Best-Value Neighborhoods in Oakdale, CA

Bridle Ridge, Oakdale, is laid out as a residential subdivision with parks scattered through it, and that is the main thing separating it from the older blocks closer to downtown. The city lists several parks under the Bridle Ridge name, among them Bridle Ridge Park at West J Street and Willowood Drive and two basin parks along Greger Street. ... See Full Page

Burchell Hill, Oakdale, holds most of the city's biggest parks and grocery stores, which makes it the part of town people head to for errands and weekend games. W.T. Kerr Community Park alone covers 43 acres off North Stearns Road, with ball diamonds, a playground, horseshoe pits, sand volleyball and picnic tables. ... See Full Page

Downtown Oakdale is where the cowboy identity stops being a slogan. Two museums share the blocks: the Cowboy Museum at 355 East F Street tells the rodeo and ranching story behind the town's nickname, and the Oakdale Museum & History Center occupies the oldest building in town, with displays on the early homes and shops that built the place. Yosemite Avenue crosses F Street here, and the rest of the neighborhood is arranged around that corner. ... See Full Page

East Side, Oakdale, is the working edge of town. The ConAgra Brands plant, where Hunt's tomatoes and other canned goods are made, sits inside the neighborhood and shapes it more than any storefront does. The area runs along East F Street, where the commercial blocks and the highway access are. ... See Full Page

West Oakdale runs along the stretch of Highway 120 that passes through town as West F Street, so it is the first part of Oakdale many people see on the way toward Yosemite. Huckleberry's, at 1214 West F Street, closes by mid-afternoon and serves Southern-style breakfast and lunch, chicken and waffles, huckleberry pancakes and biscuits, to locals and to anyone driving up the hill. ... See Full Page