Huntington Beach Central Park Sports Complex

Horrible baseball fields. No outfield fences. Walkways go in front of bleaches/​spectators blocking out view… AND, Horizontal bar across on the fence are are perfect eye level, blocking our view. The snack bar is beyond overpriced. 2 drinks and 2 bags of chips were $ 17.50. WTF?! One sink for every single bathroom stall (men/​women/​family). And a $ 1 for parking. Expressive and not at all worth it.

-$ 1 for parking
–not crowded until later in the evening around 5. (Friday)
-$ 1 for 1 token, $ 5 for 6 tokens (That’s a lot of batting! I’m sore…)
–pitching machines sometimes don’t pitch any balls
— had to walk back to the office 3 times to have them reset the machine
–gave me 1 helmet for 3 people to share. Wtf?
The pricing is decent, but don’t expect top notch machinery. Do expect to complain about something!

Great baseball/​softball/​soccer complex. Playground for siblings & the restrooms were clean when we were there. Downside is paying to park.

This place is one of the nicest around the Orange County area. It has everything that a true athlete can wish for. The place is clean and safe, the City of Huntington Beach is doing a great job maintaining it!
Happy to come here all the time and do some working out!

The City really should be ashamed of these fields. Boys baseball teams play top dollar to play tournaments on these fields. Each team plays at least $ 600.00 to play on a giving weekend. First there are no fences put up for the tournaments, so a single in the gap is a Home-​run every time. That’s just ridiculous !!! That’s funny because this place has portable fences they put up for softball games. Why is that? The border between the infield and outfield is uneven and has a huge lip. The portable mounds they use are for smaller kids and its very difficult for older kids to use them. They could cause a serious injury. The infields are two small so most times second base is almost in the grass. This pas weekend 14 teams paid over $ 600 to play on these less that quality fields.

We love going here but are very disappointed with the fact that you are expected to pay for parking. Don’t panic yet it is only $ 1 but very inconvenient to have to find a pay station, buy a pass, and then walk it back to your car before you can enjoy your day. The adjacent park and library do not require a pass so my suggestion is to park there and just walk over.
The play set is just feet from the restrooms so that’s convenient for little ones. It is also located next to the snack bar. They play area does have rubber for its ground instead of sand but can get very hot in the sun. Make sure to bring shoes your little ones can keep on while they play.
No swings and only two slides but lots of monkey bars if your little ones enjoy swinging around. Seems like a play set that was put there as an after thought. Best part is that there is plenty of seating close for parents within great viewing range.

Pretty awesome sports complex. I decided to hit the batting cages for a bit. This was the first time i had been to these cages. I hit the medium and the medium-​fast baseball cages. The medium cage was horrible. Most of the thrown balls were below the strike zone. Some were even unhittable. When i say unhittable i mean the balls were being thrown to the plate, bouncing off of it. So i had to swing at really low balls more than half the time. So i decided to move to the medium-​fast cage. It was better. I for sure will be returning, hoping they fixed the medium cage.

The best set of athletic fields for any city I have lived in. From soccer pitches, baseball diamonds, and batting cages. You name it I think they have it. Ample parking for larger events and a real gem for the city of Hunitington Beach.

Watched a girls’ high school softball tournament here yesterday with the family.
We have also passed through here on our way to the Pacific Islander Festival of Orange County which takes place on the other side at the Huntington Beach Central Library Park.
The complex stretches wide and is wonderful for athletics, running/​walking, families and pets. Sure the bathroom wasn’t the tidiest (but I have seen worse at beaches and other public parks). If we were invited to another sporting event here we wouldn’t hesitate to head over.

Awesome sports complex… softball fields, batting cages, soccer fields, across the st is the freesbie golf area…
Always pretty nice… come early to the cages and no one is here… the machines throw the ball better than boomers I think…

Great cages. Always able to get in during the week. All the staff have been very friendly.

Huge and well maintained baseball/​softball fields here in Huntington Beach. Infields and grass are in great shape as of our visit.
Some things to be aware of for tourists like us:
Fast grass and no HR fence means a hard single can quickly become a triple or even HR if the outfielders don’t stop it
No entry fee is great; just remember to pay your $ 1 parking pass
The complex and parking lots are very big, so figure out where you’re playing before you park to reduce the hike
Snack bars are pretty decently stocked; my Caesar chicken wrap was surprisingly good
Little to no shade in the stands, so come prepared

Unbelievable that they charge $ 3.00 for ice for an injured player. Generally a nice baseball complex but the insensitivity that shows is really troubling.

I joined a co-​ed softball team and we played a few games here. The sports complex is very clean and safe! The only downfall would be is paying to park for the day, but that makes up for the great fields to be groomed!

I play here for weekend softball tournys… lovely park and the softball fields are one of the best I ever played on… from what I seen too the playground for kids are very nice… All around nice family place.

Tired of using the batting cages at Boomers decided to try to find something better and this is one of the closest batting cages to my house that is not at a Boomers. My main beef is that I have to walk through a boomers to swing at softballs thrown to my feet.
Tried out the batting cages here and gotta say better in every way. Price is better, the quality of the cages is better, the equipment they offer out is better, and even the people are nicer and more helpful.
The pricing is $ 1 per token, $ 5 for 6 tokens, and they give you 18 pitches per token. You have to pay $ 1 for parking, but they give you a token for paying for parking so it’s a bit of a wash. The people are friendly and quick, you have to wear a helmet so they will offer you one. They are actually serious about it, but they have decent helmets so it’s not too bad.
They have a wide selection of bats, asking about softball bats, they are all 33″ bats (I believe? they’re all definitely the same size) and they had weights of 25, 26, 28, 30oz bats. They had three baseball cages (Slow, medium, fast I think?), two slow pitch softball, and one fast pitch softball cage.
When you come, you can see the batting cages and the entrance from the parking lot so park around there instead of right when you enter the parking lot which is closer to some of the playing fields.
A nice thing about the direction of the cages — they face away from the sun when the sun is setting, so if you get here in the later afternoon and the sun is starting to dip, it won’t be in your eyes.
The only downside I found was that when you put the token into the machine, you have to press a black button to start the machine. when you press the button it immediately starts the process of throwing the pitch so you don’t have much time to get back, I missed the first pitch more often than not. Have a friend hit the button for you or hustle back.
Tried both the slow pitch cages, they were consistent, but not necessarily with where the base was on the mat. You might not get to stand where you normally would relative to the plate, but just adjust and the machine should still be useable.
All in all, I will definitely be coming back.

I’ve been playing Ultimate Frisbee here for about two years. It was nice that they upgraded the bathrooms next to the batting cages.
But dude please let someone read this because the Pay and Display parking meters are terrible. You will get a ticket if you don’t buy a pass but it usually takes me 5 – 10 tries to get it to accept a dollar from me. I’ll be panicking if I get there and have less than 3 ones because I know that the machine will arbitrarily not take a certain dollar bill. Bah!
Oh yeah and Ultimate Frisbee fields are astroturf I guess, those little rubber pellets that get stuck in your socks for weeks.

Sunny skies, big trees, lots of play space! love this place

My main reasons for going to the HB Central Park Sports Complex are to play my softball games and for batting practice. This place is really easy to find. It’s on the left side of Golden West, heading south towards the beach, right next to the HB Library. Plenty of parking, but you have to pay for it. If you’re using the batting cages, they’ll waive the fee after, but I know it’s a buck on Sundays all day.
The softball fields are well-​maintained. There’s actually 8 softball fields, but I’ve only been on two of the fields. FYI — field #1 is helllllaaaa far from the parking lot since it’s on the other side of the complex. Lucky for me, I always keep my skateboard in my truck so I skate on the concrete pavement that leads to the area.
There’s 7 batting cages, each with a different pitching style. I stick with the slow softball one. This area is maintained pretty well too. You need to get tokens in order to use the cages though. You just have to go to this little stand and pay for how many tokens you want. For a buck, you get 1 token; for $ 5 you get 6. One token will get you 18 pitches. If you don’t think that’s enough, trust — 6 tokens is more than enough. You’ll definitely feel soreness the next day. Don’t worry if you don’t have any equipment. You can borrow bats and helmets from the stand as well and the guys there are more than willing to help you if you have any questions. Not gonna lie — there are a few cuties who work at the batting cages stand. Haha, just sayin. Side note — the batting cages would be a really cute date idea as well!
There’s also a few soccer fields and playgrounds as well, but I’ve never had the chance to use those facilities. Nonetheless, definitely check this place out if you’re in the area.