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Walnut Grove Park
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Walnut Grove Park

San Marcos, CA

★★★★★4.6(515 Google reviews)

A leafy, spread-out park with two separate playgrounds so different ages can play without piling on top of each other, plus shaded picnic shelters with BBQs, walking trails and an equestrian arena that's fun to peek at. Great for reserving a shelter for a birthday party, and the mature trees mean real shade.

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1950 Sycamore Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069, USA

(760) 744-9000

Open nowToday: Open 24 hours

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What visitors say

  • Jussi Light★★★★★

    Amazing oark. Tons of grass fields. Well maintained walking trail (packed dirt) and paved walkways also. Beautiful landscaping, and cool historical buildings (Heritage park). A great place to walk, play, bring kids of any age and dogs.

    2 months ago

  • Danielle Emerson★★★★★

    Huge park with a walking path around it. 2 playgrounds. Horse corrals. Lots of open grass and multiple covered picnic tables. Leashed dog friendly. I think they do a lot of youth baseball and soccer so the weekends are probably pretty packed. Lots of parking. Building that you can rent for parties.

    4 months ago

  • Duane Matt★★★★★

    What a great trail! Very well maintained.

    4 months ago

  • Connor Paradis★★★★★

    What a beautiful park The city of San Marcos does such a great job upkeeping this place. It's like a tucked away, hidden gem. thank you all who created, maintained, planned and paid for this place for others to enjoy for generations.

    a year ago

  • Rebecca Fuller★★★★★

    Walnut Grove Park is gorgeous! The surrounding scenery is breathtaking with the mountains by Mesa Rock. This park has massive lawns and an amazing running trail around the park which continues on Sycamore Drive as well. Because there are horse arenas on the premises, I was hoping my son would be able to see some equestrian practice. Unfortunately, the only horses we saw were the ones grazing on some grass at a house nearby. 📍1950 Sycamore Dr, San Marcos, CA 92069 🚙Plenty of free parking in lots surrounding the whole park 💰This park is free ⏰Park hours: outdoor areas are sunrise to sunset 🎠There are 2 separate play structures. There is one with standard and bucket swings on all mulch ground surface. The playground without swings is on a rubber/mulch ground surface 🚽Restrooms at both playgrounds 🧺Multiple picnic tables under pavilions 🍔Charcoal grills 🌄Beautiful Mountain Views 🖼Gigantic lawns (parts of which double as soccer fields) 🌳Not very many shady trees so make sure you wear sunscreen and have water 🌟Clean grounds 🛣Good distance away from busy roads 🏘Tucked into a quiet beautiful neighborhood 🥾Dirt trail surrounding entire park and extends beyond the park along Sycamore Dr. 🚲Paved path perfect for small bikes, scooters, roller blades. It doesn’t surround the entire park like the dirt trail does, but it does extend beyond the park along Sycamore Dr. 🐴Horse arenas on the premises so you might get lucky and see some horses 🚜We were lucky enough to see a tractor pulling a few trailers full of plants to the nursery across the street 🎉Event center (big red barn) 🏠Heritage Park historical center is currently closed due to COVID

    5 years ago

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