Local sports teams can now enjoy baseball, soccer and lacrosse without the risk of ankle-twisting gopher holes, along with other new features at Maxwell Farms Regional Park in the city of Sonoma, park officials said Thursday.
New sports fields, improved parking and enhanced ADA access have been completed at the 82-acre park at 100 Verano Ave. in the vicinity of Boyes Hot Springs, Sonoma County Regional Parks announced.
The updates include all-weather sports fields for baseball, soccer and lacrosse, new restroom buildings and expanded parking with more ADA-accessible spaces, and new EV charging stations. The new sports fields feature artificial turf, significantly reducing safety issues of the previous grass fields—such as ankle-twisting gopher holes.
Visitors of all abilities can now access the sports fields, playground, picnic areas and fan seating via new ADA-accessible pathways. This is the first phase of updates at the park.
Construction on this first phase began in fall 2022, following a $3 million allocation by the Board of Supervisors. Completed Phase 1 construction totals $9.3 million. Other funding sources include State grants ($2.5 million), Parks For All – Measure M ($2.7 million), Sonoma Valley area park mitigation fees ($267,000), disabled access improvements funds ($187,000) and Sonoma County Parks Foundation ($180,000).
