3750 Del Mar Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807
Hours: Monday-Sunday (Dusk to Dawn)
Restrooms? Yes. At the top of the hill above the playground. A bit of a walk.
Playground Surface: Rubber and sand
Parking Lot? No. Street parking only. Directly in front of the playground. Usually plenty available.
Gated/Fenced? No
Overview
Located in the city of Long Beach, Los Cerritos Park is an undeniably beautiful, 8 acre park, with tons of hilly grassy areas and an abundance of trees offering plenty of shade. The playground features an incredible tree house theme with bridges, logs and climbing structures. Animals are built into the play structure making it incredibly aesthetically pleasing. The one attraction here that kids will undoubtedly flock to is the incredible zip line. Certainly, they will line up to use it again and again, until their hearts are content. In addition, the park also has 2 tennis courts and plenty of picnic tables. The restrooms are a little bit of a walk (uphill) from the playground and an elementary school is located next door. Overall, this is an amazing park that families are sure to love.
Features
2 separate play structures with a “fort/treehouse in the woods” theme
- Animals such as bears, squirrels, raccoons and owls are carved into the play structures
- Kids can climb inside of and up the tree to reach the top of the treehouse
- Amazing zip line that kids will love, net bridge, tree trunks to climb, rock walls and excavators/sand diggers. Tons of different equipment to climb to reach main play structure
- 5 slides on big playground and 3 on smaller playground with 2 sets of race slides
- 2 bench swings, 2 baby (bucket) swings and 1 circle swing
- Tons of lawn space and a big hill adjacent to the playground that kids can roll down. 2 tennis courts and picnic tables dispersed throughout the park
Scout’s Story
Los Cerritos Park is a park that I stumbled upon by chance while messing around on google maps. And boy am I glad I did. I was surprisingly caught off guard by this park and at how beautiful and amazing it ended up being. After taking our 13 month old daughter, Scout, for her check up and to get four vaccine shots, we spent the rest of the afternoon at a few parks letting her play. Los Cerritos Park was amazing and was surely the best suited park for Scout’s abilities, in which we visited on this day.
Scouts favorite thing was the circle swing and just touching the animal figures that were carved into the play structures. We didn’t spend as much time here as I would have liked, due to it getting late, but this park left a lasting impression on us. Subsequently, my family and I can’t wait to return.
