Central Park at Mill Creek

Okay I have to update my review. They’ve really cleaned this place up in the last few months. I actually enjoy taking my little ones here now and have been having a great time coming here. Also, Larry mentioned there is a farmers market here once a month that I am looking forward to going to.

It is a beautiful place to take pictures.

This park is perfect! It has wi-​fi, which is a huge plus as well as a beautiful creek and ducks. I loved the addition of the sister cities signs and it even has its own little structures as an homage to the different countries. Some of the folks on here I don’t think understand ‘gentrification’, living in San francisco I know all too well what it is. Bakersfieldians may have not yet had a brush with it but the reason why Bako and other cities place fancy recreations in ghettos is to drive the price of properties and rents up, pushing out many of the low income class out of the area and bringing upper class types. Case in point the nice houses being built next to the park. In a couples years the area may not like anything like it does now.

Mill Creek is a nice, clean, and pretty maintained park, they have events for family and kids pretty often in spring and summer time. There are also nice art work/​murals that are displayed while you walk the park trail, ponds, playgrounds, plenty of shade. The only downside is if you want to have a bbq or a small get together it’s best to bring your own chairs or tables because seating is limited there are a few park benches. Overall I enjoyed the scenery at this park.

I only came here because I was visiting the art museum which shares the same city block. I liked the covered bridge and the ducks, but the rest was ordinary. It’s not very large and in a poor neighborhood as seen with the high number of homeless in the park.

A nice park located close to one of my favorite Mexican restaurants (La Costa Mariscos). It is a good place to go to after having lunch. Just walk some of those calories off here. Yeah, it’s not going to be too much calories lost because the park is so small. It’s located east of R St. between 21^st and 19^th streets.
The facilities are fine. There is a play area for the kids with the customary slides and swings. The restrooms were not too bad considering it is a public park. There are some nice photo spots too. The covered bridge with the Mill Creek sign is really cool.
It’s great to see this park in downtown Bako!

I look for reasons to leave the southwest to enjoy this park. We use to go here when we were kids, but the homeless factor scared me even as an adult. I am not saying there aren’t homeless around, but the improvements have encouraged a much better crowd of park goers… not to mention all the fun events here. This is a good sign for the direction of downtown bako.

This is an adorable little park located in downtown Bakersfield. I visited Central Park at Mill Creak with a friend recently and saw families out enjoying the park in spite of the chilly 55 degree weather. There is a large play structure that was swarming with kids with conveniently located benches for parents to sit and watch and even clean bathrooms.
There is a large creek, though it didn’t seem to be flowing, topped with a quaint little covered bridge (see pictures). There were ducks and coots everywhere being fed scraps of bread by children who were laughing and giggling at their antics. I’m not sure how nutritionally sound a diet of bread is for a duck, but the kids were happy and so were the ducks, so who am I to interfere?
I’ve been told that there are farmers’ markets and vendors that set up at this park, but I’ll have to look into when they take place. My guess is during much warmer weather. It’s very pleasant to walk through this park and there is ample parking available which is not usually the case so close to downtown. Think of it as a little green oasis in the middle of downtown.

Really enjoyed this park today. It’s very clean and great for families, walking the dog or just coming to gather your thoughts. The ducks and the fountains are great too. Pedestrian friendly and a great hidden jewel downtown. I will definitely return.

Central Park + Mill Creek Linear Park = Central Park at Mill Creek. That’s what it’s called.
I like the ducks.

I took a morning walk thru «Mill Creek Linear Park» this morning (8÷5÷2012) and into «Mill Creek Park» (previously known as Central Park). A beautiful setting which any city would love to have (I talked to people from Canada and others from Ohio and they said the same thing). Kudos to the City of Bakersfield.

This is a nice addition to downtown that is much appreciated. Unlike other new parks this one actually has big trees. There are a lot of ducks and plenty of area to have a picnic. Only complaint would be the water in certain spots is dirty with trash (occasionally dead ducks). I mean would it be so hard to take ten mins to skim the top of the water? At night there are some bums, and drunk people. Go in the day its a really nice place.

Very nicely done, Bakersfield. The improvement to this park is incredible!

Check out the growing farmers market on Tuesday afternoons at this beautifully renovated park. A couple of my favorite vendors are here — Murray Family Farms (Yum! It’s peach season!) and South Central Farmers Cooperative. Also specialty items like soap and olives. It’s definitely worth a look.