Ward Canyon Park — Attraction in San Diego

Of the five parks I regularly visit, this one is my favorite. Two distinct jungle gyms (which split comfortably along age lines when the park is busy), bathroom (with junkies in it only occasionally), hoops, two sets of swings, clean water fountains, two attached off leash dog parks, and a huge wide open grassy area. The trees while bare in the winter provide great shade to make Ward Canyon tolerable even in the heat waves of september. I like the extreme diversity of families that visit here. Weekends there's always multiple parties and bounce houses, and the mornings are dominated by kids under 5 while the median age grows as the day progresses. Sometimes they do free movies in the park here and watching Princess Bride with 3000 neighbors was...

Having just moved to the neighborhood, I was delighted to discover Ward Canyon Park within walking distance of my house. The park is very large, consisting of a acres of grassy fields, and built in their area, children's play apparatus, and happily, a dog park! There are several good grilling posts for bbqs and the park was quite green from all of the recent rains.

My only concern regards the clearly apparent homeless population that takes residence in the park. While walking on the path I spied several tents and a few areas of the park had trash buildup. The people I came across were nice, however and I'll be returning tomorrow with my dog to have some fun at...

It was late in the evening and sprinkling rain. Needless to say not busy.

Location was convenient. Directly off of the 805.

Park was dimly lit but, we could hear people playing basketball and there was one other person inside the dog park. (Dog park is located on south end of the park) From what I could see it's completely fenced in.

Parking was directly in front of the park and a breeze. They have a path along the park for walking and beautiful lush green grass inside the park. Tables for picnics.

Again, I was there about 10 or 11pm so I did not see much. What I did, was great! I'll def stop by here in the day time when in the...