Kelley Wilcox3 months ago
This is a cool Not little park very friendly people and they care about their park. I saw a couple with their son teaching him the responsibility of keeping your community clean from trash. There are exercise paths. Open restrooms that are clean a place where you can fish, BBQs, ducks Awesome
Dave Romero9 months ago
This is a wonderful park! We needed a nice place to take a scenic walk. The park has a man made stream and lake with turtles and is even stocked for fishing. There are huge prehistoric looking trees growing and the birds are chirping like you are in the rainforest. They had a great playground, bathroom, and walking trails. A real nice getaway in the city.
erik thomstad3 months ago
It's a quiet tranquil Park with a playground for kids people can fish and barbecue. There are lots of ducks and squirrels. It's an interesting place to take your pet to wander around. I'm not quite sure what they're fishing for but there's a lot of people that are there doing it. It's very peaceful and quiet. You just go there and chill and sit on a bench and enjoy the weather.
Mellow Deea year ago
Eisenhower Park in Orange is one of my favorite spots, and for good reason. The park's got a lot of character with its history and layout, and honestly, it’s a solid gem for the area. It’s got a bit of an awkward parking situation, though. There are a few scattered spots in different parts of the neighborhood, and the main lot has no more than 10 spaces—most of which are taken by homeless folks and piles of trash, which is one of the downsides. Still, the park’s charm makes it worth the trouble.
The park's setup is pretty unique, with multiple elevations offering awesome views of the entire area, including the irrigation pond and stream. It’s actually a historic spot—it used to be an irrigation pond and reservoir back in the 1880s, and it’s fed by the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company. Now, it’s a peaceful, interactive spot with rocks you can hop over or skip, making it perfect for exploring.
There’s a dog park down the street, which I hit up too when I’m in the area. The park is right off the freeway, and if you head over to the corner closer to Lincoln Avenue, you can get a great view of Orange, especially at sunset. It’s also home to a bunch of ducks and geese, so yeah, expect a fair bit of “Dookie” around, but that's just the deal when you have animals like that. I do think the city could clean up a little more often, though. They allow fishing here (catch and release), and although I used to come here as a kid feeding bread to the ducks, now I realize how bad that is for them. It's still nostalgic to see people do it, though.
It’s a pretty active place too—lots of people walking around, meditating, and hanging out. For a park that doubles as an irrigation pond and has such an interesting history, it’s definitely a good spot to hit up. If the parking situation and clean-up were better, it’d be perfect. But regardless, Eisenhower Park is one of those spots that really adds value to Orange.
Mary9 months ago
Peaceful park with wonderful nature views it’s a pretty big park good for cardio and also slightly hilly will definitely make you get those steps in it’s so beautiful has a playground for kids and it’s super well kept and clean there’s a lot of ducks and squirrels that you see here and a little creek that goes in the middle of the park that drops down to the lake area honestly this is the nicest park I ever been to lots of shade to choose from and benches plenty of restrooms that are also nice and clean there’s whole park is amazing with it’s free parking and easy access