Detert Park - Jackson, California

Raybies F.

It is a nice park, besides the homeless people. There's a ball field, play ground area and community pool. The restrooms are a little funky. They're small, out-dated and need new locks on the stall doors.

Matias B.

Great and beautiful park. Playground is great.Cour for playing baseball, tennis, pickleball. Small skating court. Free parking lot. Areas for picnic and restrooms.

Don H.

Here in the Gold Rush town of Jackson California is Detert Park. The central element is a Little League field that sees heavy use as a Softball Field. The facility sits on the east side of California State Route 49. Overall the facility is clean and well designed with public bathrooms and a snack bar. The local Rotary is responsible for the public facility.
The ball field is tight at 175 feet making for easy home runs. On a personal experience I did witness a girl smash a ball out of the park over the snack bar!

The field does have a functioning score board and is lit for evening games. Seating is provided with two Grand Stands. Home and visitor dugout are covered.
Parking is tight but there is plenty of space overall to handle 4 teams. The caveat is many spaces are up against the field fence putting many windshields in direct danger of home run smashes. I did not witness any during our tournament however a couple cars were hit on their roofs.
The facility also sports a small skate board park and Tennis court. The tennis court is lit, the skate board park is not.
Detert Park sits just north of Old Town Jackson and overlooks the historical Cemetery with chapel that does have a working bell tower .

Enjoyable experience in Gold Country for some High School Fast Pitch Softball.

Dawn S.

Park is great. Lots of stuff for kids of all ages. Lots of play structures, a tall slide and swings. Its behind the pool. Only downfall is the homeless hanging around, but they kept to themselves. There is a restroom but I didn't check it out because the homeless seem to use it.p

Tammy G.

Watched the Fireworks. Great band and good turn out. Was disappointed by lack of benches and tables. Also restrooms by play structure were filthy with no soap or paper towels. Anticipation of a crowd should also require preparedness. Overall we had a great time and enjoyed the fireworks and watching kids play.

L R.

I was passing through town and decided to stop here to give my daughter a break from a long drive. I was surprised and apprehensive after seeing at least three sketchy men in an otherwise empty park, one clearly homeless and sitting hidden in the bushes doing who knows what, another sitting in his car looking at his phone, and another sitting on a bench close to the playground looking at his phone. Not sure why they chose a children's park to hang out by themselves but it put me on high alert. We stayed for 20 minutes before I decided it was time to leave, and of course that's when the playground suddenly got an influx of children. I guess we were there a bit too early at 9:30am? 😅 Not sure if we'll come back if in the area again. I would definitely recommend being cautious here and aware of your surroundings at all times.

Chris H. ?.

A great park, lots of open space, 2 playgrounds, a giant slide, baseball field, bandstand, picnic tables and the creek! Very tall evergreen trees provide lots of shade on hot days, and the public pool is there as well!

dominic C.

My kids had fun clean park and lots to do.