Rio de Los Angeles State Park State Recreation Area

This park is amazing. It's jammed packed with the best standard park attractions. Kiddie area, baseball field, tennis court, and an 8 hoop basketball court and a brand new turfed soccer field. There's plenty of parking. There are memorials for people who have served our county and first responders. I haven't gone deeper into the park so I don't know if there are tables and grills here

The park is pretty big, spacious. However, there is lack of picnic tables. We set up our table next to the splash pad. And it was hot. Not enough shady area. The splash pad was a disappointment. It turned off 15 mins after we got there and it never turned back on. My husband went to look for someone to help us and to turn on the water, found a guy but he said he doesn’t have the authority to turn it on. The restrooms are clean but it lacked supply. Seat covers were missing and not enough toilet paper.

This park has a number of sports fields, picnic tables, and a path to walk. They did a great job of planting trees and shrubs in the path to hide the train tracks and the road. It feels like a little oasis. There are signs to please stay on the trail to preserve this habitat.

I wasn’t immediately charmed by this park as a good place to walk my dog but I ended up being pleasantly surprised. Seems like a great park for kids and families; soccer and baseball fields, a large basketball court. Found a trail that goes along the railroad tracks with a nice variety of foliage. There is a large parking lot and it was quite full. Not my favorite park but it was nice for a change.

I've been meaning to stop by this park for years since I live in Atwater Village and regularly go to Frogtown on the other side of the river from this park. It's a nice park objectively speaking, my favorite parts are the paths closest to the railroad tracks but from what I can tell you can't actually see the la river from this park, so in that sense the name is misleading.