Glorietta Bay Park

Very nice park. I use this spot to train for triathlons. It’s great for newbies!
The water is pretty yucky, but it’s as good as you’re going to get for bay water.
As of now, the showers are still on and working. The bathroom stalls, while as gross as every other park bathroom, have doors (yayyy! major points there).
I’ve never had trouble parking, but I only go in the early mornings.
There is a cute playground area for children as well.

Just got back from coming to this park and it’s very relaxing to come here and walk around. There is a community pool next door and they have other activities. You should go check it out it’s super nice. They have the park right I front of the Bay Area and you can have a picnic with the family. You can maybe celebrate a child’s birthday and bring a Mexican piñata!

LOVE this spot for Tri Training!
LOCATION: located to the right of the Coronado Rec Center. There is a small strip of parking and on the reverse side of the lot there is street parking — be careful since there is high traffic coming from Silver Strand. There is a grass area and small «beach» front that leads into the bay facing the Coronado Bridge.
EXPERIENCE: i know a lot of TRI ATHLETES come to train here because the water is WAY cleaner than Mission Bay and its safe. There is a green buoy i like to swim out to then left to a doc and reverse a couple times. its perfect for BRICK TRAINING too — jump on your bike and head down Silver Strand, or even run down the other side towards the golf course and back. on beautiful training days my whole family pitches a canopy up and BBQs in the grass area while the kids enjoy the wake-​less water.
only gripe– the parking on nice days.

This park is the perfect getaway… a great place to spend the day. When I’m on staycation, I like to come here and read, enjoy the views, ride my bike, or take a nice stroll to the ferry landing and grab a bite. It’s the thing to do if you want to feel like a tourist and especially if you ARE a tourist. Big open space, playground, small beach, it’s beautiful.

We had our Father’s Day picnic at Glorietta this past Sunday and it was gorgeous. Take the first exit right after Coronado Bridge toll gate. Plenty of parking along the road and there’s a fairly sized lot, but it gets OVERLY packed so try to get there a bit early to avoid this issue. We snagged a corner spot underneath lots of trees. I recommend bringing chairs, a table to set the food, a small grill, a little tent, and a couple of blankets to lie on the grass.
BEAUTIFUL view of Coronado bridge. Both a relaxing and energetic atmosphere. There’s also an easy bike trail through the park and overlooking the water. Definitely encompasses the beauty of San Diego!

Years ago I would be giving Glorietta Bay Park 5 stars. But now, I feel that this park has gone down in a couple of years. The park isn’t as clean or the grass as green as it use to be.
I’m still giving Glorietta Bay Park 4 Stars for the following reasons:
–It’s in beautiful Coronado
–Still a great place for a picnic, birthday party, hang out with friends/​family, and to take your kids
–Small beach, but I would avoid swimming in it since the water in this bay collects a lot of the gas/​oils from the boats. Good for jet ski’s.
–Walking distance to Coronado Golf Course
–Walking distance to Ferry’s Landing
–Great place to GO4ARUN or in my case, a walk.
–Nice Skate Park
–Views of San Diego’s Downtown and the Coronado Bridge
I remember we would throw parties here. This place gets so busy that one of us would have to get here at about 5 AM to reserve a spot. Now this place is half full or half empty depending how you look it. With this place located in Coronado Island, there’s plenty of other choices like the beach itself.

This spot is great for an incredible view! Complete with a small beach area, playground for the kids, enough grassy area for some volleyball, decent bathrooms and showers, and a boat landing & dock.

Nice place to go and see Coronado. Great for BBQs and hanging out with friends and/​or family. It’s definitely family oriented with kids considering the park that is right there. It normally gets pretty busy on the weekends, but if you get there in the morning, parking is normally not a problem. Nice view of ships and there is definitely a strong wind of the water perfect for flying kites. There is a nice walking path along the water to see the bay and walk to the tourist trap area of Coronado. Walk + Cold Stones = good walk.
Big grass field that’s perfect for playing games on there, sitting up a volleyball net, throwing a ball around, etc. There is even a baseball field that can be used.
Worst: The bathrooms can use some improvement though.

I only come to the park to swim in Glorietta Bay. The park is small and parking isn’t the greatest. It has a killer view though. It has a nice playgroud for kids to play, a bathroom on site, and few tables for picnics.
The water in Glorietta Bay isn’t the greatest. It sometimes smells and is a bit murky. I like swimming in the bay because the water is calm and it’s away from the boaters and jet skiers.

Recently had a birthday party on the beach. Great location on bay side. Calm water for kids to play in. Plenty of park and beach space. Parking be tight later in day but if you don’t mind a small walk no problem.

Small park overlooking the inner harbor at Coronado island. Nice view of the SD-​Coronado beach. It’s a nice family oriented park, with a small jungle gym, some BBQ stands and some sand too for a small beach access.
There’s a nice trail that goes all along Silver Strand Blvd, and there is a shower and restrooms too. No dogs allowed, and no smoking allowed either.

I Like the Park and it is very peaceful… But I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED IT BETTER IF I COULD HAVE TAKEN MY DOG! He is my family and enjoy taking him and our kids every place we visit

Went again this weekend, Couldn’t find any parking. So, I had to park in a red zone/​loading area both times I visited. Last time I got away with it, Not this time. One of Coronado’s PD wrote me up for a 20 dollar ticket. Even after I had explained to him that there was no parking whatsoever. I also had explained to him that there was a old man in a Rolls Royce a couple of spaces down also parked in red. I asked him why he didn’t bother to write him up. Was it because of the 100,000 dollar price difference between his Rolls Royce and my Ford Explorer ??? It didn’t work, So I just went on moved my ride and enjoyed the rest of my day. –1 star for the parking situation, just get there early.
Note: Both times I visited this park we drank beer with no problems whatsoever. No one going around checking who’s drinking, and checking to see what’s in your red plastic cup.

They don’t have a category for running unfortunately. Anyhow, if you do the 10K run, it is basically a loop around most of Coronada which takes you by the beaches, Hotel Del (watch out for road raging dildoe’s with military stickers on their big essuuuveee’s who like to run the red lights through the intersections and who almost kill families pushing little babies in strollers… ugh I digress.) You are pretty much on sidewalks and out of traffic most of the time. There are a few bathroom and water stops on the way back to the Bay so if you forget to bring water you will be fine!
You can run to Imperial Beach and back using the Silver Strand which is nice and flat, just watch out for folks in tight spandex on 2,000 bikes who like to ride four across, but hey you can always jump up on the sidewalk and outta the bike lane!
By far the most beautiful, flat and easy running in all of San Diego. Sure I love running at MIssion Bay too, but Coronado is so beautiful and there is a lot to look at to distract you from your pain.