Free Swimming Friday

Date and Time: July 5 @10 Am

organizer: east bay area park

Celebrate the East Bay Regional Park District’s 85th Anniversary. The Park District has planned a number of special events and programs including free swimming at all of the their regional parks.

Park entry and other fees will be waived every Friday in 2019 from April to December to celebrate the Park District’s 85th Anniversary. Park entrance and fees for day use parking, swimming, dogs, horse trailers, boat launching, and fishing permits will all be waived.

There are plenty of swimming opportunities for you with six open-water lakefront beaches, three chlorinated lagoons, two pools, and two bay shoreline beaches.

Swimming Locations include:

Castle Rock Recreation Area
Contra Loma Regional Park
Crown Memorial State Beach
Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area
Del Valle Regional Park
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
Little Hills Picnic Ranch
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area
Roberts Regional Recreation Area
Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area
Temescal Regional Recreation Area
Tilden Regional Park
Read more about the Park’s Rules & Regulations. Before heading out, check out the Park’s Swimming Facilities information page for locations, opening hours, lifeguard hours, and great information about the specific location like whether it has a sandy beach, warm water, or sheltered from the wind. Some swimming facilities are open year round.