Parks are places for neighbors to gather. They're supposed to be sanctuaries from the stress of city life, a place where you can stroll aimlessly among shady groves or lie flat on the grass and let your mind discern faces in the clouds drifting overhead.

Among Stockton's parks, Louis Park is a gem. The 74-acre spread along a stretch of the Stockton Deep Water Channel is famous for Pixie Woods, an adventure land for children. Louis Park has the city's most heavily used softball complex and offers one of the last free launch ramps into the Delta.

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