City of Oakland California

The Office of Parks and Recreation (OPR) is committed and dedicated to offering quality services, activities, and programs open to all Oakland citizens and visitors.

We offer critical quality of life programming in areas of enrichment, cultural arts, prevention and intervention, sports and physical activities, health and wellness, youth violence abatement, and other leisure activities for adults, youth, and children. Programs and Camps at recreation centers, pools and parks are part of the efforts to promote health, stem obesity, and encourage civic participation, personal development, and empowerment. We preserve the best of Oakland and connect communities.

2012 Spring & Summer Brochure

Registration Form
活動登記表
Registro de Actividades
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The Office of Parks and Recreation was represented by Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center at the 2012 American Cheer Power National Championships in Las Vegas Nevada and shined brighter than the rest! With the help from amazing partners, families, and volunteers our girls were able to really show up and show out - winning seven awards. A special thanks to the Girl's Sports Unit and the CEO's for their continued support.  Thanks to everyone who helped us fundraise, friend-raise, and supported in other ways.  If you see any of these young ladies in a park near you, strutting their stuff in their championship jackets, show them some OPR love!

We need your vote to help us win the Sprite Spark Parks competition.  If we win EVERYONE wins with new basketball courts!

• Visit www.SpriteSparkParks.com and use the FREE Code: SPRITEPARKSVOTE to help DeFremery receive new basketball courts!  You will need to register, but it only takes a few seconds
• Earn 100 Votes!!!  - stop by DeFremery Park and take a picture of the courts with your smart phone.  Send it to www.SpriteSparkParks.com and give DeFremery 100 Votes in just a few clicks.
• Vote often - multiple votes allowed.
• Sign in with your Facebook account.  Then you can share it with all your Facebook/Twitter friends.
• Share the link and code with your advisory councils, community groups, schools, families and anyone else you come in contact with to help get our votes up!
• Voting closes May 31, 2012

More information on the Sprite Spark Parks 2012 program.

An Oasis is thriving right in the middle of downtown Oakland - an inside look at The Gardens at Lake Merritt. 

The California Park and Recreation Society awarded the Office of Parks and Recreation the Excellence in Design Award (Facility) for the East Oakland Sports Center. The award recognizes design and construction or significant rehabilitation of buildings, structures and facilities used primarily to support park and recreation purposes.  For program information and how to join visit

Dedication and groundbreaking of the Chris Mullin Courts at Arroyo Viejo Park on March 8, 2012.

Turn off televisions, iPods, video games, computers and cell phones to connect with nature, family and friends at The Great American Backyard Campout at Joaquin Miller Park, Saturday through Sunday, June 23 and 24. The Campout, a national, overnight event sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, encourages families, youth and individuals to campout overnight in their backyards or local parks and discover the fun of being in the great outdoors!

This program introduces families to the Great Outdoors. The Great American Backyard Camp-Out is a nationwide event of the National Wildlife Federation. The City of Oakland Parks and Recreation Department partners with NWF to create a fun, educational family get-together at Joaquin Miller Park in 2012.
The per-person fee includes dinner, camp snacks, and a continental breakfast.

• $10 per person if you register by June 21, 2012.
• $20 per person if you register the day of (on-site).
• There is a non-resident fee of $2.00 per person. 

Families are responsible for bringing their own camping equipment. No radios, tvs, computers, pets, propane/ kerosene stoves/ lamps will be permitted. For special dietary needs, please call Stephanie Benavidez at 510-867-0669 BEFORE June 15, 2012.

Register online, or to learn more, please call Stephanie Benavidez at (510) 867-0669 or Rotary Nature Center at (510) 238-3739. Refer to Activity No. 92336.101  

Save the dates: It is Movie in the Park time at the Redwood Heights Recreation Center.
 

• Friday May 25 - Footloose (1984 PG 107 min)
   
• Friday June 8th - Chicken Little (G 81 min)
  
• Friday June 22nd - Puss in Boots (PG 90 min)

• Saturday July 14th- is "A Day at Your Park" which is the day that we also have our summer carnival. Movie this night will be "The Sandlot" (PG 101 min)
  
  

• Friday July 27th - Bedtime Stories - Adam Sandler (PG 99 min)
• Friday August 3 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (PG 13 103 min)
  
• Friday August 31st - Ice Age (PG 81 min)
  
• Friday September 14th - Mr. Popper's Penguins (PG 94 min)
  
• Friday September 28th - Jumanji (PG 104 min)
  
• Friday October 5th - Gremlins (PG 106 min)
  
• Friday October 19th - Casper (PG 100 min)