Hopkins Wilderness Park — Attraction in Redondo Beach

Hopkins Wilderness Park revisited! I came back to my roots of landscape appreciation with an update on the natural preservation of the park. Kudos to Mike and staff who have maintained the park so well! Special thanks to the good folks of the South Bay Parkland Conservancy, including Carl and son, who have been busy with the continuing reforestation of the park! This place has been my favorite urban respite! Here, I feel detached from the hustle and bustle of the big city and South Bay. There’s short trails, good for families with children. Along the way, hikers can see signage about the trees, rehabilitation efforts and new growth in progress! There’s a pond just inside the entrance, past the office on the left. Here viewers may see fish and turtles in the water. Further left, down the hill, was another larger pond with similar contents, tho where ducks were usually seen. Unfortunately, this pond seems to have dried up! The park is a natural area, promoted and preserved to continue as it would’ve been without development, and then some. Add in some imported types of trees and plants, and we have an island of green space, surrounded by long term urban sprawl. Hopkins Wilderness Park is indeed one of the few examples of a natural area park between the Santa Monica Mountains and Palos Verdes. Nestled beneath the trees are mini campsites with picnic tables, grills, sinks and trash containers. Stand alone picnic tables and benches offer a meditative experience, to have my greens and eat them! There’s a fair amount of free parking available inside the gates on weekdays, tho weekends may be crowded. There’s no street parking immediately outside the gates. Although two to three blocks over, either side may be additional available parking, signs permitting. Just when a heat wave is covering much of the southland, I look out from the high point and see the marine layer moving in, so there’s the additional benefit of the cool...

Amazing! Photos and review coming soon! Here are some photos and videos of a very special place right in the middle of the city they have trails overnight camping for field trips you can only see the city from the top of a small hill it sure looks beautiful and when you turn around the Point and all of the pacific ocean including Malibu not the homes or streets just the coast line blue waters very nice picnic area a very nice sink and washing area with the barbecue pit as well as beautiful bench seats I am assuming strictly from trees that are old on the property or that have fell with the stump right next to it the trails go left and right the fish our friendly they actually come up so you can feed them you could donate a few dollars get a good amount of feeding pellets the ducks are out there in and out of the water and sit on beautiful large flat rocks in the pond the other area where there are guppies and signs of what you are looking at very educational in front of most of the trees and plants that are natural to California it is well taken care of we are thankful for the rain it had filled up all of the ponds saturated the land flowers blooming most of all it brought the wilderness to life towards the bottom they have concrete seat seating like a Colosseum with a concrete stage which is very nice for small concerts or field trips it is a beautiful place it is a treasure and being well taken care of arts and crafts for the children there’s always something to do take a moment and check it out it’s...

First time here today and we LOVED it! The park is big and so lush green with a lot of trees and some beautiful flowers. There is a pond right after you walk in with Koi fish, turtles, and ducks. There are a lot of tables and benches in all areas of the park where you can sit to rest or do a picnic. It was nice and quiet and peaceful at the park. I saw a few families with their little ones (including mine) enjoyed the stroll around the park. My daughter was having so much fun running up a small hill, hiking through some small bushes and flowers, and exploring throughout the park. We spotted some squirrels and beautiful birds. We spent about over an hour there and enjoyed it so much. Park is open every day (except Wednesdays) from 10AM-4:30PM Parking lot is on site in the front of the park. The lot is not that big yet not small. We got there at around 10am and there were still some spots left. This park has now become our favorite spot for the weekends for sure. Will definitely go back there again soon. Next time we planned on doing a...