The University Community Park has tennis courts, a baseball field, basketball courts, beach volleyball courts, large grassy areas, a playground, and some covered areas with grills. There were tons of people on a nice days and it was packed. It's located next to the University Park Library and also the Adventure Playground with more space for kids to play and roam. It was a huge park with lots to do. read more

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I love that this playground has separate playgrounds for infants, toddlers, and older kids with several fun spinning equipment in the middle which was fun for us older "kids". There's also a sand pit, some picnic benches, and huge grassy area w some recreational courts. Just note that only the playground is shaded so it may be pretty warm on a hot sunny day. This is located next to a library, school, and Adventure Playground which is an awesome free play area though probably more fun for kids older than 2 years old. We enjoyed walking the paved paths through the neighborhood to get to the shopping center nearby to get some boba from Class 302 and for food. There's also another playground along the paths. read more

University Community Center - Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

Clean park A++. Sand at the Volleyball court but there is no sand on the actual playground. read more

University Community Center - Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

Enclosed tennis/handball courts are rarely full and amazing to work out (or in) any kinks in your swing/game. Rest of the park is a bucolic and clean respite. read more

University Community Center - Tennis handball court - Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

cute little grassy play area. Gave it a 4 because the flooring is beat up. Other than that, great area to entertain the kids, pets and family. Also, it's right across Adventure Playground. read more

University Community Center - #heyyhannahleigh - Parks Near Me - Irvine, California

2 thumbs up for this park! This is a fantastic park for toddlers. I happened to come here because the Adventure Playground next door was closed. The park has everything your toddler needs to occupy themselves for an hour! Play area for little ones and big ones, swings, sand area with a plastic mountain to be climbed, lots of monkey bars and climbing structures, a plastic house and shaded area with benches for mummys/caregivers. The floor is soft foam. The park is clean, green and beautiful. read more

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This is a great (BIG!) park to visit and hang out. It's spread out, great for children and toddlers. There is an Adventure Playground towards the back. The play area is pretty good size that never really gets crowded with children (that big). There are bike paths around it, plenty of grass area to practice soccer, softball, throw a baseball around, and is next to the library. Overall its a great place! Quiet, away from traffic, and hidden inside the residential area. read more

Public park. Very big and clean. There are a lot of different areas to explore. Some courts and fields to play. The playground is big and safe. The green areas is also very nice. read more

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This is hands down one of my favorite parks in the city of Irvine. It has the perfect combination of activities to keep children entertained, and also me, a 20 year old male. I came here with my friend Tiffany to help review this park at night so that the community could know more about the nighttime park experience. As we first set foot in the park, the park lights gave us a warm welcome by suddenly turning off and covering the entire playground in darkness. Turns out that this park "closes" at 10PM, but you can still manage to walk into the park even later than that. My favorite part of the park was the spinning structures. This was something that I have never seen in any park before. You jump onto these structures and spin around with your momentum. I was pretty dizzy afterwards if you know what I mean! There are also vending machines at the basketball courts so make sure to keep some spare change on you! All things considered, this is one of my favorite playgrounds to play on at night. read more

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This is a great park. It's right next to adventure playground and the library. It has tons of stuff - tennis courts/concrete wall to hit balls on (squash/smashball?), volleyball, big grassy area, kids play structures. The kids play area has two bits - one for littles, one for bigs. It has infant swings and regular. There is a cool (plastic) rock for climbing. There are tables under a shade for parents to keep an eye on the kids. The play area itself doesn't have much shade. Dog and pushchair friendly as it has concrete path round the park. read more

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I just realized I never posted this review -- it's from a few years ago when I rented the community center's MPR. I rented the smaller MPR for my son's birthday party and had NO idea the kind of red tape and bureaucracy renting from the Irvine Company and the city of Irvine meant. I was told I could use the kitchenette and all the things in there (had to pay an extra fee to use it) but when we got there, all the cabinets were locked so nothing was at my disposal. There is a fridge, but it was packed with things in there so ultimately there wasn't much space in there for me to use -- thank god I had ice to chill my drinks. There were 2 ovens but they were minuscule so if you had big trays of food to warm in there they wouldn't fit inside the oven. I thought there would be utensils I could use like oven mitts etc, but nothing was available so I had to go home and bring everything with me. When we arrived, the room was closed up and I had wanted the doors to open into the outside area so the kids can go outside to play so I asked the attendant to help open the door. At least she obliged. Then it was so stuffy inside I asked her to turn the air on (which is all locked up and required a key for any changes) and she said it was already on but because of the doors being opened it was hot. I thought it was weird because when I went home to pick up supplies, the temperature outside read 70 degrees and the temperature set on the AC/air system was 73 degrees. Once she turned it on it was much better. The room offers your most basic items like tables and chairs, but that's it. When you are done, you have to clean up. They provide you with a vacuum, antibacterial wipes, spray cleaners like simple green, garbage bags so you can take your garbage out to the dumpster. My rental w/o the kitchenette worked out to be about $54/hour but that was with my Irvine resident discount. They required a $200 deposit in case you screwed something up in there. The kitchenette is an additional $15 (not calculated by the hour, just a one time fee). They allow you one change on your original request -- so if you had requested 3 hours and then wanted to change to 2 or 4hrs, you get a one time change for free. If you change your mind again, there is a $35 fee each time you change it. This is the first and last time I will be renting one of these again. At the end of the day, I worked out that after buying everything for the party, renting the space, set up/clean up, I would've been better off renting one of those party places where they set up, provide food and clean up as well. My final cost was only a difference of $50. Not worth the stress and energy. read more

this is a very nice park. it has tennis courts. vending machine with drinks are right outside. playground with rubber floor, to absorb shock racketball courts. basketball courts. valleyball pit. baseball field huge grass area for you or your dog to run around. PS: there used to be a hidden spot near the east side of the park where teenagers go to smoke pot & or cigs and to commit lewd acts... don't ask me how i know, i just do. LOL. i believe the city of irvine found out and caught on, so they trimmed the bushes and trees so nothing is covering the benches nowadays. read more

Beautifully clean park. Lots of open green space to play, picnic tables to enjoy and a great playground with swings, infant area and sand box. Plus, there's plenty of parking; street and two lots. read more

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This review is focused on UCP's community park center. I've been teaching dance classes at this Community Park for the past 3 years and it's one of my favorite community park centers to work out of. The facilities are first, built green (eco-friendly), always clean, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. I teach out of the dance room which has hard wood floors, ballet barres, and mirrors (with a state of the art sound system). I always see that the park and playground are filled with kids, and games taking place at the volleyball courts. read more

This is a fantastic park. Esp attractive bc it is next to library, community center and an adventure park which is great for toddlers.

More for big kids. Parents aren't watching bigger kids who run around the little kids area and do not pay attention every time I've been there. They also have a few community classes that come out for playtime, but the kids are rough around the park with the smaller kids. Recommended for older children but if you have a toddler or a baby, it's not the best park for them. You can watch and be as careful as you can be but the older kids still manage to run into the babies. read more

this is a nice park near uci. theres also this strange mud play area adjacent to the park but closed. i have no idea what it is but i remember going to it often and theres like some obstacle course or something. the park is very nice, typical of irvine park with huge grassy areas, tennis courts, playgrounds, the standard read more