There are a number of parks in Santa Rosa.

• Santa Rosa is great at car-free paths.  You can get from Santa Rosa to the Russian River and spend 95% of your time on car-free paths.
• The car-free paths are often next to creeks. 
• The creeks dry up in the summer.
• These paths flood out during especially heavy rains.

• There is at least one Bocce Ball court (what IS bocce ball?!) and
• at least two community garden spaces. 
• There are ducks and river otters.  There are squirrels and birds.
• There's a park downtown on 4th street that had a bunch of homeless people at the start of the pandemic but they got kicked out so that the park could sit there empty instead.
• There's a park that's halfway to an amusement park.  It has "sailing" lessons and lake-like swimming, and a mini train that children can ride.
• There are hiking trails!