Hart Park

This park is starting to really go down hill. I brought my 16 month old son to watch his dad play softball, and the homeless had made camp basically behind the benches. All of their belongings were laid out to the point where u almost felt like u were intruding. This park needs to be cleaned up and security need to be tighten.

Love this park! It’s huge. My friends and I come during the week to walk the dogs and kids :)

In 1933, the City of Orange bought 17 acres along Santiago Creek east of Glassell Street. Over the years, Orange and other cities have connected nearby parks by means of a bike trail along Santiago Creek.
Nowadays, you can ride or run from Weir Canyon Trail in Anaheim Hills through Hart Park to the Santa Ana River trail, which runs to Huntington Beach. That’s 25 miles of trail with almost no exposure to cars. You’ll be quite safe, and most of the route is scenic.
I’ve ridden in Hart Park at least once a week for the past 5 years alone on my mountain bike. On weekdays, the park is not crowded. The police maintain a reasonable presence, and I’ve never seen anything more than a few homeless folks who don’t seem to bother anybody.
I moved to Orange County from Cincinnati around 10 years ago, and it always amazes me that more people don’t use the parks out here. Why stay indoors? Why drive somewhere to exercise when it’s always beautiful outside? Maybe it’s for the best. I’ll just keep enjoying my mostly empty trails. ..

This park has everything it is awesome:
Horse shoes
Tennis
Volleyball
Basketball
Picnic tables
Playground
Large parking lot
Close to the orange circle

The obvious is its big with a lot of parking. The grandkids love this park. On any regular day or occasion there’s lots of parking. Also it’s a good size park so of course that makes good for the kids while they are playing. Now for the 4 stars and not 5 is because it is really close to Glassell which is not good. Some kids are pretty quick. It always worries me that if someone takes their eyes off even for a second a child could run up that little hill into the main street. But besides that the park overall makes for a good time with the Lil ones

I live really close so I walk my dog here several times a week. Very nice park, relatively clean and typically busy with walkers, joggers and people playing softball. I feel pretty safe here. My biggest complaint is that there seems to be more and more homeless just «camping» out. If the park is quiet it makes me feel uneasy.
We’ve done family BBQs here and it’s always a good time. On summer weekends and ANY holiday it is packed! The concerts in the park are also super fun.
I will continue to frequent the park but wish they could crack down on the homeless issue.

Nice clean peaceful beautiful park. I have a couple friends that actually live here. It’s pretty nice of the city to let the homeless sleep here and I’m glad this group is the friendly normal homeless kind instead of the twitchy cracked out bums that occupy some parks, might want to find another park though if you have the kids with.

This is a very nice, well-​maintained park with clean bathrooms and great, marked off bike trails, which are also wonderful for walking or jogging. The playground and picnic facilities seem to be top-​notch as well. I’ve been getting my walk/​jog in everyday while my mom gets therapy at nearby St. Joseph hospital. It’s very clean and safe with lots of people taking advantage of all the park has to offer every single day. Plenty of good parking too!

The city of Orange severely lacks park. This is one of the better ones. The vegetation here is adequate with good shades. There is a trail that links to Discovery Center. I come here mostly for nostalgic or meditation sake.
Sawm here once long time ago. Lots of people just sitting in cars like zombies. Once saw a few cops chasing a bunch of teens across the park, it gave me a chuckle

Run, jog, bike, walk or even do yoga at the park.
I love comming to this park no only because it is well mantained but because I can make my workout as intense or as easy as I feel like. There is miles and miles of bike trail, a lot of green space, batrooms and water fountains everywhere. Even if you come everyday, you can add excitement and variety to your routine by exploring different areas.
If on the other hand, you are looking for a place to relax, this is defenetely a good place for that too. Ive seen a lot of people taking naps during lunch break or just walking off their lunch calories with cooworkers.
Another good feature is the the dining area, it is huge and there is lots of barbecues, which makes Hart park a perfect place for family gatherings parties and more. I’ve seen all types of events going on here, from fundraisings to wedings and more. Overall, this park is just great not only for the city of Santa Ana but for all Orange Couny

I like this park alot I take my niece here and we both love it … Question. … Does anyone know if they charge for those tables near the playground area? To do a bday party or is it 1^st come first serve?

I started coming here when my daughter signed up for a dog obedience class for our pup. I had heard of the park before because my kids have field trips here but had never been here myself.
It is a very big park with playground, two swimming pools, tennis courts, volleyball, horseshoe, baseball fields, big table recreation area and more. All these areas are well kept and you can tell people come here on routine to enjoy.
The park is clean and green with lots of trees. Nice to walk your dog, exercise or have a picnic with many areas to choose from. The parking area is huge but I had a hard time finding how to get in the first time. The entrances are off of Glassell by the 22 freeway. It is one opening for people going north and another for those going south on Glassell. You turn into a driveway that leads you below the street into a big parking lot. I will continue to come here.

Came here for the first time for a birthday party. Its a pretty nice park. Has almost everything you need here; grills, tons of table, baseball field, playground. I wish it had basketball courts but I don’t think I saw any. Lots of space. Its pretty clean too.

This park does not have a family friendly atmosphere. One set of restrooms located at the far end. The local park goers here are homeless people and teenagers. On my last visit fireworks were being shot off in between the trees! Some homeless people arguing back and forth while some «gangsters» were drinking at a park table. Police cars going in and out of the parking lot.

I have been frequenting this park lately as I discovered through my morning runs down Santiago Creek that it is very green, clean with lots of people just doing their own thing.
Hart Park has a tennis court, basketball court, a couple baseball fields and lots and lots space to let your dog run free. This is NOT a dog park and your dog must remain on a leash but that is one rule I will break (shhh don’t tell on me). The restrooms are clean and I will occasionally see early morning boot camp classes working out at the park.

I love this park also, except that most of my time there is to play tennis. I am very concerned about the unnecessary continuous grounds maintenance that is done there. I am there two to three mornings a week between 7 and 9am. Every day that I am there, there are maintenance workers on riding mowers, walking around with weed trimmers and with blowers. It is extremely disruptive to a tennis match when you can’t hear the score, or other game cues, as well as the difficulty it creates in concentration. I am wondering if lawn maintenance is needed on an «every day» basis?

Great Park Take My Daily Walks Through Here.

I love this park. I train here and I have played softball here.
Very spacious, great environment. Plenty of other people at this park training as well. I also love walking through this park. They have great paths. I bring my younger cousins here all the time to play.

I should have a ton of check ins at this park by now, but for some reason when I go here, I’m either relaxing and reading a book or I’m going for a serious walk through the park continuing on to the bike trails.
This is a large park which is great for having picnics, bbqs, to go for walks, practice your soccer or frisbee skills.
Warning! This is not a making-​love park. Don’t ask me how I know, just take my word for it. It’s also not a drinking park either. Well, that’s what the people tell me who live right next to the park. lol
There are bathrooms way up on the corner portion of the park, there are also volley ball courts and across the street there are plenty of barbecues to do your grilling on!
I like this place. In fact, I’m going there right now to go for a walk!

I came here after reading about the reviews of the bike trail that starts here. I had passed this place so many times heading into the Orange Circle, but never took the time to check it out. I am so glad that I finally have been here. This place is HUGE and has so many different things to do. I know that I will be back sans bike just to explore the park more.