Alhambra Park

Close friends and family turned me onto this park few years back and I frequent it often now. It’s your typical park with a few picnic areas, tennis courts, a play ground, bathrooms and a large auditorium. There’s also a pool but don’t know anything about it. The park can get a lil crowded after school hours and is insane around major holidays so arrive early if you’re trying to picnic.
–1 star because the bathrooms NEVER have soap. There isn’t even an empty dispenser.

Seriously Alhambra park no dogs allowed. There’s apartments completely surrounding the park where else are dogs supposed to have freedom to run and play. Get with the times, everywhere is now dog friendly. There’s sketchy people there, dogs are a must.

I usually jog to and at this park. I’ve taken my nephew here to play in the slides and swings, they even have a cool zip line type obstacle. I took a stained glass class here too. It can be pretty dark at night. Participated in a 5k race here, I know they have festivals /​concerts at their stage occasionally.
Parking is good unless it’s a holiday and people have reserved the tables for parties.
The bathrooms, like most public restrooms are not very well stocked, lacking in paper and soap.
It’s a little irritating when people who are walking laps in groups don’t stay to the right so opposing traffic can pass.
This is a small park but it has almost everything, stage, picnic tables, a pool, play area, tennis, basketball and volleyball court (no net though).
Also, dogs are not allowed. Please take your dog to a dog park.

No dogs allowed at this park. What??? It’s a park. What the heck? This is because of the «health and safety of the patrons of the park» according to Alhambra’s Municipal Codes. Again, it’s a park. This is weirder than weird to me. But yet up the street at Garfield Park in South Pasadena they’ve got doggy meet up days. Plus everyone’s got their dog out for after dinner walks. Is South Pasadena not into the health and safety of their patrons. I mean come on! When things don’t make sense it’s time for it to be changed.
I’ll tell you a little bit about the health and safety of Alhambra Park patrons. Why don’t you fix your sprinklers and stop being water wasters? You’ve got your runners swerving around trying to avoid the puddles of water during their jog. You’ve got the elderly having to concentrate on where to walk to avoid slipping and falling.
Does anyone not know any better? And if you know better, why don’t you do better.

Review for Tennis courts:
–The park itself is not that large, but timing is key to getting a good tennis court. The individual one is usually free in the mornings (7am-​8am) but you can almost always play in the combined courts, just sharing. The only times it’s very packed is in the afternoons, after people get off work/​school so AVOID going at that time.
Park: plenty of parking all around, very SAFE really because there’s always people there, but not overly packed. Not the prettiest park, but serves the purpose and convenience.
Cleanliness: eh, could be better. They have picnic areas and a theater. Bathrooms near the courts too.
Downsides:
–NOISY — cars, firetrucks, police cars, ambulances passing by
–DOGS — as obvious as it is, people still bring dogs to the park and even worst, they play with the inside the courts which is prohibited.
–SOCCER — the game is so rough, it has destroyed the tennis courts nets and wind blockers many times, it’s sad but thankfully they fixed them.
–GARDENING — Noisy and allergen lifter. Usually in the mornings
Overall, a good place to chill, grab some ice cream nearby at Fosselmans and walk around if that’s more your liking.

I come here for my jogs. Its a nice park to run around (almost 1 mile from block to block). It has uphill, downhill and flat ground which is great for sprints, light jogging or uphill running (using hills). I come here almost everyday (ranging from 8am-​8pm) and it always feels safe with lots of families with kids, soccer games, dog walking, cello playing, spur of the moment grilling, sun bathing, tennis, basketball, cross fit groups, joggers/​walkers, tai chi etc. Great community park!

Nice park, it’s close, clean and the people here are so kind to one another. That’s why I keep coming back.

Unfortunately, like all parks in Alhambra, CA — dogs are not allowed. That earns the park only one star from me… a resident who finds this sad and aggravating. I should not have to drive to another city to take my dog to a park. The parks in Alhambra also seem to rule out many other levels of fun as there’s a huge list of things not allowed posted on signs throughout their parks. If only they’d ban cell phone use — I could get behind that.

Luv their water splash area! It was really fun for kids! We went there for a school picnic. This park seems to have more party areas than others. Spacious and shady. But parking sucks if a few parties r being held together.

My review is for the pool. Went yesterday afternoon to take my 8 and 6 yr old to the splash park as I had thought they couldn’t go swimming without an adult getting in. I was pleasantly surprised! Both my kids were able to swim without me and they had a blast on the diving board. The front staff was friendly and informative.
One negative though… no swim googles?!? Why not?! At the end of their 2 hour swim both their eyes were burning from the chlorine! :(

Tried the pool last Wednesday. Wasn’t happy that they don’t let you use goggles-​disappointing to my little one. It does get crowded on the «non-​swimmer side.» But when it’s an evening pool session and your not out in the sun what can you really complain about. No private showers and small changing areas. Did I mention that the mens shower has soap but the women’s didn’t.

This review is only for the «water park» where the kids (and younger adults) come to cool off. However, the water is not chlorinated nor filtered so the water smells of «feet» or 3-​day old wet clothes… just gross, not bringing my son here again

Small neighborhood park that gets crowded quickly.
You’ll see plenty of people exercising morning and night.
The picnic areas used to have «tops» to their now uncovered picnic areas, providing no shade. So you’ll see plenty of people bring their own ghetto versions of a canopy/​cover.
Parking fills up fast and greedy people trying to save spaces will intentionally park horizontal so you can’t park.
Tons of trash after the weekend due to all the picnics.
Not a huge fan, there are definitely better parks around.

In LA, my expectations of a park aren’t too high. I come from a land rolling with hills, grass and pine trees. That being said, any park in LA is a good thing. But Alhambra park still ranks as average in my books compared to most places in LA. The place is littered most of the time and the picnic tables and benches are pretty dirty. The grass is kinda unkept. Pretty much an urban park, but whoever designed it should have given more thought to the landscaping and maintenance. City of Alhambra should fundraise a bit more to spruce up this park.

I grew up in Alhambra and used to play in this park daily. Summers were the best here. They used to hand out lunches, they had games in the rec room, swimming, concerts in the park, etc… That was in 1984. I started using this park for my workouts recently. The park is still clean. The tennis courts are still there. The jungle gyms are still there. The pool looks much bigger than I remember. I don’t know if they still hand out sack lunches during the summer.
All my best memories are at this park. I kinda wish I was still a kid!

Its funny how you look back on memories and certain places stand dear to your heart.
Alhambra Park is one of them. Five years ago my husband and I used to take walks here, sit under the stars and talk about everything and anything for hours and hours. We would walk the dogs and talk about our future together. Sometimes we would even run through the sprinklers like little kids and laugh as the runners looked at us like we were weird.
Well five years later and we live right in the neighborhood. We still have our walks and talks under the summer sky in Alhambra Park… except this time we have a 2 year old pulling us towards the swings.
We still run around like weirdos. Heck we’ll always be weirdo’s.

Nice and clean park, farther from the main road that’s why it feels more private.
As with most parks, the restroom is awful.

I have so many good memories at Alhambra Park!
It used to be where my school would take their students to as a reward
for doing well in classes. :) We’d have a little picnic and students were free
to play (skating, biking, etc). :) So nice. ^_​^ There are plenty of tables (reservable) for bbqs and parties!
It was also where I joined the swim team for a short stint (they have a large public pool). I remember having to lap it… since it was not Olympic sized.
It was also a place for cute dates… when I wasn’t allowed to date. :P ;) (hahah rebel rebel!!!) would go swinging on the playground and play tennis. Sometimes, there would be shows, fairs, and haunted mansions (for halloween) … just lots to check out. When we dated, hubby took me on a picnic. packed a basket, sammies, drinks, and blanket. :) They used to allow fireworks here but I don’t think it’s allowable anymore.
** this park is not «cursed»… hahah … refer to my almansor park review… ;) **
They recently added a little memorial section with a small water fountain.
. very fun place to go rollerblading! Many rolling hills (but nothing difficult). :)

I love this park & it is the closest to home. I feel so safe here, even walking around at 10pm.
It’s not huge, but a good size. There’s lots to do: bbq in the covered areas, kids playground area, swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts & relax in the grassy shade.
On the weekends, it can get crowded with people picnicing and doing their cardio around the park.
I’d recommend it for a nice afternoon in the shade. :)

**This review is for the pool only**
Reviewed by my cousin Victoria 7yrs old (typed by Alice)

I hate the pool and the manager and every staff because they don’t let u wear goggles during free swim. When I swam in lap swim the staff tested me if i can swim because they don’t believe in me. Most of all I’d like to ask y do they let them where goggles at lap swim not free swim its not like we can loose our goggles and stuff i mean we’re not babies, even Karen agrees that chorines is bad for your eyes. :(
Reviewed by my cousin Alice 11yrs old (typed by Alice)
I believe the pool is over reacting about rough housing. They should believe in us that we can take responsibility of our own life. The pool is kind of small and the staffs our just annoying little chickens who keeps on telling u what to do every single second u swim O my gosh i am about to go nuts!!! ~(-_-)~