Emerald Cove Park — Attraction in Bakersfield

We visited this park for the first time today after recently moving to the area. I was happy with the multiple options of play ground sets my kids could play on. They preferred the pirate ship the best but did enjoy a good amout of time on the castle as well. They do have a little larger play set that has two stories for older kids or the more daring. I also enjoyed the swing set that had the option to put a child in the infant swing and a regular swing and push them together since they were attached.

My older son had to use the bathroom while there. We were there over thirty minutes and I never saw anyone go in or out of the bathrooms on the North side so they must of just been locked by the city which was slightly frusting. We walked around to the other side and found a bathroom unlocked and available for use thankfully. Overall it was clean however, my son used the urinal and it has an automatic flush. Well the flush sprays water everywhere which explains why the floor had water puddles on it.. My son walked out of there with his pants half wet. Besides that, the park was nice and we will...

The park is always clean and well kept, only problem is sometimes there are strange people that hang out there. Its not all the time but if u go enough you will run into one i promise. We had a man probably in his mid to late 20s come sit at our table while having a childs birthday party. He helped himself to a piece of cake, he then was seen taking a few kids candy bags off the tables, then took soda from the ice chest.. No one said anything at first because no one knew if he was a friends parent or what but then we all realized he was some random person staring at all of our children and stealing there stuff and helping himself to a party he knew no one at! I found it very strange. We asked him to leave and he walked to the opposite side of the park and laid under a tree. (That was just one of the strange incidents with someone at this park there have...

The park is pretty nice and clean. It's quite spacey as well. There are a few grills around the benches so it's pretty good to have a party there and grill some hot dog and burgers.

There were a few bums around but they didn't bother us when we were there. They stayed off to the side and didn't bug anyone.

They have a play area where there are swings, slides and also a little section to get wet. There are 3 poles that water comes out of but it's not consistent. You have to be holding the buttons down to get the water to come out. If you let go, it stops. It is refreshing though so if it's hot this is a good place to relax.

There is also a volleyball net, basketball court and a huge field where you can play soccer...