Ridgecrest Park — Attraction in Aliso Viejo

This is a great park. Tons of soccer. Two nice tennis courts. A basketball court. A reservable picnic table with grill great for birthday parties and two other picnic areas first come first serve. A small exercise run with five stations. Brand new sand, slide, swing, teeter totter play area. A lot of open space under (I think no longer active San Onofre) power transmission lines. As usual with all Aliso parks, parking lot is way to small and overflow is on to 35 MPH East Wing where people fly by at 50 and barely any room. Hang onto you kids with white knuckkes! When soccer games are on these fields and upper Wingspan across East Wing (which has zero parking) people seem to speed up as there is less room and more kids. Drivers with zero respect for pedestrians and clueless architects are...

This place has it all. What a hidden gem. There are tennis courts as soon as you pull in. There are basketball courts. Huge grassy areas to picnic, kick a ball around, bring your toddler to teach them tee ball, and a huge playground area. One designated for younger children I believe 2-5 years old and an older advanced playground with monkey bars, etc. Swings, seesaw, and a big sand pit all around. Very ideal if you have a young one needing to get out energy. The playground has a covering for sunny, hotter days. Plenty of trees for shade. The biggest plus about this park, which a lot of the parks around here seem to lack, is the...

The group area is set away from the playground which is either a positive or a negative depending on your point of view. You can not watch your children on the playground while sitting at the picnic tables in the group area. However, you do have privacy away from the playground. A small grassy knoll separates the two areas. Large shade awnings cover much of the group picnic areas and playground, definitely a plus in the So. Call sun. Park has cement trails for roller skating, scooters, a bball courts, grassy fields for frisbee and football in addition to...