Best Camping Spots & Outdoor Adventures
Explore the best best camping spots & outdoor adventures options for kids and families in Garden Grove
Haster Basin Recreational Park
Soccer fields, a lake & picnic areas. Community park with jogging trails, soccer fields, exercise stations & lakeside picnic shelters.
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail
Kid-oriented adventure trail in a forest. A traverse wall, ropes course & slides, plus a cave for visitors to discover their spirit animal.
Camp Sycamore
Park campground for youth groups. Youth-group campground at Mile Square park offering a fire ring, BBQs, a shelter & restrooms.
Mile Square Regional Park
Large urban park with many facilities. City park offering 3 golf courses, soccer fields & baseball diamonds as well as picknicking & lakes.
William Peak Park
Neighborhood go-to for skating & sports. City greenspace with a skate park, baseball fields, basketball courts, a playground & a pool.
Estancia Park
Green space with picnic & grilling areas. Modest recreation area with green spaces, picnic shelter, tables & grilling sites.
Little Cottonwood Park
Place for picnicking & shooting hoops. The grounds include sand volleyball courts, picnic shelters, BBQs, playgrounds & a basketball court.
The CAMP
Hip, eco-conscious retail & dining spot. Retail complex featuring health-conscious & eco-friendly local shops, services & eateries.
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Protected coastal estuary & bird habitat. 1300 acre ecological preserve with over 200 avian species spread around the coastal wetlands.
Bolsa Chica State Beach
A public beach with RV sites & fire pits. A beachfront state park with fire rings & RV campsites, featuring sunbathing, surfing & volleyball.
Friendship (Smith-Murphy) Park
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Ralph B Clark Park
104-acre park at foot of Coyote Hills. Sprawling park covering more than 100 acres includes a softball complex & plenty of open fields.
El Dorado East Regional Park
Outdoor recreation & a nature center. Expansive outdoor area with fishing lakes, bike trails, camping, an archery range & a nature center.
Don Knabe Community Regional Park
Public park with fishing & swimming pool. Over 50 acres of outdoor activities, including a fishing lake, swimming pool & basketball courts.
El Dorado Nature Center
Wide-ranging park for flora & fauna. 105-acre park featuring a visitor center, flora & fauna, lakes, a stream & walking trails.
Huntington Beach RV Campground
RV park with ocean views & beach access. Unassuming RV park offering sites with partial hookups, plus ocean views & beach access.
Talbert Regional Park
180 acres divided up by plant groups. Park divided into 6 areas by plant groups to showcase diverse habitats along the Santa Ana River.
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
Birding, biking & an interpretive center. Home to many bird species, this 135-acre park offers an interpretive center & hiking/biking trails.
Laguna Lake Park
Park with trails & an equestrian center. In addition to lake fishing, this 28.5-acre park offers trails, picnic areas & an equestrian center.
Craig Regional Park
Recreation on 124 acres with a lake. 124-acre recreational park with biking, hiking & picnicking, plus hills, a rose garden & a lake.
Huntington State Beach
Large surfing beach with a paved trail. A popular surfing destination, this sandy 121-acre beach also offers a 8.5-mi. paved trail.
Rynerson Park
Large city park with a bike trailhead. Spacious park, dedicated in 1990 & offering psorts facilities, open spaces & a variety of trails.
La Mirada Community Regional Park
Disc golf, playgrounds & a pond. Landscaped park with baseball fields, tennis courts & disc golf, plus lawns, playgrounds & a pond.
Sports Basement Long Beach
Massive store for sports apparel & gear. Sprawling retailer for sports & outdoor clothing, gear & accessories, plus equipment rentals.
Peters Canyon North Trailhead
340-acre park includes reservoir. Popular jogging & hiking park features coastal sage scrub & grassland habitats, plus a reservoir.
La Mirada Creek Park
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Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center
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Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina
Rustic beach cottages, plus a pool. Casual resort offering simple beachside cottages, plus RV parking, a pool, dining & a marina.
Camp Izza
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Redwood Grove
Park with giant redwood trees & lake. Unspoilt park with a marked trail through a giant redwood grove, 4-acre lake & colorful playground.
Pan American Park
Community space with sports facilities. City park with a gym, picnic areas & a playground, plus lighted outdoor sports fields & courts.
Oak Canyon Nature Center
Nature park with an interpretive center. Nature park featuring oak forests, scrubland & canyons, plus wildlife & an interpretive center.
Carbon Canyon Regional Park
Redwood trees, sports facilities & more. Sprawling, 124-acre park showcasing various redwood trees, sports complexes & other features.
Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center
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Yorba Regional Park
Picnicking, fishing, hiking & biking. Mile-wide park adjacent to the Santa Ana River has 140 acres of picnic tables, lakes, trails & more.
Bluff Park
Ocean views & the Lone Sailor Memorial. 13.2-acre city park offering ocean views, footpaths, benches, telescopes & the Lone Sailor Memorial.
Turtle Rock Nature Center
Educational nature preserve with trails. Five-acre nature preserve with trails for viewing wildlife & habitats, plus an outdoor classroom.
Adventure Park
Athletic fields, playground & gymnasium. Spacious, popular park featuring sports fields, a spray pad, playground, gymnasium & picnic space.
Hilltop Park
Small park with sweeping city views. Compact green space offering panoramic vistas, BBQ & picnic areas & walking paths.
Firestone Scout Reservation
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Bommer Canyon Nature Trail
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Signal Hill Park
Basketball, playground & picnic area. A 10-acre community park offering a basketball court, playground, BBQ areas & picnic shelters.
Rimcrest Trailhead
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Pathfinder Community Regional Park
Recreational area with a baseball field. 29-acre park with a baseball field, playground & splash pad, plus picnic areas & mountain views.
Bommer Canyon Preserve Cattle Camp
Wildlands, trails & a former cattle camp. This large natural area features many paths for hiking & biking, plus a historic former cattle camp.
Oak Canyon Park
Vast fishing & camping area on a lake. Sprawling 750 acres with forested mountains & a lake, plus fishing for many species & camping.
Pacific Ridge Trailhead
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Wilderness Park
Compact park with a duck pond. Small public park featuring a duck pond, walk/jog paths & grassy areas popular for picnicking.
Santa Fe Springs Park
Public park for sports & picnicking. Basic outdoor space with picnic space & playgrounds, plus baseball & basketball fields.
Featherly Regional Park
Riverside wilderness with an RV park. Riparian wilderness area along the Santa Ana River Bikeway featuring an RV & group camping park.
Deer Canyon Campground
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Peter F. Schabarum Regional Park
Recreation area with hiking & tennis. 575-acre park with protected stream, tennis courts & abundant trails & natural areas.
Rancho Los Cerritos
Museum showing 19th century ranch life. Historic site & museum showcasing 19th century ranch life in an adobe home with lush gardens.
California Survival School
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