Its a nice park but so many homeless and transients are here at night. It makes it hard to really enjoy such a nice place. Thankfully, the homeless wont bother you.

Great calm place to walk the dog or just enjoy the Santa Barbara weather. Kids world is great for families and can easily entertain kids up to 12. The only real negative is that homeless people will use sleep on the grass but theyre pretty calm and dont bother anyone.

A great wide open space for exercise, picnicking, or just hanging out. Especially good for the young kids as there’s a huge all wooden and very safe play park!Lots of shade and public bathrooms.Don’t forget to go across the street to Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden which has turtles ducks an amazing plants

One of the better parks in Santa Barbara it has a great playground and is wonderfully planted with an assortment of different types of trees nice grassy areas to lounge or play sports

Nice park close to down town. Quiet and well kept, they even had a children’s entertainer performing in the playground. Clean toilets on site and ample parking around the outskirts of the park.

Two parks! I was at Alameda Kids World quiet a few people walking around the play area seems to be closed. May need to wear a sweater in shaded areas

Lovely park, with actual park benches and tables. So many of our City Parks have had benches disappeared. So dumb.

This park is lovely but not very well maintained. The ceramic benches, the fountain, and the lush plantings added to make a quiet oasis. Worth a visit just to see the benches and the central fountain.

What nice walk in the garden! youll want to find the speakers and listen to the educational part of the area you are viewing.

Wonderful time kids and dog enjoying playing in nature. By the way the ducks say, Dont listen to the signs lies!

Wow this is really an impressive playground. It is a bit similar to the wooden playground in happy hollow park and zoo. It is suitable for quite a wide range of kids. This is definitely not a rinky dinky playground for something that is free to the public this is a while differently level. Coming from the bay area we frequently bring our children to various playgrounds in Palo Alto,Los Altos Hills,Menlo Park,Mountain View,Burlingame,etc. Kids World is truly remarkable.

We spent New Year’s Day at this beautiful park. My husband loved coming here as a kid and it’s a real treat. I don’t even mind traveling from out of town for this place. My daughter adored it!

Kids world is the best playground Ive seen. An absolute must stop for us on our travels through Santa Barbara.

Nice play ground. Relaxing and peaceful place.

Wonderful expansive parks in the middle of downtown Santa Barbara! Enough room to have all but the biggest of public events hosted here! Lots of shade under nicely groomed, well kempt, towering trees. Great childrens playground! Lots of first come first served BBQ picnic tables!

I would call it absolutely the best public playground in the US. My grandsons could not be torn away. Lots of different ways to entertain yourself for the little ones. Highly recommended if you get to Santa Barbara and dont know what to do with your kids!

This park is outta this world. I love that the whole place is like a fortress. My son loves it there and you can be a kid again for hours!!!

One of my favorite parks to play or to relax.

Great park, very big, kids world is a large playground for a lot of different ages. Lots of green space around. Street parking only though, usually there is plenty of spaces available.

My favorite Park of all time

I like close by and I park next to this pack sometimes and eat in my car like when I go to El Zarape for my nachos

Great place to bring the kids. We all enjoyed it.

Really interesting park. Nice wooden structures with woodchip play area. There was a clown act performing at the weekend which our kid enjoyed. Shady and lots of grassy areas for picnic/parties.

Kids world playground inside the park was great. I really love how engaging those big wooden building maze type playground structures are.

The city of SB needs to check the restrooms more

Its a nice park to stop a 50+ man abs women EVERY THURSDAY IN SB bike ride. We all had fun. Cheers

Beautiful flowers, trees, and look at this castle!

Been coming to this park forever. The play structure is always a hit. Plenty of space to play football, soccer, what ever floats your boat

If youre on the fence about visiting a park and you read reviews on Google maps to help make your decision, Im not sure if I applaud or pity you. Either way, this is a nice park. Plenty of open grassy space, a sandbox, a nice play area with swings and a wooden fort, and just across the street is another section of the park with a duck pond and nice walking paths around it. You dont really get ocean views from the park and it gets crowded but its a great place to take the kids.

Great kids park.

We love this park it is so beautiful and serene with lots of activities for the kids

Its a good park if you dont mind a few homeless people.

Was very beautiful.....been a while since I have been there

My kids had a blast on this large and vintage playground, the park has a special vibe

Smediocre park. Duck pond and decent playground. Greens.

Baseball, tennis courts great weather year around

To many homeless people but good

Crazy awesome kid zone. Epic playground.

Beautiful downtown park !

Nice place to relaxing

Great park, we come whenever were in town

Love this park take my son for soccer practice

Wide open park for outdoor activities.

Awesome park. Huge playground for the kids called kids world. Nice gazebo for lunch and picnic tables too. Lots of shade trees and nice lawn. Alice Keck park just across the street is even better. It has duck/turtle pond and lots of beautiful flora and walking paths. No disappointment here.

Lots of space to roam around. Also, the trees are very climbable.

Its a beautiful place for children and parents to relax and children to play. The turtle pond is awesome.

Happened to pass by while driving through Ventura. I forgot to take pictures but overall a it was nice and clean ... Even restrooms were tiny but clean. As other reviews mention there were homeless people around but they didnt bother anyone. Saw lots of people walking their dogs and its like 1 park on each corner of the street so there are like a total of four parks. Pleasant walk, pleasant breeze under the trees. Cute pond and nice area for kids to play. Very relaxing.

This is a great place to stroll around. So nice to take the family there and it’s a nice park for kids. I feel entirely clean and safe while chilling here. This was a must-place to visit.

Nice park with huge lawns

Big park for the kids, nice sitting spots for the parents, plenty of street parking, and every now and then a street vendor here and there

Beautiful park. Great for kids to run around and for parents to sit and read/talk

I was there for Earth Day. It was awesome. Anya sang a beautiful song she wrote for sale on Itunes, all proceeds go towards making a park where all kids can play safely.

I got shot there!

Great day at the park plenty of space for the kids!!!

Nice city park with a gaxebo and walking paths. Kidsworld is a fantastic playground to bring kids too. One of the nest playgrounds Ive been to with a huge structure that they can wander around in and play at.

Nice place to go to clean park and not any ho.... like there is at other parks

We get a lot of fun at this place.

Love bringing my kiddos here

Alameda Park hosts a range of fantastic festivals in Santa Barbara including Earth day and summer solstice its conveniently located downtown Santa Barbara and its adjacent to Alice Keck Park which is far more beautiful Park to visit and that includes the pond with ducks and turtles I love this area because this was supposed to be double as an apartment complex and thanks to the generous people who donated their land it was turned out to Parks Im very thankful to mrs. Keck.

This is just a wonderful open-aired park with a classic gazebo, mature trees casting enough shade for anyone to relax in while taking in the sounds of nature in the heart of the city!

Any park in Santa Barbara is beautiful, this one is no exception,!

A good place to relax and stop for a while. It was a perfect spot for the kids to take a break from the heat and the hustle and bustle from the town. There are cafes nearby and it only take a short walk to the sea front.

Great kids playground.

Alameda Park, Century Park and Alice Keck Park Gardens, Park is Alices last name, are three nice parks. Kids World is located within these three parks. Its a great place to take your kids to play on the large wooden playground. Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens has some fascinating botanical information alongside the plants plus a pond where you can occasionally see turtles. Century Park is wide open and great for picnics. Together theyre pretty awesome for spending some time with the family.

Nice and empty right now.Great placeMy daughter loves it

Great setting, trees, grass, playground for the kids, restrooms and relaxing

Beautiful park, playground, and Botanical park. Will definately return.

Best kids playground ever

Great place for family

Love this park. Wish they had basketball courts.

Great place to visit with scenic mountain views and stone architecture. Excellent meal served on Thursday in park by generous spiritual people.

Visited for Earth Day. Fun and clean place to visit. Nice gardens, too.

Saturday, June 23, 2018. Happy Solstice everyone. If you are new to Santa Barbara, or just visiting during this early summer event, you are sure to have an exciting, confusing, once-in-a-lifetime event. Theres lots of colors, colorful people, chaos, characters. The music is bright and loud, theres lots to see and do, its truly an event youll never experience anywhere else. Its unique. Its the ultimate people watching extravaganza! Give it a try..

I love this park! Its big and lots of climbing to get kids tired

Beautiful park, such a great place for kids, of all ages!

The Earth day event is a great opportunity to see what the community is doing to help

Love this place.

Really cool max and relax

Beautiful park and the turtles lots of them in the water

Great place to relax

Great for kids and adults as there are 3 full blocks of park.

Close to central Santa Barbara and many summer events are held here.

Great place to bring your kids to kids world...sweet playground and small stage for puppet shows...at last when I was there...some bbq spots as well

Just a beautiful relaxing tranquil place!

Peaceful with a historical feel.

Offers dinners on Monday and Thursday nights for the downtrodden.

Alameda Plaza is part of Alameda Park.One of the nicest parks in Santa Barbara.

Best for kids.

Beautiful!

Fun place, very open, nice place to be. Only down side is the homeless hanging out there.

Very beautiful place to read a book

My kids LOVE it!

Large tree-filled open space with dozens of picnic tables covering 2 city blocks.

This place is awesome for the kids.

Good play for dog.meet POEPLE.

Nice place for an evening stroll

Great city park with big trees.

Playing Pokemon Community Day and collecting Trapinch from 11 am until 2 pm.

Ive lived next to this park for two years and besides scattered trash throughout the park, its a great place to roam in the DAYLIGHT. At night its a completely different vibe. Its full of lots homeless people and homeless people on drugs. My dogs night walk is between 6:30-7. So far Ive been yelled at, stalked and my dog has been poisoned ( shes now okay) from something she picked up in that park. Its unsafe just before dark and after. Ive lived in NY, Portland, Houston and currently in Santa Barbara. For Santa Barbara this park is a disgrace. It needs to be cleaned up at night.

Its a place to have a quiet picnic. Its also has a playground for the little ones.