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Yokuts Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 918 Google reviews · Running trail in Bakersfield, California · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Tree cover
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Yokuts Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Park with concerts & other special events, plus a playground, picnic areas & bike trail access.
What runners say about Yokuts Park
“Overall this park was pretty good and it was pretty clean.”
“We ate a picnic lunch under a big shady tree and then used the playground.”
Gr3at place for families to bring their kids to. There's two playgrounds, a soccer field and plenty of picnic areas. It also connects to the kern river bike trail for anyone who wants to go for a walk, run, or jog or ride their bikes or even skate.
The park is great! Wide expensive space, TONS of squirrels for the kids to chase. There's a big play ground and little play ground for different ages. Lots of benches and tables, lots of trees. There's also large harness swings for disabled children. There's a walking path as well.
I love this park it's never really crowded there's a lot of room for anything you would like to do in your outdoor event's clean barbecues public restrooms lots of hiking you must check it out
Been walking between here and beach park since I was a little kid always loved it great place for walking running biking and obviously kids
Trail conditions & character
“We ate a picnic lunch under a big shady tree and then used the playground.”
Plan your run at Yokuts Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeRunners describe real tree cover here — it makes a summer afternoon workable
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms — reported by runners
- DogsWelcome, per reviewers. Leash rules vary by park — the trailhead sign is the authority.
- Websitebakersfieldcity.us
- Phone(661) 326-3866
- Social Instagram · Facebook
Hours
| Monday | 5 AM–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 5 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 5 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 5 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 5 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 5 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 5 AM–10 PM |
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