Whale Back Park

We were in town for a few days with a toddler, so, of course, we needed to find a few good parks! We decided to try this one based on location, and it did fit the bill!
There is a separate area for swings from the rest of the playground, and the play structure itself is in good condition and has several different activities for the children. If there were LOTS of kids at the park, it may be a bit difficult to do a lot of interaction with what is there as there isn’t a ton of different stuff to do and not a lot of room to run around, but we were lucky and it wasn’t over-​crowded when we visited.
I did like, also, that the park is fenced in. Even though the streets surrounding the park are in a neighborhood and not really busy, it’s still nice to have that extra safety. I didn’t even notice the lack of bathrooms as another reviewer stated, but there is a drinking fountain available.
And, in Davis, it’s always nice to find that the other people at the park are friendly… even when they’re visiting from other places too!

Great park! The jungle gym is so much fun, it’s on a big lot so kids have plenty of room to run and play, and it has plenty of street parking. The trees around provide some shade, and the lake nearby brings in a nice breeze. The only reason I didn’t give it a 5 star is because of its lacking bathroom facilities.

This park has come a long way.
Way back when, they used to have a telephone pole buried in the ground at a diagonal with a tire swing hanging from it. I guess building codes or common sense weren’t in particular abundance back then, but, all learned the errors of their ways when a teen decided to scale that diagonal slope and fell off. I guess that was when gravity was realized in addition to the health hazard now know as creosote poisoning.
But alas, a new day has dawned and now there is new playground equipment in a very peaceful setting.
And my dogs love to crap here.
Ya feel me?

We always take the kids here if we stop in Davis. The park is quiet, clean, modern, and fun. The pics speak for themselves.

I was told by some old time Davis locals that when they did the landscapeing for this park it was such a novelty that schools would have feild trips so the kids could:
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I couldn’t justifiably ask for anything more from the closest park to my house, but restrooms would be nice.
The park has a big plastic play structure with four slides, a quad set of swings, and a big wheelable tarmac path bisecting the space. There is also a concrete lifesize dolphin, and a nice picnic area with a couple of tables– hence the bathroom complaint. PM me if you want to use ours…