Salt Lake Park

The city has done some great work updating this park. I would come here during my teens and what a difference it has made over the years. It’s walking distance from my house. Usually come here in the mornings for a jog and to avoid the crowd that comes later. The bad thing of it is that a lot of fools come here to smoke out and just stand there and mad dog other people. I would much rather drive to South Gate Park. I like that park much more.

BAD PARK DO NOT COME IF YOU HAVE KIDS !!! there are always teens smoking weed. Everywhere around the park it smells like weed not only that they smoke it in front of kids they roll up blunts in front of kids!!! They need more security or police around because this is just horrible !!!

Here with the AYSO program, first day. This has to do with the bathrooms by the basketball courts. They are beyond disgusting and flooded. They are not being kept cause it is not in the office I’m assuming. Need to step it up HP. This a nice huge park and yes people that come here are ghetto and dirty but at least keep the plumbing in working condition.

I have been playin ball here for 30 years, people from other parks have come to play here, on Saturdays and Sunday’s many people come to play full court at 7am, it’s very competitive and everyone is cool

This is a great park! My hubby is the soccer coach for a local school, and they play here often. When I had the pleasure of making it out to one of their games, it happened to be held here.
The park has plenty of parking to accommodate guests. Although I only had the chance to visit the soccer field, I did see lots of people exercising at the park, and lots of kids and parents over at the play structure. There are a couple of public restrooms available, and they were actually pretty decent (not nasty like some public restrooms can be).
I honestly felt very safe at the park, and it appeared that many other families also feel safe enough to enjoy all the amenities.

This park is great for kids. The playground near the skate park is awesome. There are different age level playgrounds very close to one another. Really clean and very interactive. Lots of shade for picnics and parents to watch kids play. There are also a good amount of swings for many kids.

As a kid growing up in HP Salt Lake park was the place for many activities. This park is a complete indoor/​outdoor recreational center for any sport and or hobby. Tennis courts, indoor and outdoor basketball courts, baseball fields, indoor racket ball courts, soccer fields weight room and a skateboarding center. At one point a children’s swimming pool was available during summer time but not sure if it still opens.
Playgrounds for the kitties and many picnic tables and BBQ grills for the carne asada weekend cookouts. You bet there are lots of kids bday parties on the weekends so first come first self serve. Plenty of trees with shaded areas
The bad about Salt Lake is the constant spell of weed. Most of it comes from the basketball courts. No bueno for the kids. Also when the circus is in town you can forget about finding a parking spot. Back in the day the gangsters use to hang out but haven’t seen any pelones lately. Maybe because the cops stepped up on the patrols which is a good thing.
The only thing missing is an olympic sized pool and a dip station next to the pull up station.

My friends and I love Salt Lake Park! This place is huge & there’s tons of stuff to do here (skatepark, volleyball, baseball, playground, tennis courts, basketball, soccer, a trail and even some workout stuff). It’s nice to just hang out here and feel the breeze. The palm trees are beautiful and add to the warm feel. There’s always park rangers and police here, so you normally don’t have to worry about your safety. It isn’t necessarily a dog park, but I see people with dogs here all the time walking along the trail. Very clean park too.
Do not let the neighborhood fool you. You’ll be fine. A few lights from the blue line and the Pacific Avenue stores.
There’s also carnivals and other festivities often!

Really proactive park! I come every now and then and give it a few laps and always seem to find soccer games of baseball games going on. Really enjoy how it is always being patrolled the by police department and how it’s never alone.

Only reason coming here is to run around and inside the park. good cardio but you really have to watch you step while going thru the trees, you might just break or twist and ankle. My number one park to run would rather be South Gate Park. This park is smaller and not marked by the mile.
This park has come a long way from what it use to look though… basketball court and soccer field wise.

This is my go to park because it is roughly a mile a way from where I live so I like to run there and back for a kick ass workout. It’s big, and has an one outdoor volleyball court and a few basketball courts and enclosed tennis courts (however, you must continually press the lights button yourself at the tennis courts because they don’t stay on), a soccer circle, a skate park, baseball diamonds and newly added batting cages. I use to work there and it was great. It does get crowded practically everyday. There is a jungle gym for the kids and two awesome snack shacks, one by the jungle gym (which that area is called muni park) and another by the entrance of the baseball diamonds. It’s cool to run at night around the circle square, lights off at 10pm though, but it’s not that dark. They offer an adults night basketball on Thursday’s and a adults Vball on Tuesday’s from 9pm-​12am and it’s $ 2 per person for all night playing. The park rangers are cool and so are the people who work there. The front desk inside only has one person working and at times there can be a line and parking sucks, especially during youth basketball (which I think goes year round) this is my park and I like it. Can’t complain. Wish they would add a dog park though or at least make it dog friendly!
Oh yea, they have a farmers market every wednesday from 9am-​3pm

Salt Lake Park is one of the bigger parks in the Southeast area. It’s home to a skate park, basketball courts, several playground areas, picnic tables & BBQ areas, a soccer field, and walking paths among other things. Home to local festivals, carnivals and events, this park is great for parties or just hanging out in the shade on a warm afternoon. Great for kids and families.