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Department Overview
In May of 1959, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors passed an Ordinance establishing a Department of Parks and Recreation. In 1995, the department was renamed The Department of Regional Parks, Recreation, and Open Space to better encompass the wide nature of their mission and the County’s commitment to open space preservation. In May 2006, the Department was renamed Regional Parks as part of an expanding marketing effort and new vision for the park system.
At its inception, the charge of the department was to provide a county-wide system of parks and recreation facilities which would provide for the citizens of Sacramento County and the surrounding area as well as to manage the budding American River Parkway which was to be an open-space stretching the length of the American River from the Nimbus Dam to the confluence of the Sacramento River.
In 1972, a $12.6 million bond act passed that proved to be instrumental in the growth of our parks system. From 1975 to 1995, the Parks system increased the total acreage managed by the Department by 250 percent.
Today the Department manages over 14,000 acres of land and operations that include:
- The American River Parkway
- Eighteen parks, recreation, and river access points
- The nationally renowned Effie Yeaw Nature Center
- Four golf courses
- Historic, cultural, and natural resources
Though many of the early parks acquired were along the American River Parkway, new parks and open-space sites throughout Sacramento County have been acquired to serve the Sacramento Region.
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