El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California

The El Dorado Park neighborhood of Long Beach, California is on the east side of the city adjacent to the large El Dorado Regional Park. Lakewood is north of El Dorado Park, while Hawaiian Gardens is northeast, and Los Alamitos is east of El Dorado Park. The park is bounded on the east by the 605 Freeway, on the north by the Long Beach Town Center shopping mall, and on the south by Stearns Street. Because of the barrier of the freeway and park between the neighborhood and the rest of Long Beach, as well as the barrier created by near Norwalk Blvd and the Coyote creek and the neighboring cities, the El Dorado Park neighborhood feels quite separate.

The regional park sits in a flood zone, and it protects residences from spillover from the neighboring San Gabriel River. Additional undeveloped land south of Willow street near the confluence of Coyote Creek and the San Gabriel River is held by Southern California Edison, and some designated to become part of the park's Nature Center. The park was developed in 1968 after the land was sold to the City of Long Beach by the Bixby Family and was financed using bond money floated in the 1950s and 60s, and the varied topography comes from soil removed to construct the San Gabriel Freeway.

Hours:
7AM - Dusk
Closed Christmas
Cost: Monday - Thursday $5.00 per vehicle
Friday $6.00 per vehicle
Saturday - Sunday $7.00 per vehicle
Holidays - $8.00 per vehicle
Annual Pass: $60.00, Seniors/Disabled: $35.00

This expansive park features a spacious community center, night-lighted basketball and volleyball courts, softball and soccer fields, skate park, six group picnic sites available for reservation, a disc golf course, a tennis center, an 18-hole golf course, playground equipment, and multiple duck ponds.

Disc golf course, outdoor archery range, baseball/softball field, basketball court, community center, physical fitness course (12 stations), barbecue and picnic areas, playground, roller hockey court, skate park, soccer fields, restrooms, tennis court, volleyball court, three fishing lakes and a fishing pond, an airfield for remote control planes and a radio-controlled model sailboat area, pedal boats (rental), children's (adults, too) train (extra cost), and a 100-acre nature center. The city's tree farm on the site closed in the 1990s.

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