Woodland Hills Recreation Center

The renovation of this park has been a nightmare. They put in a rickety gate to keep one area open. People use this to let their dogs off leash, problem is the fence is broken. We were walking by with our dogs on leash as per the law, when two very agressive dogs easily came thru the fence onto Shoup and repeadidly attacked my dogs. Had I been walking small dogs they would have been dead. I reported this to the, sorry can’t call them men, at the construction site who just repeated «call parks and rec they want this its their problem, we are not responsible». I asked the what would happen if a small child walked by and these dogs injured or killed the child and like a broken record repeated the same mantra. I Called the main contruction site and a second latch was added but half the time it’s closed this is dangerous. Tonight I was walking my dogs around the park, which I haven’t done in months out of fear, but for the last 7 years this was our nightly walk and we enjoyed it. A pit bull ran out terrorizing us and our dogs, yes it was behind the fence in the rec center area but it was very scary. This is not a junk yard being protected. The rec center construction is degrading our neighborhood. This was a good area until this construction started.

It’s closed for construction. This is (was) the ONLY public basketball court in Woodland Hills. That’s ONE basketball court for 72,000 people. And it’s closed. Think about that property tax payers.

This is an amazing park with great lighting and uphill trails. I’m doing a free fit camp for all fitness levels Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6pm. Ask me for details

Do not send your kids to this camp. The children are bored because there’s not much to do. The supervision is minimal as your precious children are being watched by teenagers with little experience. They are more interested in socializing with each other than keeping an eye on your children. They also do not take bullying seriously. My daughter was harassed and called all kinds of names along with her friend whom
She met at Camp Sharwood. The counselors did little to help. When you drop your kids off all day, you want to make sure your kids are safe and having fun. My daughter hated this camp and even faked sickness so she wouldn’t have to go. If you have other options, consider sending them elsewhere.

Love Camp Sharwood. Fun, friendly staff who truly love the kids. The only complaint I have is that any children 6 or under cannot swim by themselves, no matter what. Even if your child is an Olympic quality swimmer, if they are 6 years old, they only get 5 min of one on one time with a counselor in the pool per day. No swimming with friends, no swimming by themselves. Years ago this wasn’t the case and they just had to pass a swim test. Now, kids are sad.

I had my son enrolled in summer camp Sherwood. The kids where all teenagers who didn’t even know how to take care of these children! My son hated coming here! There was no fun to this camp! I would not recommend putting your kids in to this summer camp!

I love this park, and I get nostalgic every time I visit it (was a camper in their summer camp program since I was 5!). Pretty standard for a park but a little better than most.
Outdoor and indoor basketball courts, 3 baseball diamonds, ample room for soccer play, huge swimming pool, and behind the park a small hiking trail with the most amazing view of the valley from the top. Will always be a fan :)

good playground for the kids… kids play sports there — the only thing I don’t like is that they schedule the games so late? I mean 7:30 — 8:30 pm for a game for a little kid is too late. plus the seatting isn’t very comfortable.

I would get it 0 start if I could. Worst place to take your kids for summer camp. my son did not have fun at all he hated going to the camp he was bored nothing special teenage kids with no experience watching kids.

This is a review for the Little Twigs summer program my daughter attends. It was very easy to sign her up and pick the weeks. I just downloaded all the forms on their website. Her teachers are great and they have a fun theme and projects/​activities each week. The only downside is it’s 3 days a week, and 4 hours a day, so I had to make some child care arrangements. I wished they had extended care for the younger children. The other camp for the older children has extended care in the mornings and afternoon.
Park: There is a large grassy field/​baseball area where you see a lot of joggers and dogs. There is a hiking trail that’s lovely and a city swimming pool with lessons in the summer. It’s not crowded at all which is a positive too.

I’ve been to this park a few times for walking the dogs and taking some brief hikes in the back area. I am not familiar with the programs here, so I can’t comment on that — although seems like most of the time I do stop in the pool is empty — and I mean no water.
If there’s some games going on in the baseball field, you might not easily find a parking spot. I like the trails that bring you up the hill on the east side of the park. There’s that mid-​section on the hill that you almost feel like you’re no longer in the city. I did say ‘almost’, right?
One thing I don’t like here is the nasty, filthy ice cream truck that just hangs in the parking lot.
That being said, play ball!

this is a review for the preschool program ‘bright beginnings’. our 3yo is a student and she LOVES it! she begs to go every day, even tho the program is only 3 days a week for 4 hours/​day.
all of the teachers are very kind and their extra attention really makes the kids feel special.
the office staff is also ultra friendly and helpful.

Sports Summer Camp
New in the neighborhood. Signed up our two sons ages 10 & 11 to the summer Sports Camp for one week. It was awful! They sat in the heat all day while the teen counselors just stood around. They had absolutely NO fun all week. I spoke with the person in charge. They apologized but did nothing about it. Our boys HATED going. It was football week and the counselors just stood around talking to each other. Afte about half an hour of the kids sitting in the sun bored, they’d finally have them get up one at a time, while the rest are still sitting, hot and bored, and they’d throw one ball to them and make them sit again. They didn’t play a game until the last day of the week and did not teach them ANYTHING. But most of all, they had no fun and hated being made to go since we could not get our money back.
For what it’s worth, the kids across the way in the regular summer camp seemed to be having fun with fun counselors.
Will NEVER sign up my kids again.
Irena G.

Yeah… first to review one of my favorite parks. This lovely park includes a large outdoor basketball court. It comes equipped with both a 4 sided baseball field and a batting cage with ball shooter. It has a kids playing area with some cool things such as a sliding suspension bar I haven’t seen at other parks. It also has an olympic pool for the summer and a building I’m not sure what its for.
Why i like this park.
We play alot over here. They say no soccer but really everyone does.
There is alot of friendly pickup games of basketball here since most of the people that live in this area are pretty friendly
There is a hill behind the park where everyone goes to hike up. Not a bad hike. I’m talking 20mins maybe less. You get to hangout and enjoy the view maybe even come here during 4^th of July to watch Fireworks.
There is also 2 tennis courts attached to this place at the back. Pretty awesome place.