Parks and Recreation

Spotted: Restrooms being worked on at Jack Lyle Park

by Linda Hubbard Gulker on November 18, 2018

Menlo Park has a lot of good parks of various sizes, but most lack restrooms. So it was great news when it was announced that permanent restrooms were coming to Jack Lyle Park on Middle Avenue with a completion date of “early 2019.”

Walking by today, it looked like the prefabricated restrooms may be completed sooner. And the “current status” update on the City’s project page reads: “December 2018 Complete installation.”

According to the City of Menlo Park,  the park is utilized extensively February to June and mid-August to mid-December on weekdays from 4:00 pm to dark and 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on weekends. There are approximately 50 park users per day on weekdays and 400 per day on weekends.

Photo by Linda Hubbard (c) 2018

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Spotted: Red globe of a sun rising in smoky skies

The rising sun had an extra eerie glow early this morning as it rose surrounded by the smoke that still lingers over Menlo Park, the result of the devastating fire in Butte County. The birds of Bedwell Bayfront Park took little notice.

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Spotted: Lake at Sharon Park sporting a fall hue

InMenlo founder Scott Loftesness captured this pretty fall scene, which we think if worth sharing with our followers. Think of it as a bright start to a day!

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Nealon Park sports blue and green tennis courts

All five tennis courts at Nealon Park have been resurfaced and painted blue and green, thanks to feedback from the tennis community. The new court colors will enhance visibility of the ball for players. The repair work is a temporary fix until full reconstruction of the tennis courts begins this spring. This resurfacing project is […]

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Photographing Windy Hill trails during the Fall

InMenlo contributing photographer Frances Freyberg is an avid hiker, with Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve a personal favorite. But with the all the weekend traffic headed over the hill to pumpkin festivities coast side, she stayed closer to home recently and hiked Windy Hill Open Space, which is accessed from two spots in Portola Valley. The […]

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Maintenance work continues at Bedwell Bayfront Park in Menlo Park

As construction at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge continues, workers have completed a parallel track for trucks that will remove truck traffic from most parts of the San Francisco Bay Trail in Bedwell Bayfront Park. Trucks continue to use the park’s entrance and the first ¼ […]

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Sharon Park pond is being cleaned – next up the pond at City Hall

Crews from the City of Menlo Park are cleaning the pond at Sharon Park. In late September, the pond was drained and fish were carefully transported to the pond at City Hall. After the debris is dried and removed, the pond will be refilled and the fish will be returned. In mid-October, staff will begin […]

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Nealon playground renovation meeting set for Oct.10

At this informative meeting, the community will learn about the new nature-themed playground coming to Nealon Park. Resident can share their thoughts, get questions answered and get a preview about this unique play space. This is a family-friendly event with activities for kids. It starts at 6:00 pm and ends at 7:30 pm Refreshments will be provided.

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Heads up Menlo Park Dish walkers/joggers – entry closures in October

Access through Piers Lane in Menlo Park to Stanford’s Big Dish will be closed October 22 – 25, 2018, due to the Lagunita Diversion Dam Removal and Creek Restoration Project. Access through Frenchman’s Gate on Junipero Serra Blvd. to the Dish will be closed through the end of October due to roadway construction in the […]

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Ohlone-Portolá Heritage Trail Project kicks off with information meeting and online survey

A Spanish expedition in search of Monterey Bay led to the accidental “discovery” of San Francisco Bay in 1769 from atop a ridge in today’s San Mateo County. After sighting the Bay from Sweeney Ridge on November 4, 1769 (the first sighting of the Bay by Europeans), Captain Gaspar de Portolá with his 60 men […]

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Portola Valley resident’s photo wins landscape category in Midpen’s photo contest

Portola Valley resident Jack Lucas’s image of a sunrise taken at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve won the landscape category in the MidPeninsula Open Space District’s annual photo contest. Jack is a fairly new resident of Portola Valley, although he lived in Menlo Park before that and attended Menlo School. His interest in photography was […]

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