Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area

El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, CA

Parking$5 per vehicle

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DogsLeash in developed areas

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Hours8 a.m.; closing 5:30–8 p.m. by season

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Size: 218 acres Source
Managed by: East Bay Regional Park District

About Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area

An El Sobrante picnic area for small or large groups, some sites by reservation. Source

Take Highway 24 to the Orinda exit and turn north on Camino Pablo, which becomes San Pablo Dam Road. Proceed north on San Pablo Dam Road, past the San Pablo Reservoir Recreation Area entrance, for about one mile to the Kennedy Grove entrance.

— Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area, official page (checked Oct 15, 2026)

Know before you go

Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area covers 218 acres in El Sobrante, Contra Costa County. 10 named trails add up to about 4.1 miles inside the park; the longest is Lower Sea Foam Trail at 0.7 miles, and Lower Sea Foam Trail has the most up and down (about 653 feet). Mapped trails range from 159 to 758 feet in elevation. OpenStreetMap shows 2 parking areas, plus 1 restroom and 7 drinking fountains. The closest mapped bus stop is Castro Ranch Road & Amend Road (routes 669), at the park edge.

Facilities

Drinking Water
Picnic Area
Playground
Restrooms

Facility details: OpenStreetMap

Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area at a glance

PParking · 2
WCRestrooms · 1
WDrinking water · 7
TTrailheads · 1: Kennedy Grove Trailhead
Named trails · 10

Trails

Trail	Mapped length	Elevation	Surface & uses
Lower Sea Foam Trail	0.7 mi	653 ft up & down254–642 ft	UnpavedNo bikesHorses
Upper Sea Foam Trail	0.7 mi	551 ft up & down328–758 ft	UnpavedNo bikesHorses
Black Oak Loop Trail	0.6 mi	345 ft up & down387–531 ft	UnpavedBikesHorses
Laurel Loop Trail	0.4 mi	106 ft up & down186–275 ft	UnpavedBikesHorses
Black Oak Trail	0.4 mi	101 ft up & down328–455 ft	UnpavedBikes
Laurel Loop Regional Trail	0.3 mi	55 ft up & down243–275 ft	UnpavedBikesHorses
Kennedy Loop Trail	0.3 mi	57 ft up & down192–225 ft	PavedBikesHorses
Kennedy Creek Trail	0.3 mi	78 ft up & down244–329 ft	UnpavedBikes
Bay Area Ridge Trail	0.3 mi	30 ft up & down159–192 ft	UnpavedHorsesPaved
Sea Foam Loop Trail	0.1 mi	56 ft up & down273–336 ft	BikesHorses

How trail figures are measured

Getting to Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area by bus

Castro Ranch Road & Amend Road · Routes 669 · at the park edge
Castro Ranch Road & Olinda Drive · Routes 669 · 210 ft from the park
Castro Ranch Road & Cobblestone Court (Sherwood Forest Drive) · Routes 669 · 560 ft from the park
Castro Ranch Road & Sherwood Forest Drive · Routes 74, 669 · 610 ft from the park

Stops within a quarter mile of Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area; confirm times with the transit agency.

Compared with nearby parks

Among the 17 other parks in this guide within 10 miles, Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area is number 14 of 18 by size at 218 acres. 8 nearby parks have more mapped trail mileage than its 4.1 miles.

Closest places for what Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area doesn't list: