Tilden Nature Area — Attraction in El Cerrito

2 stars because the nature there is awesome but the staff was extremely inconsiderate and ableist. I went to a fungus fair which was partially staffed by the park employees. I have a task trained service animal and, within about 20 minutes of arriving, 4+ park staff all independently one after another came up to me to argue about whether I could have her in the educational building, and then when I listed what services she provides (very common ones), they didn’t even know what it meant and made an extremely rude remark. They should at least take the time to do a simple Google search on what services are commonly provided if they are going to decide that they are judges of what tasks there are.

Every time they came up, they interrupted a conversation I was having so that it was very challenging to talk to the person I attended the event with. It made me feel very uncomfortable, and I think my guest felt uncomfortable as well. Then the staff announced to the entire audience, while I was standing there, how no dogs are allowed, so people started glaring at me even though, again, my dog is legally allowed inside that building as a task trained service animal, as it even says on a sign outside the building.

It’s been a while since I’ve felt so unwelcome somewhere in the Bay Area just for having a service animal. It was very unprofessional and inconsiderate. The staff could easily have communicated amongst themselves so that they all knew she was a service animal after the first time they asked me instead of repeatedly confronting me with increasingly escalated remarks. I won’t be going back for any events there and may not visit the park again, which is a big bummer because it goes to show how their behavior has made it feel inaccessible to me to visit one of our largest public green areas, which I also pay taxes to support, including their salaries.

I had been looking forward to that event for weeks but felt compelled to leave early because the staff wouldn’t leave me alone and basically called me out in front of everyone for something I wasn’t even doing...

First time visitors to the Little Farm and were glad we came. Tucked in the Northern corner of Tilden Park, this little farm is an excellent place to bring the little ones to see cows, pigs, ducks, chickens, goose, sheeps, and rabbits. You can get up close and personal with the animals and hand feed them if you please. The visitor center is a little gem and plenty of space outside for young and old to explore. During the visit, we did a light hike around the farm, lake, and creek trails. We were awarded with lots of wildlife sightings. Do your homework on what poison oak looks like because there were plenty around the shrubbery trails and paths.

We will be definitely returning to hike the surrounding trails and to see what else Tilden Park...

I have a 4 year old son I have brought here since he was around 1. He loves to drive through the hills to get there and thinks he is the forest. I enjoy it too. Bring celery and /or lettuce as you can feed it to the pigs, cows, chickens, goats, and sheep. You cant feed the rabbits. We only bring celery now since we have found the animals prefer celery and flat out refuse plain old lettuce. Which can be disappointing to little ones. Otherwise it free. There is a nature center with a replica of the watershed and a picnic area..no balloons or bbqs. There are separate areas for parties which can be reserved. Love this place. There is also a merry go ground and replica/model trains in...