Stagecoach Park

Stagecoach is a pretty cool park if you ask me… This place is really well maintained and has tons of large wide open fields, baseball fields and fantastic indoor/​outdoor basketball courts. This park is alway well lit and has some old school historic ruins in the middle of the place. Overall, if outdoor activities are your thing, then this park is a great option to fulfill those needs.
Pros–
Basketball courts
Open fields
Well maintained
Huge
Ample parking
Location
Baseball fields
Tennis courts
Cons–
Dogs not allowed
Outdoor basketball is only half courts
Limited hours in the rec center

softball tuesdays and thursdays, kid’s soccer in the fall and JAZZ IN THE PARK in june and july — what’s not to like. cushy carpeting that’s easy on the legs and doesn’t need watering or weeding. well maintained.
long drive from my house and could have designed in a bit more parking but oh, well …

This park is great to come to when you’re not meeting up with friends because there’s always a ton of other kids for them to play with. The playground is huge and fun for lots of ages. There’s a huge grass area for playing sports. There’s also two large seating areas for parties. There’s also a cement path going in a huge circle around the park that’s great for bikes and scooters. Although there’s no shade on the playground, there is shaded seating and shaded spots to bring a blanket.
The downside to this park is that there is no shade covering the playground and it gets very hot. The party benches are far away from the playground and parents can’t be two places at once. The bathrooms are also really far away from the playground and sometimes I think it would be easier to have my son pee in a bush than to walk all the way over there and risk an accident.

Stagecoach is a pretty good park, but not my favorite.
The play structure is great for kids. Big with several slides (bumpy, closed tube, open twisty, closed tube twisty), monkey bars, etc. And there is a smaller structure for littler kids, which is nice, too. Only 4 swings (2 baby, 2 big kid). Next to the playground is a big grass area that is fun for kids to run and play on.
Several benches around the perimeter of the play structure makes for good viewing area for parents. A concrete loop runs around the park that is great for bikes and scooters.
Plenty of parking, both near the playground side and by the community center and baseball fields/​basketball courts.
The park really has it all, except shade! Most of the aforementioned benches are not shaded, and none of the playground is shaded, which means on a warm day, it gets HOT out there. I often leave sweating just from sitting in the sun watching my kids.
Also — there are two nice gazebo areas with several concrete benches and tables which are great for entertaining, but they are quite aways from the play structure, so you can’t be there and watch your kids easily.
The bathrooms, while usually clean, are also far from the play area.

Your usual Sunday Afternoon Display of Warning Track Power from the Middle-​age Men playing 3-​Pitch.

Love playing tennis here! Courts are well kept. (4 courts) open 8am-​10pm. Great park too! :)

Our local community park. It has two multi use fields with synthetic turf, a natural grass field as well as a couple of outdoor basketball courts. There is a gym that has a basketball court as well. For the most part, the fields are kept in good shape. I’m not a fan of the natural grass field though. The turf fields have shown their age at this point.
On the other side of the park, there is a nice big play structure that our kids like to use as well as a picnic area. Overall, pretty A-​ok.

Really like this park! We went during the week so it wasn’t very crowded, but there were still plent yofkids for my kiddo to play with. I’m sure it’s packed on the weekend.
I really like how the play structures are quite a distance from the parking lot, in case your kid is a runner.
I didn’t explore the other areas in the park– we basically stuck to the playground.
We’ll be back!

Great park, that stretches on more than you’d think. They have ball fields, tennis courts, an indoor rec center, playground, pavilions to rent, and plenty of space for kids’ parties and bounce houses. It can get hectic on most Saturdays, but most parks do, so plan ahead and go in off hours for parties or to use the tennis courts.

Very large area for running and playing, plenty of parking. Not was convenient to us just because of our location but every once in a while we make the trek over.
They have a great Summer concert series that is nice to go to when you don’t have anything else planned, just plan to be there way early because parking is a nightmare.
The playground is nice and one the newer side
There are indoor and outdoor basketball courts, tennis courts, baseball/​softball fields, and soccer in this park as well.
Dogs are not allowed.
You can reserve gazebos for party’s and such. (And I’d recommended because this is a popular place for events.)

I love this park and take my dogs there at night sometimes as they like to run around and get out all their energy. (I am female). I take them when there are no kids for them to knock over. I was there two nights ago alone between 8:30 and 10:00 PM without incident. Last night I was there between 9:00 and 10:00 PM with a friend who was wearing dark clothes. I was standing on the far edge of the field near the gazebo when I saw a large man with a baseball glove and ball come down from the bathroom area, smacking the ball into his glove repeatedly hard, he came across the bridge, turned right to walk along the creek up and over behind the kids playground, when I turned around I saw another guy coming down from behind the gazeebo and a third guy walking towards us from the corner where the stoplight is. I felt like they were closing in on us and I pretended to throw the dogs ball towards my car and «ran» in a playful manner and left as quickly as I could. I was so scared that I was prepared to leave my dogs if they didn’t get in the car immediately. I was very scared and my heart pounding. The man we saw walking stayed in the area we just left and watched us leave. I felt that it may have been a trap or something or maybe they saw me there alone the day before. None of the people said anything and just being so isolated there with them coming from all corners made me feel so unsafe and I didn’t even feel I had time to call the police, (besides what would I say, «people are walking in the park?») and didn’t know if they meant any harm or not but usually people in the park say hello and wave and I may be totally wrong but my friend and I were so scared and I’m definately not going to be there alone at night ever again.

A favorite park in Carlsbad. We’ve spent many hours in the playground and, apart from the sandy floor, I have no complaints. The structures look pretty new, the crowd is watchful and involved, and there are lots of open spaces to throw a ball or have a picnic. Gazebos are available for rent, and make sure you do make a booking because this a popular spot for birthday parties.
This park is also the venue of the Carlsbad Summer Concert Series. Great way to spend a lazy summer afternoon where you spread a picnic blanket, bring a bastket, pop open your favorite beverage (alcohol allowed), and let the kids run free. A dancefloor is usually located near the stage but beware of people dancing like epileptic frogs or spastic chickens. A really fun way to people watch!

The playground area of this park, aside from the sand floor, is a great area.
It has 3 different playground sets to accommodate plenty of children at different ages. 1 for infants to toddlers has 1 dual slide and 1 twisted slide, with a ball maze and some gears to play with. There is one set that looks like a train or a stage coach. with one slide. The bigger set has 1 tall twist slide, 1 smaller twist slide, and 3 other slides, as well as poles to slide down, and monkey bars.
There are also 2 sets of 2 swings each, 1 set is for infants.
There are two shaded picnic areas with benches for party reservations, and a huge grass field for other outdoor games.
On the other side of the Park there are soccer and baseball/​softball fields.
Great park, I just don’t like the sanded floor.

It’s an excellent park since the City holds one of its Concerts in the Park series here and I see that facilities are used by many.
My problem is not the park facilities, but dogs according to the City Municipal Code are forbidden. I live down the street, but I can’t run my dogs here.
The fix is easy since one can dedicate a portion for dogs as Encinitas does it for their parks (Viewpoint @ D Street, e.g.), or limit dogs to times and make sure that bags are available.

I think that this is one of the BEST ever parks that I have ever ever seen!!!
Indoor and outdoor basketball courts, playground, tennis courts, baseball/​softball fields, and soccer!!!
I love coming here to just hang out and clear my head.
This is such a lovely place and they have some picnic areas down in the playground area.