Who We Are

Stanislaus County Department of Parks and Recreation acquires, develops,

and maintains recreation areas serving every segment of society, including

the disabled and the economically disadvantaged, in ways that will provide

the best possible experience for people to enjoy the outdoors at the most

reasonable cost.

What We Do

The Department of Parks and Recreation maintains grounds and operations of identified parks and facilities at the

current level of service, evaluate priorities and adjust the workforce to the priorities identified to efficiently carry out

our mission and provide basic levels of services at all general funded neighborhood parks, cemeteries, bridges,

County facilities and office buildings, reservoirs, and regional parks throughout Stanislaus County.

Department Services and Programs

The Department maintains five regional parks, 12 neighborhood parks, ten community parks, two Off-Highway

Vehicle parks, four cemeteries, two bridges, La Grange historical areas, five fishing access points along rivers and

lakes, one swimming pool, one organized youth camp, and numerous acres of open space and river bottom.

The Administration division implements the functions of budget, human resources, marketing, grant coordination,

project management, partner development, and aligning maintenance, operational, and customer needs.

The Community Parks/County Centers division manages the maintenance and operations of the parks, flood control

landscape, and streetscapes within County Service Areas 1, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, and Del Rio Heights

Landscape Assessment District; the Helen White Trail; Fox Grove, Riverdale and Las Palmas Fishing Accesses;

Pauper’s, Cemetery; the Regional Water Safety Training Center located in Empire; Atlas, Bonita, Burbank-Paradise,

Empire Community, Empire Tot Lot, Fairview, Leroy F. Fitzsimmons, Mono, Oregon Drive, Parklawn, Riverdale,

Salida, and the United Community Parks. The Regional Parks division is responsible for the maintenance and

operations of Woodward Reservoir, Modesto Reservoir, Frank Raines Off-Highway Vehicle Park, LaGrange Off-

Highway Vehicle Park, Laird Park and a small lot within the Knights Ferry area.