Colina Del Sol Park — Attraction in San Diego

We are visiting our children from out-of-state and and wanted a place to practice pickleball drills. We Googled “pickleball courts near me.” This park presented itself and seemed promising! However, once we arrived, we discovered that these are not PB courts. None of the tennis courts were lined for PB either. The courts were empty so we rallied for a bit. However, there was a fine layer of sand coating the ball; clothing and some debris littered the ground. There were also unhoused citizens living up against the fence. While the park is large and beautiful, we will look elsewhere for dedicated pickleball courts. I’ve added two photos to the park’s photo album in the event that others are curious about...

Make sure to put in directions specifically to "Gopher city dog park" /parking area, otherwise maps doesn't know where to go TINY area within a big golf course/recreation park Unless you live nearby (can walk around recreation park) or desperately need a rest stop for your dog, I'm not sure it's worth going out of your way I appreciate that SD is dog friendly and that there are a lot of dog friendly spaces, however, i agree with some previous reviews: No one cares about this place or the maintenance It makes me feel...

This park could be so much better if the city maintains it better than what it is. My children love it because they are young and know no better but as a parent, I'm concerned about the broken park benches, the trash from homeless people and just careless people in general, the bathrooms at the rec center are constantly riddled with junkies and smell horrible. I found sanitary napkins under the slides where kids play. This place needs upkeep, and something has to be done about the growing homelessness...