El Monte County Park

Love the peacefulness i find in this park .So Beautiful the trees talk to you and the squirrels chirp at you. Love it. Its for all ages. They do have nice swing sets for children and big majestic oak trees for Nature lovers like myself. Do go. You dont know what a gem we have there until you leave and go to work the next day. My Wife and I love taking naps under the beautiful Oak trees. Bring a lunch! :)

The El Monte Park is beautiful, a great family place to picnic and even have weddings! The staff is wonderful and grounds crews work hard to keep this a green oasis even in the midst of a drought. It is reached by a serene winding road off Lake Jennings that takes you to a more quiet and peaceful time as you meander to the park…
I did hear that a sand mining company has petitioned the County Planning to allow them to mine tons of sand from the beautiful open space (the whole Valley) you see on your left as you drive El Monte Rd. to the park. I hope not_​Traffic would be awful and not so sure about noise and dust… hope they just say no.
I really like the park and appreciate how hard the County works to make it an awesome place to hang out with family and even large groups. If you haven’t been to the park, take some time to drive out El Monte Road with your windows down, look at the incredible El Capitan mountains and check out the wildlife that you can sometimes see even before you get to the park… and then just kick back in this shady bit of affordable San Diego County Oasis in your lawn chairs and get that game of frisbee started!!!

Great place for a wedding under their wedding tree, only downfall its right next to the street and theres gopher holes everywhere. But the views are beautiful. People from Main St El Cajon come here and have their shin digs and basically take over so just an fyi. but over all great park for everyone.

Favorite park in San Diego. It’s definitely out of the way which is the best and worst thing about the park.
It’s absolutely beautiful here, quiet, and so so much room. There are multiple playgrounds and almost unlimited space to play. Sometimes we are the only people at the park and it’s definitely never been close to crowded. All the structures are in great shape and are safe.
I can’t say enough about how beautiful it is, kind of like a secret hideaway.

REVIEW #200. What a great park. I was here years ago for my 21^st birthday party and had kind of forgot about it. Yesterday I was trying to think of good place to bring my 18 month old son. When I remembered this great park. El Monte County Park is a awesome large hidden park that not to many people know about. With 3 playgrounds, many picnic tables, quite a few horseshoe pits, and also a baseball field. There are also large areas with no trees so you can fly a kite with your kid or maybe get a football game going with your friends. It does cost $ 3.00 to get in and you must have exact change because there is no one there to give you change but it is totally worth it. Now that I have rediscovered this park I’m sure that I will definitely will be back many times.

My parents had their family picnics at this park, some 45 yrs ago… I moved to El Cajon 4 yrs ago and now ride my bike there weekday mornings; peaceful and beautiful. We take the dogs there on weekday afternoons, no one is there and the dogs can just run around (they’re little and quiet) off the leash when we keep an eye on them. El Cap rock face looks down over the park, gorgeous. THe park equipment is first rate, nicely spaced… they just opened the trail at the west end, it goes to Blossom Valley, nice hike, about 2 ½ miles. I have hardly encountered the park personnel, when I do, they are quite friendly… I absolutely love this place; and am very happy to pay the fee that obviously being put to good use. I think I would continue to go there even if the fees were hiked, if that’s what it takes to keep the parks open, then so be it.

This out of the way park will cost you $ 3 per vehicle to get into, so have the proper change to put into the envelope at the gate. At the foot of Mount El Capitan, is a park that puts most others in San Diego to shame. It is completely surrounded by a fence which keeps out coyotes and mountain lions, so your dogs are safe to play. There are 10 – 15 horseshoe pits scattered over the, I’m guessing, 40 acre lot. There are 3 separate and huge playgrounds for the kids, with some of the nicest play structures I’ve ever seen. Bbq stands are stationed near the many picnic tables. This park is just gorgeous.
My only beef is with the rangers who patrol the place. They really want you to leave when it’s getting near closing time (dusk). Even as you’re packing your things into your car an angry female ranger might pull up and tell you, «It’s time to go. You really need to hurry up! The park is closing!» When I came in, closing time was 6:45, it’s 6:30 now, and I’m working on it, and you’re still hassling me.
I have had many great days out here, and will continue to go. I’ve also always had a problem with authority, especially the uniformed kind, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt, and give ‘em 4 stars