Parks with picnic shelters

Clipper Cove Park in Laguna Niguel offers playful ocean theme and pirate ships for pretend with lots of climbers and spinners.

Hurless Barton Park in Yorba Linda is an active and popular neighborhood park. Visit on mornings: kids will have fun & you’ll get a workout.

Canyon View Park at Sea Summit in San Clemente is playground for 2-5 year olds in a small neighborhood with a view of the ocean.

Jean Woodard Park in Yorba Linda has beautiful trees and plenty of birds to watch and listen to. When sports aren’t in session the expansive grassy field lends itself to …

Santa Vittoria Park in Laguna Hills is a shady oasis on a hot day. Nice shady trees and grassy hills make it feel lush. It’s quiet on the weekends when …

Eucalyptus Park in Anaheim is a nice place to stop by for a picnic lunch or to let the kids run around. It’s also right down the street from Canyon Plaza, …

Peachwood Park in Lake Forest is a small playground hidden in a neighborhood off Trabuco Road. It’s not even on Google’s map. It’s very near Tamarisk Park and can sometimes …

Tamarisk Park in Lake Forest is tucked up in the foothills above Trabuco Canyon Road. [NOTE: As of September 2013 — Lake Forest is renovating this playground and there is …

Minaya Park in Mission Viejo is not what I’d call a “destination playground” – but every park has its good points. This one is centered in a quiet neighborhood.  There …

Las Lomas Community Park in Irvine is huge, but hidden behind the row of churches along Bonita Canyon Drive.