Barbara and Jay Vincent Park

Nice park. I like it. You can go there and have fun too. I wanted to keep this review really short, but Unilocal wants me to add more words, so I’m adding more words. Here are some more words too.

Great place to enjoy a view on a sunny day. Good for riding bikes, taking a stroll or some exercise. Has a playground it’s ok not the best. Has picnic areas and benches to sit at.

DONT COME HERE FOR THE PLAYGROUND!!! Yes, this is a place that is kinda hidden and forgotten about in Richmond and yet very beautiful. BUT… The playground is very disappointing and FORGOTTEN about as well. Colors are very faded. Rust coming up in the climbing area of the structure. Black ugly and old tagged areas now faded. Sand! Isn’t sand and outdated thing and dangerous?!! I can’t count how many pieces of garbage I saw in the San just a few hours ago. Bottle caps, plastic pieces, glass looking pieces, ugh. The swing area is not even fun. So dangerous for little ones. Please fix this park!!!

Awesome place to chill…
Not usually crowded on weekdays and weekends.
This is the part of Richmond people don’t usually notice nor hear of.

Woohoo Jana with the FTR!
Barbara & Jay Vincent Park is a secret to most, but you’ve obviously known about it for a while. & you Unilocaled it!
What keeps this place secret is that it’s out of the way & that it’s in the City of Richmond. Yeah, Richmond. While Richmond may have earned a certain reputation from stories of violence on the TV news, that’s not how it is here.
Barbara & Jay Vincent Park is a quiet, kid-​friendly park with beautiful panoramic views of the Bay & Richmond Harbor. There’s a big playground, picnic tables, clean restrooms, plenty of parking & art installations that are part of the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front.
An added bonus is that this park isn’t alone. Located on the Bay Trail, there are 4 more waterfront parks nearby along the trail. All in the City of Richmond. It’s just not the Richmond most people know from the TV news. & that’s the secret.

This little park along the Richmond harbor has great views of San Francisco Bay and more. Getting to this park is easy once you exit off of Westbound I-​580 using the Marina Parkway exit. The grass is always green, there’s always families around during the weekends on sunny days, and it’s located along the East Bay Trail.

One of my secret getaways on my lunch break.
This park is a little hidden jewel that is sure to please. The grass is always green and soft (a tad on the wet side though, beware). There are bathroom facilities, but I’ve never been in them to say for sure how maintained they are.
This is also a secret windsurfing spot. Plenty of room to rig, a bit of a rocky beach to launch from, otherwise pretty tame.

How odd and strange that, to date, this park has never been reviewed.
I brought a group of international women and escorted them about the Richmond marina recently, and wanted to bring their kids to Barbara and Jay Vincent Park, at the very tippy tip of the Richmond marina.
If one were to head onto 580West from the Berkeley area (toward Marin), exit Marina Bay Parkway, and head straight SOUTH… stay on the very same street… don’t veer anywhere, and your car will make it here… the road heads toward the water and then hugs the south end of the marina via Peninsula Dr, which MBP becomes after about 2 miles.
An alternative (eco-​friendly and healthier) alternative would be to ride from the Bay Trail access along Emeryville or Berkeley marinas and wrap around Costco, Pt. Isabel and keep heading west. you will also get here by this means.
This is the perfect venue for a large outdoor party, as the park is super outfitted with multiple grills and many cemented round tables and benches for seating.
The views of the Bay and the play structure for the kids are a huge attraction of this park. There are also restroom facilities on site.
Vincent Park is very large, with rolling hills for frisbee and whatever group games, and the path along the western perimeter is used for strollers, joggers, bikers, etc…
There is even a small outlet of a beach usually known to only locals. I have spotted many a sunbather and napper along the sunny beach area.
An estimated 15 minutes from the ⁸⁰⁄₅₈₀ turnoff, this park with the gorgeous views of the Bay is one local secret I’m ready to share!!!