VLOG – What are the Best Parks in San Diego? Civita Park – Mission Valley
Are you looking for a modern park to take your family and enjoy some time outdoors? Here is the complete guide to Civita Park in Mission Valley. Civita Park is located in the Civita community of San Diego. This is located right in Mission Valley between Mission Center Road and the 805 freeway. It’s also located right next to Serra Mesa which is a really family friendly neighborhood with affordable homes in the heart of San Diego. Check out all the homes for sale in Serra Mesa here.
Civita Park was originally a quarry for sand and gravel to make concrete. That is was what it was for about 80 years. The children and cousins of the Grant family ultimately sold that to a developer, but they wanted to make sure that a park was included so that people would come and enjoy the beautiful weather we have in San Diego and keep a lot of open space not just for the residents of Civita but also for San Diego and anyone visiting as well.
There’s basketball courts, huge grassy areas, playgrounds for kids, and public bathrooms. There’s concerts here and there are occasional food trucks as well. There are all kinds of things that you can do in Civita Park. There’s lots of trails you can walk around on it’s multi-leveled as it steps up the hill of Mission Valley -so you’ll find a lot of people working out – running the stairs.
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This connects to the homes at the top, so if you live at the top, you can walk down very easily to the Civita Park to get your exercise in and take your kids to the playgrounds. The splash pad is a really cool feature when it’s open, but sometimes it’s not open due to drought. There’s also a military tribute here honoring the Grant family who served in the military in World War II.
There’s a really cool feature about the history of the quarry and so there’s this huge feature with big huge bulldozer and a mining equipment for pulling sand and gravel out of the earth. There’s also this great big amphitheater and there’s music that gets played there and there’s also food trucks that typically come on Tuesday nights.
Another great feature of Civita Park that’s open to anyone is that there are two dog parks located in here now. There’s also an entire recreation center facility that’s available to residents of Civita. You have to be a resident and it’s part of your HOA. It includes a recreation center, fitness center, pool for families, lap pool, and a large lounge area as well. It’s a really cool feature if you are part of the HOA association as a resident.
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