Alice Eaves Scenic Reserve is a bush-clad park at 40-50 Hillcrest Rd in Hatfields Beach, Rodney, on Auckland's Hibiscus Coast, and it carries a 4.6 Google rating. It's listed on Auckland Council's find-a-park site.
The best scenic reserves do what a suburban park can't: hold a standing patch of native forest — pōhutukawa, tī kōuka, regenerating broadleaf — and thread unsealed walking tracks through it. Expect dirt underfoot that turns slick after rain, so sturdy shoes earn their keep, and the birdsong carries furthest early in the day. Around Auckland it pays to check the council's park page before setting out, because tracks close now and then for kauri dieback work or storm damage, and dogs are often restricted in scenic reserves to protect wildlife.
For anyone near Hatfields Beach or Orewa, it's a quiet stretch of native bush a short way up Hillcrest Rd, with current track information on the council's page.