Marina Park — Attraction in Newport Beach

This playground is even better than the pictures show! It's bigger than I expected. There is a large grassy area, a paved path sidewalk, a cool playground with nautical themed play equipment, a lighthouse bathroom with a slide from the top. There are picnic tables, and we brought a park blanket. The beach area on the marina side has no waves, so it's good for small children (just make sure to get in the water on the deeper side from your kids, since it does get deeper fast and if you have an adventurous toddler you'll need to keep them very close to the shore). The view of the marina boats is great, and we even saw fish jumping and paddle boarders. Parking was not as hard to find as I expected for a beach side place, we got a pay spot by a little green park by the Veterans building, for $5 for 2 hours, which was perfect, and the other car in our group got a free street spot. The only downside was the lighthouse bathrooms got closed around 5pm, right before my older child needed it! There were still a bunch of people there, too, so the should keep those bathrooms open until 6pm. We use the one inside the big building across the grass, by the restaurant, but it wasn't kept up very well, so there wasn't any toilet paper. Bring some of your own TP to be safe. All in all, really fun day outing for our two families! A unique experience,...

Beautiful park with the exception of their park security and Newport police... Enjoying my afternoon,I am a disable vet... With my service dogs, officer OTT's and security bridges. Decided to harass and discriminate against my disability,Ada says I can have my service dogs of the leash cause it interfere with their duty to me. But these two made fun of it and me my wife. Uncomfortable,after trying to explain multiple times. Officer OTT's tells he will give a citation,if they are off the leash. This is bullying , harassment,and discriminate watch out for these park rangers. I will also be filing complaints. Love the park beautiful come all the time here. First time this ever happened,these people need to know...

This place is a great family area for those that don't want to deal with big beach waves. There's a playground for all the kids, a big grass area to throw the ball around, and they also have a café that's serves food. The parking isn't that great, but you can get lucky sometimes. It is the marina, so you get to see a variety of boats cruising around. We saw a few Tiki Bar Boats, which looked somewhat safe. I've been coming here with my family for years and the day we came(June 5th), was probably the emptiest it's been. The streets are always crowded with foot and car traffic, so be careful with people trying to cross and jerks not using their signals. All in all, it's a great spot to relax and be lazy, while the kids play...