The restrooms at this park are outdated and not maintained very unsanitary . Toilet paper…read moredispensers only give a single ply at a time and jam up with no way to fix u less u have a key. Whose horrible idea was this ? Cheap skate

I needed to tire a couple of kids out and get them out and about on a beautiful summer day. Kids…read moreare into technology way too much but not on my watch. We packed the wagon with snacks and water, put on the sunblock and off we went as the 5 year old told me exactly where to go. This park is huge. Has plenty of grass and hills to roll down, a softball field to run on. Plenty of ladybugs to catch, bees to watch out for and dandelions galore. There is also plenty of swings, random play things, serious climbing equipment and long slides that I thought were outlawed. The monkey bars are suitable for kids even though they look gianormous and that slide? It's like a mini splash Mountain drop. They blocked off the adjoining mini structure to the date devil one so the little ones dont get access to something to big for them. However your little ones may just want to climb up to the top anyway. Just let them do it. You know you climbed higher than them when you were young. Bathrooms were clean. The park is well kept. I saw city employees doing their thing when we were there.

Franklin Park off of Inglewood in Redondo Beach is a nice quaint park, nothing huge about it but it…read morerivals it's neighboring park playgrounds. Parking is easy. The play structure is good for 6 yrs and under to entertain them. It does have ample shaded areas which is a plus, compared to other parks where the plays structures get hot to the touch due to the direct sunlight and there's no shade.

A safe and clean neighborhood park…read more I've come to this little park a dozen times over the past several years. A good friend of ours lives in this middle class neighborhood and we go here for picnics or her kids' birthday parties. It's not a destination park, just a great little park for people in the area to enjoy. The terrain has many small hills and trees. There are a few flat areas that kids will use to play soccer. You'll find a couple basketball hoops, a basic playground, a couple picnic tables, charcoal grills, plenty of bench seating and a surprisingly clean but basic-city-park-style bathroom. There is plenty of space to have a bouncy-house or other entertainment for a children's party. One interesting thing is that there is often a cool breeze blowing through this park which can sometimes be quite strong. Our friend refers to it as being a wind tunnel. Nothing fancy but the kids will love it.

I was romping around Torrance and Gardena one day and decided to stop by at this park. I'm so glad…read moreI did!! I have driven past this park location on several occasions and always wondered about it. I always see local people walking about no matter when I pass by. To my surprise, parking was easy and free. It was also dog friendly which I appreciated. What I had no idea about was how well designed this park was until I stepped foot in it. It has two playground areas, bathrooms, grassy fields for people to play some sports, and a well paved and well marked trail with mile marker to exercise on. It has a moderate up and down hill as well as shaded trees to keep cool and comfortable. WOWza, I thought! And it's so clean inside!! Essentially, you can walk about 2 miles if you do 4 laps. Or a whole mile if you walk 2 laps. I think I can actually do 6 laps only because it was such a nice urban escape and people were polite. The dogs were also having a good time too and at no point I had to worry about some rogue dog owner with their unleashed dogs or something. 10/10 would return again in the future. What a gem of a neighborhood park this was!

I feel like this is a 3.5 star place. There's a playground for a big kids and a playground for…read moresmaller kids. If you have a tiny one, I still would be cautious about the play structure in the smaller playground area. I went down the slide with my toddler, and I almost fell mostly because it was so fast. Playground sets are probably geared for older kiddos, rather than toddlers. The swings are super squeaky, and definitely could use some WD-40. All of the play structures could definitely use some tender love. I love how diverse people who are here and everyone seems pretty friendly.

The RC car track there is really great. For all ages. The few people I have ran into since going…read morethere have been friendly.

This is hands down my worst review because this is hands down THE WORST PARK in Torrance. I feel…read morelike the city forgets about this park or simply doesn't care. The bathrooms are horrible; only one of the stalls in the women's restroom has a door, no seat covers, no trash cans, no paper towels and usually no toilet paper. When we play softball here we have to bring a "potty bag" with soap, toilet paper, etc. I was told the men's restroom has no doors. The parking is scarce and the train that goes by is terribly loud! They double booked our softball games with a field softball practice - which doesn't surprise me because it seems like nothing at this park is well managed. I only go to this park when I absolutely have to- like for softball games. Let's talk about field conditions; most outfielders know that this is "the best" or rather the worse place for sprained ankles! There are so many mounds and gopher holes in the grass that rolling an ankle or tripping is inevitable. This summer I noticed that there is now a makeshift dirt track for remote control off-road trucks. It's super random but nice if you're into that. Not so nice for the people playing softball because that dirt track is in the perfect place to blow clouds of dirt into our direction so you get a nice mouthful of dirt if you're running to first base! Unfortunately I have no choice to play softball here since I signed up to play before I realized what park it was at. I wish I could say this park "used to be good" but it has honestly been this way for years. Hopefully next year we play somewhere else until then please say a prayer for our ankles.

Located off Descanso Way in Torrance. I am biased for fives stars cause this is my neighborhood…read morepark. Before this turned into a park it was nothing but a huge dirt field for many years. I remember walking through this dirt field on the way to High School and back my poor white shoes would get so dusty with the dirt on it. Once they built the park it was nice green grass and the dirt trail to walk on around it. Then they added the kids playground. Along the dirt trail there are stops for workouts like doing push ups with the bar installed etc. Overall a nice place for picnics, soccer play for the wide open field and in the back corner a backstop for baseball which they did get rid of a few years ago.

Super cute hidden and SAFE park within a North Torrance neighborhood…read more There is not much to this park. It's pretty much an uneven pie shaped type of track, and a fenced off parking lot. The great thing about the surrounding neighborhood is that there are plenty of cars in the driveway, which means people are at home all of the time!

A park that my toddler and I frequent because we live near by. We usually walk but there is plenty…read moreof parking both off Artesia and a smaller lot off Yukon. It's also right next to North Library so sometimes we do a combo park and library. The park is well maintained as all Torrance parks. The play area is firehouse themed so my son enjoys pretending to be a fireman. There are 4 swings, 2 smaller slides, and 1 bigger slide. The mulch flooring can be a little annoying, especially if not wearing closed shoes. Park also has a basketball court and baseball field. The grassy area is also often used for soccer and ultimate Frisbee on the weekends. Overall a great place for a kid to get some energy out and not bad for adults to run around a little too. Hope you enjoy!

This was a super clean and small park with multiple slides for children. It is a fire station…read morethemed. My daughter had a blast.

[Review #831] 2024-032…read more I forgot that we visited Paradise Park years ago... I think it was a walking field trip from H's daycare/preschool: Leap & Bound Academy? My husband wanted to come back & visit a different park, & this one has some different & interesting play structures, including Saturn, train, & submarine. It does have your standard playground equipment; monkey bars, slide, swings, etc. that separates the big kids from the little ones for safety. The park has a large grassy field for frisbee, soccer, or just running around playing tag. And plenty of trees for shade! The park seems dog-friendly as we spotted several dog walkers during our playtime. There's a shaded picnic area for you to hold a small party, or hang out with friends; with picnic tables & BBQ grills spread out through the park. With the lack of food traffic, the BBQ grills & picnic tables could used some maintenance (rusted grills) &/or clean-up (cobwebs on grills, bird poop on tables). There's a tennis court somewhere; I haven't been but another reviewer posted a pic of the courts. And restrooms are available... again, don't know where but a couple reviewers mentioned they're near the tennis courts; however, there's no stall doors & they're dirty. Oh no! There's no parking lot that I'm aware of, but there's enough street parking around the park's perimeter. Not our ideal park due to its distance from home, but a fun layover when we wanted something different.

Very nice park in Torrance with some nice picnic areas as well as 2 tennis courts. Parking is just…read morestreet parking but pretty easy to find even on weekends. Playground equipment is nice and seems to be well maintained. They have lots of open areas to play soccer, frisbee, etc.

Review #878 2025-051…read more Our family alternates between Torrance Park & Charles H. Wilson Park (refer to Review #10), favoring the latter because of their weekend activities: farmer's market & steamers train. I drafted a review shortly thereafter but haven't been able to finish with revisions in 2016 & 2021, so almost a decade later... this is it! Torrance Park isn't as active as Wilson Park, but one past summer (2021), Ultra! - Torrance Art Museum & Torrance Park hosted "Even The Trees Will Sing If We Are Quiet Enough" (for more details, refer to website: http://finishing-school-art.net/Even-The-Trees-Will-Sing-If-We-Are-Quiet-Enough). Even The Trees Will Sing If We Are Quiet Enough is a participatory sculpture project situated among various old-growth trees. The artwork can be described as sonified interspecies furniture constructed with recycled wood & electronic components. The aum-like buzzing vibrations transduced through the architectural forms are a livestream of the trees' living electrical signals that visitors can sound-bathe in during daylight hours. Visitors reported that the tree sounds are also reminiscent of cicadas & other insects heard in wooded areas. This interspecies collaboration fosters direct connection & gives voice & focus to these elder residents that commemorate time & existence and bears witness to local histories & provides comfort & wisdom. When my daughter was taking taekwondo, the studio held a summer picnic & awards ceremony at the Outdoor Band Shell. Other than that, we come here when Wilson Park is crowded. Torrance Park has similar amenities: reservable picnic area with decent shade, bouncer accessibility, BBQ, playground, baseball/softball diamond, basketball court & horseshoe courts (though not as many), restrooms (we haven't had to use it so I'm unsure if it's clean &/or stocked), but they don't have an indoor gym/facility. There's a small area that's kinda like a corn field maze, not sure of the plants to create this mini maze, that my kids enjoyed playing tag with each other & friends. There's plenty of parking off Arlington Ave., some street spaces on Santa Fe Ave., not sure if there's a private lot off Cabrillo Ave. on the park's east side near the field. The park isn't as maintained as I would like; my son was riding his bike along the uneven walking paths & flipped over, head first, crashing on the hard asphalt & badly injured his nose with some facial scratches. Luckily, he was wearing his helmet or it could have been worse. He was 3 or 4 YO at the time of the accident, & wasn't biking on 2-wheels really fast. Quite a few playgrounds use the soft rubbery surfacing to cushion falls, here it's still sand unlike the red tractor. It's strange that they would renovate that instead of the playground that likely has more kids running & jumping around with a higher probability of falls. When the kids were older, in elementary & middle school, we're rarely at the playground & use the open grassy area to play catch with either a baseball or football, jump rope. Our daughter is currently in high school, she sometimes practices flag & rifle (color guard) in the shade. In my kids' toddler days (2011 - 2017), there's been more happy (not really) wanderers loitering & sleeping at the park, & hooligans causing chaos & mischief so we limited our time here. It's been better now that they're older, & it feels safer now with more families around. Not our first pick, but it's a decent enough back-up for outdoor play & physical activities. Come out & play... & get some CA sunshine!

The good: There's a basketball court, grassy area, a lot of…read moreswings and a playground that was appropriate for my toddler. The most interesting part of the playground was the super large fire truck. The flooring is sand. There are covered picnic bench areas. There are shady areas from the trees. My kid enjoyed picking dandelions and little weed flowers from the grass here. The bad: The park feels s bit old. There are weeds and the equipment is a bit worn down. The interesting: We parked in a large parking lot across the street but there's also street parking around the park.