598 Santana Way, Corona, CA 92881
Hours: Monday-Sunday (5:30 AM-10 PM)
Restrooms? Yes. Adjacent to playground
Playground Surface: Rubber
Parking Lot? Yes. Dedicated parking lot directly in front of playground
Gated/Fenced? No
Overview
Located in the city of Corona, Santana Regional Park is a huge, beautiful park, covering almost 50 acres, with a stunning mountain landscape as its backdrop. Recently rededicated in December of 2020, the new playground is phenomenal. It features a brand new all inclusive playground where kids of all abilities can play together. In addition to the amazing new playground, the park boasts a great skate park, soccer fields and baseball fields and endless areas of lawn space.
The highlight of the newly installed playground is the pirate ship named “Crown O’ The Sea”.
Lots of new modern equipment adorns the playground as well as a covered gazebo and picnic area. The grounds are very well kept and the park is very clean and welcoming.
Features
All inclusive Pirate ship themed playground for kids of all abilities
- 1 slide, rock wall, climbing nets and a rope plank and cannons that make for great imaginative play for kids
- 2 bench swings and circle swing
- 2 dolphin spring jumpers
- Arch cave, new age teeter totter, and wood teeter totter. Amazing circle spinner kids can sit on and be spun like the one at nearby Lincoln Park
- Plenty of areas under the pirate ship where kids can run around, hide and play
Other Amenities
- Covered gazebo with 4 picnic tables and barbecue grill
- Amazing views of Mt. Baldy and the surrounding mountains
Drawbacks
- No baby (bucket) swings
Scout’s Story
As our daughter Scouts fight with cancer has continued, it has been increasingly hard at times for us to get outside and allow Scout to enjoy the typical things normal kids get to. After Scout’s most recent chemo treatments and a few stays in the hospital, Scouts blood counts finally began to climb to the point that we felt comfortable taking her to playgrounds again. This was a great day for us as we visited Amy’s Farm in Ontario, followed by a few playgrounds in the Corona area afterwards. Overall, Scout loved the playground and at 20 months old was able to walk the rope swing virtually by herself. She loved the dolphin spring jumpers and her face lit up as she bounced up and down.
Getting to witness Scout walk to the top of a hill and roll her body down it a few times, was a first for us. We are assuming this is something that she learned from a few kids she saw doing it at another park a few days earlier. The city of Corona is filled with great parks. Subsequently, we look forward to coming back and spending some more time in this area. On this same day we learned that Scout was now a candidate for surgery on her germ cell tumors and that we would be moving forward with surgery in the coming weeks. Making these memories means so much to us and we look forward to the many more that the future holds.
