Heartwell Park

Heartwell Park is one of my favorite parks of all!!! Located at Carson and Bellflower, it spans several blocks, and you can’t miss it at all! I have been using this park for several years now for outdoor workouts after work when the weather is right, and it’s amazing!
This park is used for literally everything – One day you can see some of the ROTC young military troops exercising, soccer games, and some days it’s all little league activities! They also have workout stations at strategic locations, so you can just jog around and stop as you please. The walkways are big enough if you wanted to put your little ones in a stroller, or you can walk your doggies.
I also like the fact that it’s a clean park, not a lot of trash or sketchy people!
Looking forward to the warmer weather, I will return!
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Overall this is a great park for a variety of activities. There are several baseball diamonds for little league and good grass areas for soccer leagues. The park is usually busy during baseball and soccer season with different leagues.
Personally, I like this park because it is down the street from where i live and because it has a great path for a 3 – 6 mile run. One of my faves!

This is a great place to run, jog, walk, and or play sports. As you may already have read in the previous posts, this park spans to three blocks… From Clark ave. to the golf course at Palos Verde Boulevard. If you plan to have a picnic, it is quite busy and so don’t expect it to be quiet and serene. They have soccer practices throughout the week but the grass is terrible for the games! Lots of squirrels running up and down the trees. Occasional «boot camp» groups, high school track teams, and marine corp or other military companies come to the park to work out! Thus, due to the busy nature of different groups of organizations occupying the park, it is not ideal to have a party here! You will not find parking so easily.

We were visiting from out of state and this was a great, clean place for our kids to run around and burn off some energy. Several play structures, big grassy fields with mature trees and swings.

Nothing like a midday walk through the park! Great park for any family. A lot of open space for kids to run around and play.
My only complaint would be the basketball courts. The courts are slippery even with basketball shoes. I slipped due to the lack of traction and twisted my ankle. So ballers beware!

Great park, but if you try to walk or ride your bike on the bike path in the middle of the day you will get hit by water from the sprinklers – it’s a waste of water and I always get wet. They really need to fix it so the sprinklers will either run only at night or so they will only water the grass and not the cement bike path.

I love this park. What I love even more that it is a walking distance from my house =).
Heartwell park is essentially a long rectangle of a park with, the long legs running along Carson st. It’s an excellent park for running or walking. You can get a peaceful, scenic 1 –6 mile run (depending on your personal goals and preferences) while passing a duck pond, beautiful trees, bridges, and other park patrons enjoying nature. The park is very safe. I have run at nigh many times, and have never encountered any shady individuals. Many times you will see couples by the duck pond late at night since there are no lights between bellflower and clark in the evening. I have not taken advantage of all the amenities, but they also have multiple baseball fields and leagues, open fields for football, kids playground, and some exercise bars. Overall, it is always a joy running around the park while seeing the park bursting with the life of families, t-​ball leagues, runners, bikers, power walkers, everybody just enjoying the outdoors.

This is such a great neighborhood park; a great place to walk, jog, bike, or just sit and ponder.
My favorite section is between Clark ave. and Bellflower, where the duck pond is and there are no baseball or soccer fields boasting with children. I love coming here for a peaceful lunch, either alone or with a friend. Its nice to get away from everything in the middle of the day and just breathe in the calm and peaceful vibes.
Avoid coming after sunset, though. The park lacks lighting so it gets super dark in the evenings.

massive park. really big.blocks and blicks of green grass and baseball fields. soccer fields end to end. man aint walking this forest.

A nice quiet little park. A great place to take a leisurely walk. Not too much traffic or bicycle traffic. No problems or strange people lurking here. The pond is nice as is watching all the water fowl. Great place to relax.

One of my favorites in Long Beach, spanning three City blocks from Palos Verdes Ave to Clark Ave., running parallel to Carson Street. The Northern section of the park contains the small Heartwell Lake, and also one of our City Libraries on the corner of Carson Ave. & Bellflower Blvd. On the bike/​jogging path you can find several work out stops, to do pulls up, sit ups, etc.
The central portion of the park boast two baseball fields, basketball court, tennis court, playground area, picnic area, and lots of space for soccer. Great for a nice day outside, walking your dog (s), or making children actually stay outside without a tablet/​phone and making them play.
The Southern portion of the park is similar to the central part, except if has ten (10) baseball diamonds and I am pretty sure there is no playground area, mainly set up for Baseball and Soccer.
I walk this park often and its a nice little three (3) mile loop for me. To me it is safe and very clean, everything a local park should be.

Dear people of Long Beach, please do not take this park for granted. I’m not sure if I want to hang around here at night but in the morning it’s bustling with cyclists, joggers, and pedestrians. This is an ideal place to train your little one on a bicycle.
— There is a playground along Parkcrest near Woodruff.
— There is a large lake closer to Bellflower.
— There are three restrooms (mostly acceptable): Along Clark, the library, and east of Bellflower.
— Mind the sprinklers.
— No riff-raff…so far.

I love this place! Driven by it I don’t know how many times but barely found my way there at last.
I was looking for a park with trees, lots of trees and found it here at Heartwell Park.
5-​Stars for:
— Lots of trees along the bike/​walk path.
— Pretty lil’ lake between Clark and Bellflower segment.
— Not a lot of people (I’ve now been on a Sunday and Tuesday, closer to sunset)
— Dog-​friendly (must be on lease — almost everyone I saw followed this rule)
— Bathrooms available at the end of Clark (though I didn’t go in).
— Water-​fountain in front of the library which is at the entrance on Bellflower.
— Street parking easily found on Clark.
— Parking lot available also on Bellflower.
Wishes:
— that you didn’t have to cross actual streets.
— that the bike/​walk path looped around rather than just being one-​sided.
Nevertheless, I love this place and will be coming regularly with my doggie!

Great park that has do much to offer! Great running/​bike path. Plenty of grass to play on. I sticks along bike path. Kids play baseball there on weekends and par 3 golf course too! Pond in one spot where you can feed the birds or ducks just don’t slip on the duck poop! Very pretty with lots if trees abs easy to get too!

Beautiful shaded park in the middle of the city. It has paved trails where you can jog, rollerblade, bike or leisurely take a walk.
It is great to take a break from work and school and walk around it to recharge. It has some picnic tables and a pond with ducks, pigeons and geese.
It could be bigger though but it is great for its location.

A great park to visit for multiple reasons. I mainly come to this park to run. I usually start on Clark street and run along Carson street to Los coyotes diagonal and then run back. That’s a 4 miles run (each park block is a half mile). What’s nice about this park is that it is a soft surface for running. There’s also a cement pathway you can run on as well.
Other than running you will see people riding their bikes and taking a stroll. Tons of games happen here as well such as baseball, soccer, and ultimate frisbee. People also have parties here and bring a of their party supplies and camp out at one of the park tables.
Three restrooms I know of at this park, one in the Clark side, the branch library and on bellflower.
Random thing I noticed is that a lot of cops also patrol this area.

Love this park! It’s got it all! A perfect place to come with the family! Highly recommended!
Highlights:
–Pond with ducks to feed
–Trails for running, biking, jogging, going for a stroll
–Workout stations throughout the main walking path
–Soccer areas
–Baseball field
–Recreation office (you can sign up for courses through the city of Long Beach)
–Kids playground
This park is huge but worth the time to explore it. Enjoy!

Heartwell Park is where my family has been holding their family picnics for as long as I can remember. Every Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend we gather for food, games and family fun. The park is open, has several baseball diamonds on both sides of the park, a pond on one side and playgrounds farther down.
The park itself is kept up well, it is open and will host adult soccer games on weekends and little league games during the season. The parking lots are more than ample enough to handle the people, there is a gold course across the street to the East and it’s close enough to stores if you need to pick up additional food, beverages, ice or party supplies.
The major flaw at this park is and has forever been the filthiness of the restroom facilities. The bathrooms are known for having a complete lack of toilet paper, toilet seat covers or doors for the stalls. I would recommend going with someone else and having them act as a lookout so you can attempt to have some privacy. Their is facilities down on the other side of the park near the playground that are better but it’s marginal.
The park is open enough to accommodate a volleyball court, croquet, frisbee tossing, kite flying or any other activities you and your family may be interested in. I do believe that changes were made not too long ago that now require a permit for picnics. Overall a decently large park which is good for family get togethers.

Boyfriend and I always go here even when we were just friends. So there are a lot of memories here: D after three years, we still have time on having a picnic here. Great view, perfect for dogs (make sure your dogs are on leash) there’s benches to sit on, a pond and lots of trees for shade.
We don’t really go to the other side of the park where there are playgrounds and basketball courts and such, but yeah, a great park to walk around and exercise: D

This is my favorite Long Beach park. It’s huge — 120 acres, or something close to that. It spans all of Carson St, from past Palo Verde through Bellflower.
I love that there are tons of trees here. If you have a toddler, it’s a great place for them to just run around because there are nice, shaded open areas.
There’s also a playground area (partially sand, partially engineered surface), a bike path, baseball and softball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, and supposedly even a pond. Keep in mind if you go to the playground area in the summer, you’ll likely run into a lot of the YMCA camp kids.
The park is surprisingly clean. I walked all along the residential street side of the park and never saw any trash.
Also, if you get bored at the park, you can head over the Ruth Bach library next to the park or to Viking Village, where there’s a Gymboree school, and lots of food choices (Mexican, Thai, greasy spoon, frozen yogurt).
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