Deer Canyon Park — Attraction in Anaheim

Some people love it. Some hate it. It all depends upon what you're looking for in a park. If you're looking for a small, natural park nestled in a suburban area that includes bathrooms, a drinking fountain, some benches, and some trails to hike or ride your mountain bike, you'll likely love this place. If you're looking for a well kept, green park where you can play frisbee or take the kids to play, this ain't your place. The landscape is natural and unmaintained. The bathrooms are clean. In fact the whole place is clean and unspoiled. There's a paved road in the middle of it. "Parking" consists of some flat dirt spots and either north or south entrance. The picnic tables have knee-high weeds between them and grilling would present a serious fire hazard. There likely is every manner of benign and dangerous native wildlife in the park, or close by. At the south entrance there's even a sign warning of mountain lions. I really wanted to see one, but alas none showed their feline face. I kept myself occupied mountain biking some of the single-track trails there. On the balance, I liked the place because it is so...

Many of the formal trails are overgrown if still existing at all. One of the walkways which is the trail most use now is all paved. Don't follow the google instructions it will take you to a shutdown entrance of Santa Ana Canyon. Pass that to weir canyon, turn right and into the neighborhood to go to the other entrance. There are lot of fun old trails but wear pants, the overgrown plants might cut you up(they did me). I'm not sure where the Santa Ana Canyon entrance is closed but it sure looks like it's been since way...

Salt Development wants to build an apartment complex here, 500 apartments and a minimum of 1,000 cars added to Anaheim Hills and Santa Ana Canyon Road. They don't give decent explanation how they will handle the traffic. Anaheim council is screwing Anaheim Hills like they did Anaheim on the Angels...