Allan Witt Park

Very nice facility! The water park is the best in Solano county, especially for age 10 and under.

My aunt, AG, usually comes here once a week to meet up with her friends & play tennis. The other week, I thought I’d take HAPA Boy to a new park, change up his usual routine. I asked AG, «So, how’s the area around Allan Witt, safe?» (Completely legitimate question, after all, it’s Fairfield.) She said that it was fine but after dark there are a number of homeless that loiter around. Okay, noted… It was about 3pm in the afternoon, at least 2 ½ hours before sunset.
I entered through the North Texas St entrance, saw the aquatic center directly ahead, & the park area to the left. I headed towards the trees… As I drove past the restrooms, I immediately thought, «I should’ve gone right.» As I made that initial left turn, I started seeing a few homeless people wandering around the area, no big deal. However, by the time I reached the corner and made the first right, I realized, «Well, damn… I just found the set of AMC’s, «The Walking Dead.» There were at least 20 – 30 homeless just in that one area only with a handful wandering the perimeter. It was clear, my aunt didn’t have a f*k’n clue about what the hell she was talking about. (Sigh) «What… The… F*K?» ‘OR she knew EXACTLY what she was talking about, «The last I saw DJ, he said he was going to Allan Witt Park. What do you mean he’s missing… I’ll help any way I can. Do you need mean to identify the body?»
I continued driving down the road that ran parallel to the park. I saw a Parks & Recreational Maintenance Vehicle off in the distance, near the back entrance. (Cool, I’ll park there. You can never have enough witnesses.) Just as I parked, the city vehicle pulled out & drove away… «Well sh*t.» I parked in a stall that was fairly visible from the pathway. I wanted to keep an eye on the car from a distance. Again, a few «Walking Dead stragglers», peppered throughout the area.
HAPA and I started walking down a path that headed towards the tennis courts where we ran into a regular, Isabella, along with Fifi, her puppy boxer… ‘And that little moment turned what started out as a WTF kinda experience, into a pretty good day w/​the HAPA. (Thanks to these two ladies.)
The HAPA and Fifi got along great, both friendly and wanting to play. Isabella suggested we take them to one of the empty tennis courts so they could play off leash. It was a great idea! Both dogs had a blast!
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The tennis court was in dire need of some work, cracked asphalt, no net, but it was great for the dogs to run & play.
I’ve been to numerous parks, usually with a sign posted, «Adults not allowed in playground unless accompanied by a child.» (I guess homeless and drug users are exempt?)
I uploaded a map w/​a legend to help give a broad overview of the park and which areas to avoid, the red triangle area. (The only reason you should be in that area is if you need a crystal-​meth fix or a casting call for «The Walling Dead.»)
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‘But with all joking aside, no matter where you are, be alert and pay attention to your surroundings.
Overall, Allan Witt park gets a 2 star rating, the homeless/​drug heads are a huge problem. After all, when one comes to a public park whether if it’s with the kids or dogs, having to deal with unpredictable behavior and/​or loose needles laying about isn’t something that you want to contend with. Allan Witt has some decent amenities but not enough to offset the «Walking Dead» situation a couple hundred yards away.
At the bottom of the city’s website for Allan Witt, there’s an added footnote regarding 24 hour surveillance. Now, keep in mind, IF the park was safe to begin with, the privately monitored cameras would not be necessary… ‘BUT because it isn’t, they ARE. (‘And did you hear about the body of a young female found @ Allan Witt a few years back? True story.)
The overall park can use some updating in regard to maintenance and cleaning. Call me fancy, spoiled, or someone that just loves being alive and not using equipment that might give me Hep B. (I’m kidding, I have Hep C.) If it wasn’t for the sketchy element of the homeless situation, this park would easily be a solid three stars. Giving it a two star rating is being quite generous… Now, time for a tetanus shot.
— Big Aloha!
Food: n/​a
Ambiance: 2–
Service: 2
Value: 3

Beautiful playground with numerous structures, 2 baby swings, several slides and a climbing dome — all in good condition. There are lots of concrete picnic benches nearby (one or two seemed to be occupied permanently by peaceful residents with shopping carts).
Awesome coffee (Dutch Bros. coffee) and delicious doughnuts (jelly doughnuts) close by!

While there is much more to it, this park has a really good skate park.
There are rails and stairs to jump and plenty of things to grind. There is a shallow bowl.
The restrooms near the skate park were locked, apparently to prevent homeless people from living in there.
Unfortunately, parking is shared with the swimming pool and playground, but further away, naturally.
The group skating were agreeable. I was a bit surprised that the police drove through the park three times, checking for whatever near the skate park.

They would not make up an expensive swim lesson that was missed and I spend a lot of money with them for their memberships. This is an outrage!

This place was so much fun. I think we’ll be going here every summer. My son’s birthday is in August so I’m always on the look out for places to go around this time of year. This park was perfect because the kids had a choice to play outside or stay indoors. And they never got bored. More importantly, my skin is very sensitive to the sun. Just a touch of summer heat & I break out into a heat rash. Kind of a bummer because I could never take him to the beach on his birthday. I guess I could, but I’d be the one with long sleeves on off to the side. Not a good look in 80 – 90 degree weather. So, this park accommodated my needs as well is what I’m trying to say. I tried to stay inside as much as I could.
This place is clean, even in the locker rooms.
The price to get in was very affordable & there is no time limit on how long you could stay. Except towards the end of summer they start reducing their hours so be sure to check. After we swam here we ate at Mary’s Pizza Shack not too far away. Best pizza ever… so far.

I brought my kids here because this was the neighborhood park I came to as a kid and was pleased to see that there weren’t any homeless or weird people around. I chose the back park (facing Woolner Ave) because it’s usually not busy there. Other than that, the park could be cleaned up (reason for the 4 stars) by some lawn maintenance and raking.

This is our neighborhood park. The kids love it. But I feel like someone needs to do something to get rid of all the tweakers and homeless here. It’s a big problem. There’s more weirdos than kids!

This park has so many weirdos I’m pretty sure we won’t be coming back.
I hope the water park part is better then the regular play park!

My nephew had his 7^th birthday here this past weekend. Due to the summer being over we were only allowed to take advantage of the inside pool area. It rained the day prior, so that wasn’t a big problem. The party package doesn’t allow you to bring any outside food inside the facility (other than cake and ice cream) but the workers were able to eat inside, go figure!
They had a lot of life guards on duty (too many if you ask me), but with kids it is better to be safe than sorry. All of the kids and adults who got in the pool had a great time. None of the kids were ready to go after swimming for 3 hours, so I think that it was money well spent!

In Spring 2014 I enrolled my toddler son in swimming lessons at Allan Witt. It was a 6 week course in which he learned basically water acclimation. I really enjoyed the class and his instructor Julie. Due to our schedule changes we decided next course would have to take place on weekdays instead. So we paid the money and re-​enrolled him for another 6 weeks. Wow was that a mistake. His «instructor» was a teenage girl with zero people skills and awkwardly waded in the pool nearby, every once in awhile told me to tell my son to blow bubbles… That’s it. Just bubbles. It was night and day from his other instructor. Just to make sure I wasn’t overreacting I sent my husband for the next class and didn’t say anything about what I had experienced. As soon as he came home he said «What the hell was that supposed to be?». I decided to stop taking him and call Allan Witt aquatics department for a refund. So I called… And called. And called. A man named Randy was nice enough to get in touch with me and let me know who I needed to reach (he also knew exactly which instructor was the problem so I’m assuming this isn’t her first complaint). I left no less than 15 messages for the Aquatics Complex manager named Maureen. This has now spanned over a couple months at this point. One day I get a call back from her and she said she has refunded the money… Uhh nope. We checked every single bank account multiple times and there was never a refund so again I call and call and call. It has now been 4 months and I haven’t seen a single dime or apology from this establishment. I will never go back there and I have made sure to tell anyone (a lot of people on military bases look for swim lessons) inquiring about swim lessons to not waste their time or money with this place. They do a lackluster job at best and the «management» is a joke. I have never been more disappointed with a business in my entire life.

The only part of the park I can review is the aquatics area. It is awesome! We go pretty much every week during the summer. My kids love it. There are places to sit in the shade without reserving, and ample seating. Tons of life guards on duty and they are always friendly, but definitely keep an eagle eye out. Indoors there is a kids area with water splashers, and a deep pool with a diving board and small slide. These 2 pools are divided by a lazy river. Plenty of life jackets.
Outside are two areas. 2 large water slides on one side, and the other side is another smaller kids area with small water slides, water guns, sprayers and a bunch of other little activity areas.
The restroom/​changing room areas are always clean and there is even a family room which is convenient since I have a 6 year old and a daughter in a wheelchair. I can help them change at the same time while my oldest son gets ready in the mens room.
Cons: The food window. It’s expensive which is normal for any park, but they also take a really really long time to get anything. There is also no shade where the line is and your feet feel like they are on fire while you wait for your food. We resolved that by eating before entering the park.
Also, I wish the swim park opened earlier.
Other than that, for $ 10 per person, we can have a terrific time in our little town and come home happy.

Fairfield’s gem! My family frequent the aquatics center and my daughter absolutely loves this place. The aquatics center itself’s pretty clean although they can use more chairs since it tends to get a bit crowded. The price of admission is pretty reasonable as opposed to others and very toddler friendly. Wish we had a center like this in the peninsula!

Had a great time at the water park with my 6 year old daughter. The only reason I did not give 5 stars was that the diving board, one of the slides and the outdoor water park closed most of the day …

This park is scary! I was very uncomfortable here with my two year old and four year old even though my husband was there. Lots of shady characters (older men without children). This is also the park where they found the young girl who was killed. It was the week after we were there. I’m only giving this park two stars because we have never been to the water park. We definetly won’t be trying it out though.

Awesome place for kids. My 3 year old son had a blast! Just wish they would let you bring in your own food/​drinks.

the aquatic center is AMAZING!!! worth the price of admission. I drove all the way from El Cerrito & trust me, I’ll be back.
love the 2 big slides. huge huge outdoor waterworks & kids play area. plenty of chairs & tables– sunny & shaded.
natatorium = win. sometimes it’s just too damn sunny & hot to be outside, having half the place indoors is brilliant. lazy river, high dive, flume slide, place to splash around. ALL GOOD.
concessions are basic, surprisingly do not cost you an arm & a leg.
a bajillion lifeguards, but not the militant whistle-​blowing maniacs at some other pools in the (510) that shall remain nameless…

I remember coming to this park at a kid going on a really old big tower down the slide. It has been since replaced with a cleaner, safer playground. My little sister would come here when she was younger sometimes to play.
Just a few days ago, I paid a little visit to the park with a friend. We walked around a few times. It is a big park. There is so much space to have a picnic or have a birthday party. Heck, you can probably have all sorts of stuff happening and still have room.
There is also an aquatic park. I have gone to it once, but it is too expensive to get in. I’d rather just swim in my nasty pool.
The park is pretty clean. I didn’t see anything disgusting or whatever.
Go on a sunny day and have a picnic. It’ll be worth it. I know it will the next time I have a picnic there.

For those of you who have ankle biters and muchkins (aka kids) this is the place to go for a waterpark. No mobs of tweens, huge admission prices, or expensive consessions, just an nice waterpark for the kiddies… not too pricey…9 bucks peak season for the half pints… and 12 for the adults… BTW we’ve been here a few times. I’ll

We were in search of a good picnic spot to reserve for Ma’s upcoming birthday party. So off we went to Allan Witt Park.
The main entrance to the park is located on West Texas St and rear entrance on Woolner Ave.
This park had a picnic area, basketball courts, tennis courts, ball fields, children’s play structure, skate park and more…
I loved the size of the roofed grill area! It’s complete with a dual sink and nice counter space for food. Just steps away, numerous picnic tables and an abundance of trash bins were ideal for any sized occasion.
This park was well maintained and clean!
No shady characters hiding around the bushes, no hypodermic needles, no used condoms, no half-​empty beer bottles, no parking lot mobsters and no littered pile of cigarette butts (at least I didn’t see any of these things) go figure. I guess thanks to the men & women in blue and of course the park staff.
As we wandered across the park, we ended up at the Aquatics Complex. Today just happened to be the Grand Opening! We took a free tour of the facility.
Special thanks to Jennifer
we had a chance to see this wonderful facility that boasted an outdoor water slide, indoor pools and much more.
Individual or family annual membership passes offered year round. Outdoor areas and/​or indoor private party rooms are available for rental.
Located on the other side of the park were more ball fields and the Fairfield Rotary Skate Park. Anything that keep kids out of trouble in any community I’m a huge fan of!
I’m truly grateful to all park and recreation staff personnel which made all of this possible for the community.
We loved it…