Riverside Park — Attraction in Porterville

We went here to try and do some tubing, as the local tour companies were not offering due to water levels being too high, but a local store owner recommended our first time tubing to be with a professional company that provides the helmet, lifejacket, and tube as well as safety guidance. But if it’s not your first time tubing that section, you can buy tubes and lifejackets from across the street at local shops and putting in the water at the raft, take out point under the bridge, and floating through the class 2 rapids that run alongside the park.

The current is pretty swift, and there are only a handful of spots where the water curves along the shore at a slower pace.

We opted to just wade around along the shore and mess around with the rocks and actually spent way more time there than we had planned. The shore opposite the park belongs to a campground, but you can see lots of spots people built up with rocks to made mini pool areas.

Park itself is very clean, and has restrooms. Saw a playground but didn’t...

Went looking for a place to swim in the river. This park does not disappoint. Wheelchair accessible parking and entrance available. Restrooms available, basketball court, playground, workout equipment, barbecue pits and tables available, trash cans available, shallow water with no current great for small children to swim, ducks everywhere to feed, river is cold but refreshing, nice to swim in. Current it very strong so be sure not to go too far unless you have safety gear. Very beautiful place. Would definitely reccomend. So many people came out for memorial day and this park was large enough to accommodate everyone and it didn't seem like we were all crowded together. Very happy we came here. Its...

Beautiful location, lots of water, great for kids. UPDATE: 30 April 2023 The park is particularly closed due to the flood. Repairs should begin very soon. The funding (half a million dollars) has been approved for the repairs, so the work should begin soon. UPDATE: 4 May 2023 It rained and snowed last night, so the river is on the rise, again. UPDATE: 18 July 2023 Back in April of 2023, over $500,000.00 was allotted to fix this and one other park. To date, absolutely nothing has been done. Update: 15 Nov 2023 There's an atmospheric river just starting to hit here. Currently the Kern is...