Rod McLeod Park

Dirty Park is better than no park?!? Watch your kids carefully for broken glass and trash.

Weve been coming here since i was a little kid in escondido. How i remember going up and down the windy pavement on my brand new razor scooter. Great childhood memories and even till now we visit it.
It is kind of hidden but its the only park off of Iris Ln so there is no way to get lost. The park itself is very well maintained by the city and by its visitors. This in most part is due to the location of the park. Unlike other parks like Washington park and grape day park you dont worry about all the homeless here.
However if you are going to go up on the dirt trails you should take precautions. Never let your kids go alone. That is at times a place where homeless people will stay. I remembee as a kid finding their little shacks. So just be careful.
Great park for picnics and BBQs. You might want to insure you get a table and big enough area so come early.

This is a well kept park in the Escondido Area. There is ample parking a excellent views from every location. I attended a wedding with 200+ people and this was well suited for the occasion.

I love this park. I always bring my dogs here. Or do yoga. It is beautiful and relaxing. Never to much going on at this park

Kind of a hidden park … Up a large hill. Shady with trees. There are restrooms.
Thought it was a quiet safe park; but then a sketchy guy suddenly came up to us (at the playground area table mind you) saying «I’ve been clean for a while now. blah blah and I don’t like these random people following me around» –so that was our que to get the hell outta there! So heads up you may run into the random weird, inappropriate, drug addicts.

This is one of Escondido’s nicer parks.
Because of it’s location on top of a hill its pretty well insolated from the riffraff of other Esco parks.
Main features —
The park mainly consists of a sloping grass park with a walking path around it. There is also a series of steps ascending to a top concrete city viewpoint. Judging by the all bottle caps and broken glass this viewpoint is primarily used as a «blueberry hill» for kids after dark.
— Weekends usually have two or three large parties.
— Generally considered safe for kids.

Great place for having a get-​together from 5 to 50 people!!! A little hidden gem in Escondido that’s available for fun or relaxation with a very non-​descript entrance of South Iris Lane. If heading north from El Norte Parkway, it’s right past the ARCO station on the left hand side. There”s a playground for the kiddies right near the restrooms and a LARGE open field for sport activities. Up the steps on the west side of the park is a lookout that looks over the adjacent mobile home park and great views of the freeway!!! And for those with wheels, there’s a great smooth sidewalk that winds around the open field. Lot’s of mature trees that provide ample shade all over the park.
Note:
–No kite flying because of the HIGH POWER lines overhead.
–No DOGS allowed. (But, the locals still bring their dogs, or maybe, the dogs bring their owners, sometimes can’t really tell!)
–Because of the terrain, it gets pretty windy at times with gusts that can easily blow over a tent or canopy (secure with tent stakes or weigh it down).
–If you want a JUMPER, need to secure a permit at the Escondido Parks and Recreation desk at City Hall.
–If there’s no parking stalls available, got permission from the Parks and Recreation desk that it’s okay to park on the dirt pad next to the parking lot.
–Gates open a little after dawn (around 6:30 am) and closes at dusk (around + or — 30 minutes of the official sunset).
–During the spring season, all the flowers or fruit of the trees attract lots and lots of bees. Just bee-​aware of them buzzing around! :-)
Each morning, the rangers come out open up and clean and change trash bags at the receptacles. Unfortuately, there’s only one picnic table (with a broken bench) near the bathroom. All the other tables are gone, but, what’s left is the concrete slab where the picnic tables used to be (there’s at least ½ dozen around), so bring your own tables and chairs for parties.
The City of Escondido does provide some pretty nice venues for families to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding areas of Escondido, and with the great weather that we enjoy, it’s simply… AWESOME!!! :-p