Heritage Park Community Center

Love this park! It’s near a gorgeous pond that has ducks roaming around. A cute play area that is nice and clean. It does have tables that you can sit to enjoy a picnic… downside is there’s no shade over the tables.

Great park for Wednesday night soccer, good field, lots of parking, we love playing at this field. Washrooms are very clean lots to do

This place is really truly an excellent park, definitely on par (and in some cases even better) than many of the local regional parks, where they charge admission fees. The play ground is like a space/​sailing theme and has some good shade, some shade, it’s not entirely covered, but that’s better than nothing. The duck pond is quaint and there’s a cute gazebo on the shore to hang out in. There’s no paddle boats on the pond, but there is a neat fountain, so it makes a really nice back drop.
My fave part of this park though is the SPLASH PAD! It’s always on during hot summer weekends, it’s never crowded, it’s clean, and colorful! There’s concrete steps next to the pad for parents to sit and a good spot to let your kids clothes dry out. All the parents and kids I run into at at this park are polite and fun, a really good crowd here. Thanks to the City of Irvine for building a splash pad that re-​circulates water so it can be used during drought years!

Nice little park I stumbled across while taking a morning walk from my dear girlfriend’s place. There’s a humble little gazebo at the end of the lake, perfect for stretching and getting some headspace.
Spacious, lots of families and kids running ’round, and the small lake is filled with turtles, ducks, and fish. Wish we had one of these in my neighborhood!

Great park with a plenty of parking, basketball courts, baseball field, lake, and library nearby. You can run along the park as well. It can be very congested on the weekends. The facilities are dated though.

My review is for the splash pad only which was the only reason I went to this park.
Don’t go there for the splash pad. I went there today and the «splashers» were more like just broken sprinklers on the ground… And I don’t mean the fun broken sprinklers that shoot up high. I mean the lame ones that ooze water no higher than 2 inches off the ground. My kid would have had to lay flat on his stomach if he wanted to get «splashed». There were some kids playing on it by using beach buckets and getting on the ground to collect water & then pouring it on themselves. –_​_​– My definition of a lame splash pad. (Maybe I went on a day when it was broken, I doubt that’s how it’s regularly kept)
If you’re looking for an awesome splash pad in OC, try the one in Sigler Park in Westminster. The park/​area itself isn’t the prettiest but the splash pad is awesome!

I play softball here once in a while depending on which league level we’re in. Nice park lots of parking they have softball fields, tennis courts, racquet or handball courts and basketball courts, even have a little play area for little kids with swings and slides. Well kept too.

It’s a man made lake, in a man made maze, err i mean city, surrounded by insane drivers, too many freeways and traffic. I don’t know, it’s Orange County. Help, get me out of here!

Since I was raised in Irvine, I do have fond memories of this place. There’s a vast pond by the library, where you can take a stroll with your loved ones and friends. You can also –whisper– feed the ducks if you can! It’s quite fun! Also, there’s a nice cute gazebo by the pond — a great place to be with your loved one. :]
There’s plenty of playground for the kids to run around. There’s tennis and basketball courts, where often times summer classes are held. Both courts are also available for the public to use.
One of my favorite things about this place as a kid is the SUPER TALL tower slide! You get to climb up the tower via the stairs and slide all the way down. It’s so much fun! Again, this is a great place for families. I can’t stress it enough!

This is such a beautiful park/​community center. Great for a romantic stroll at night (:
Nam and I come here for ceramics and billiards! And the jungle gym hehe :3 There’s a fee for ceramics, but you can get a discount if you’re an Irvine resident.
I’d definitely recommend coming here around sunset with your significant other and taking a walk around the lake. You can play with the duckies and enjoy the scenery in the nearby gazebo!
Perfect for upcoming Valentine’s (:

Just started another season for the Irvine 7vs7 league, comparing to last season the fields are maintained, much much better than last time I’ve been there, the park seems to have everything, basketball courts, tennis… children playground, I guess its one of the good parks in the area, my rating is for the soccer fields

My toddler was heart broken when we saw the do not feed the ducks sign (one of the many rules) placed out in several locations.
So instead she chased after them and then was ready to go home until we saw the giant park nearby. And she was once again happy.
This park seems awesome for children of all ages. They have some sort of splash pad next to the park for the hot days. Just bring your kiddies swimsuit or you’ll be taking home a fully clothed and drenched kid. (I saw a handful of kids like this)

i use to dance here when i went to Irvine high school, this place was THE PLACE to hang. vending machine’s pool table, ping pong, PS3… i miss heritage park community center, the workers there were so nice. Therese a lot of activities they offer, classes and stuff. visit and see for your self! and the best part is that its FREE

Teen Camp here in the mid 2000s! The center has several offices, a theater, ping pong/​pool tables, and a movie room. The park around it has a nice lake, a community library, large grassy fields, baseball fields, a playground, some basketball courts, a bunch of tennis courts, and some raquetball courts. Around that is a fire station, a swimming pool complex, and Irvine High. Great place to hang around!

This community center was a big part of growing up for me in the mid 80’s. They had concerts, and teen events that provided a safe place to be, where you could be without your parents and still have fun.
They had concerts here and casino nights, and pool tables and ping pong. The employees/​counselors here really took care of kids.
I haven’t been in there in a while, but I see that it’s still functioning. They also hold summer classes for younger kids there, and my daughter took a few of the art classes.
Friendly and competent staff.

Great TENNIS ACADEMY!
This is the place where you see a lot of good teenagers playing tennis. I used to play with Chris Emery when I was little. The summer camps is always packed with bunch of high school kids from all over Irvine. I met Michael Chang once in this park, when he was playing for a charity. Over the weekends, usually, there’s always a USTA tournament.

this is a nice park… and it has the following: basketball, playground, soccer field, baseball field, handball courts, a lake, and what i come for, the very nice 12 lighted tennis courts.
only thing is about the tennis courts. most of these are taken up by the lessons/​activities.
for example: every day of the week, even weekends. they offer kids tennis lessons that usually takes up 5 of the courts. now your thinking this isn’t to bad, but 3 of the other courts are taken by the IRVINE tennis league, WTT. so that leaves 4 more courts, which is reasonable, but another problem arises. there isn’t really a time limit of play that the other courts in Irvine has. most of the people that come here have been regular for a long time, so they usually share a court with 4+ people and they just rotate in… so you end up sitting here and waiting for an open tennis court. which opens up about 10 pm. which was pretty good when the light timers used to turn off past 11:50 pm. but it appears that the light turns off at 10pm now. so you can wait for 3 hours… and go home without touching a court.
being able to play tennis to midnight was great… what happened to the timers from 3 years ago…

this park is bomb
ducks are bomb
basketball courts are bomb
art gallery is cute

If you live in Irvine, come by Heritage Park Community Center and pick up some FREE compact fluorescent light bulbs!
Other than that, I mostly stop in here to use the restrooms before meeting my running club in the parking lot, plus we have our monthly club meetings in the room upstairs. Sometimes the restrooms are messy (why do kids like to throw toilet paper and paper towels around so much and put sand in the sinks?) but they were recently refurbished with self-​flushing toilets. This is a huge plus since kids sometimes forget to flush.

I have mixed feelings about this place. For one it offers great activities for kids as well as an after school program for children. Only thing is, I think it’s more suited to older children more than younger. There are more older (3^rd grade up) children and sometimes, those children tend to pick on the younger children (1^st graders).
The center hires college students which is great when it comes to doing activities. There is homework assistance available too if your child needs it. They will pick your child up from school if needed, they offer snacks (all for a small fee) and you have until 6pm to pick your child up.
They DO have good programs for kids, but you do have to keep abreast of the situation because sometimes the staff can be scatter brained.