Laurelwood Park is adjacent to Sugarloaf Mountain, the 225-acre property is in the hills on the west side of San Mateo. The grassy area is great for frisbee or setting up a badminton net. The park has picnic tables, some shaded by oak trees, and a playground as well as trails leading to Sugarloaf Mountain.

The Children’s play area is fenced with a rubber surface with a variety of climbing challenges, bridges, slides, and swings.

A creek outlines the east edge of the grassy area flows past the easy part of the Tenderfoot hiking trail and goes east toward the earthen dam then down Laurelwood Drive toward the bay. The has many deer trails and the deer may be seen in the early morning or evening.