Memorial Park (Hayward, California)

Memorial Park, in Hayward, California, United States, is a public park managed by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. The park contains an indoor swim center, the Hayward Plunge, which opened in 1936.^[1] The park is the access point to the Greenbelt Trails, which follow Ward Creek Canyon adjacent to California State University, East Bay. The park has a small bandstand with musical events offered on major holidays. It borders on Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery (also known as All Saints or Portuguese Cemetery) which was first established in 1875.^[2] Many of the historic gravestone inscriptions are in Portuguese.^[3]

Hayward Plunge at Memorial Park

Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery