Harvey West Park

"This park is very accommodating if you reserve your picnic area. My kids, 11-17 yrs old love this park"

"Awesome park that has lots of room to spread out in and on. The grass is green, the trees are tall, the shade is right and the air is fresh! Come foe a lazy play date with your dog on the trails, let's the kids scream with playful excitement or just read a book and listen to your surroundings. Tucked next to Costco and Highway 1, you can't go wrong if your an out of towner looking to see a new side of quiet and quaint. But a hidden mystery lives in the Cemetery that blows your mind if you dare stumble in and read the stones...interesting!"

"Currently camping here for the night for AIDS/LifeCycle. This park is beautiful and spacious with lots of tables and chairs nestled between tall giant gorgeous trees. It rains most of the morning but luckily the sky cleared and we got some sunshine. Even with all the rain, and about 3000 attendees, the ground was not muddy and icky. Thanks for letting us rest here for the night!"

"Santa Cruz has many parks with natural beauty and stuff and those are great, but this park is pure function. It has all of the facilities that are expected of a large city park, like sports fields where little league and low level professional games are played, large picnic table areas that can be rented for parties, and a public pool. There are a few fun things to do that aren't connected to the facilities, like hiking in the Pogonip trails that connect to the back of the park and climbing on the old steam locomotive that says "no climbing", but if you're going here, it's probably because you have something scheduled here"

"I visited the park to see the old train engine. The engine was pretty beat up, but still worth seeing. Unlike many such engines in which they are often behind odious chain linked fences and unattractive backdrops, this one had an low lying, unobtrusive wooden fence against a backdrop of trees. There is a replica old west mercantile on park grounds and the Evergreen Cemetery across from the park to see if you're into such things."