Its like wine tasting for sense of smell..... Mmmmmm.... And theres already ice skating

Yu Chen Chang

是有草坪的公園、最意外的竟然是還有日本花園

Joshua Romano

Great for kids. There are a few play structures and enough open area to make it not feel overcrowded. Also there is a train for kids.

Johnathan C

Best park ever!! Clean , open, spread out, culture centre, old, young, dogs, children, elders,people watching, perfect for naps.!!

Nilofer Motiwala

Great ice skating experience with the kids. Loved that they had these plastic buddies that the kids could hold onto and skate