J Street Marina Park

Best place to go for a walk/​run/​jog! Weekends and holidays this place gets crowded… Especially for 4^th of July and memorial weekend! Good place for birthday parties, I’ve even seen people take there wedding pictures here… Yes it’s a beautiful place. Come by and check it out. :)

Top 10 reasons to visit J Street — Marina View, Bayfront & Bayside Parks:
1) Great for meditation
2) Catch the sunset
* How many of us make time for this? Life is short.
3) Jog/​Cycle
4) Picnics
* Watch your food, those darn seagulls are sneaky little suckers.
5) People watch
6) Flying kites
* The wind here is great.
7) Take photos
8) Eat at restaurants
* Enjoy a drink or have some seafood.
9) Grill/​BBQ
10) Birthday parties
* Check online for licenses.
Disclaimer: You sometimes have your local lowrider car clubs holding their meetings at the park. Do not be intimidated, they are harmless.

Ahhh whata slice of heaven! A perfect place to take a walk or run, lay on a blanket and take a nap or even sit on a rock and reflect on the beauty which is San Diego. This place is my home away from home and a perfect place to sit at a park bench and have a hell of a time with friends. This place is really a mix bag of nuts when it comes to patrons so be prepared to see families, dog walkers, homeless people talking to themselves, yogi’s, drug heads walking around aimlessly and so on. So come on down and enjoy the amazing view of downtown and south Coronado

Birds, ice cream, cool breeze and sunsets! I love this place. It has something for everyone and it’s always good people watching.
On the weekend a bunch of guys bring their classic cars down to show them off. Many are quite lovely.
The ice cream truck guy is always patrolling. Dog walkers, bored teenagers, picnickers, people smoking out, and I even saw people walking their cats on a leash here once.
I come for the bird watching. During the fall and winter this place is great to come look at the shorebirds, ducks, gulls and geese. During the summer it is good for watching the hundreds to thousands of terns. Most excellent.
When it’s heinously hot during the summer and your sweating like a pig in your un-​airconditioned home this is the place to come because it usually has a nice breeze. Stay for the sunset!

This park is very close to my boyfriend’s place. It’s so well-​kept and the view of the bay is beautiful. I LOVE coming here for a nice jog or a quick picnic.

Beautiful sunset view. Nice & relaxing. Away from the busy streets. It’s a nice area of Chula Vista. Wish I would have come here more often when I lived out here. Perfect for families, couples and friends.

I actually really like this place, have been coming here since I was a kid. Now I’m bringing my own kid. It’s awesome, plenty of beautiful views, the water, the grassy areas, and they even have ducks. It’s pretty peaceful, mostly all families and people walking their dogs. My son had a great time walking around, he was exhausted and ready for a nap afterwards.

My one an only fav spot to relax, jog an walk my dog since mb, pb and ob is to far to drive!

I love this park. The bay is beautiful and the playgrounds are well taken care of. The pier is crackin to go fishing. My son likes to walk by the boats. Also since its like 2 blocks away from the pad it’s convenient lol

I would love to give this Marina 5 stars but unfortunately I cant. I live right down the street from this park and I absolutely love it and love bringing my pup here. Although there are PLENTY of signs that say to keep your dog on a leash, not everyone does so. I come here 3 days at least out of the week to walk my dog here and almost every time 2 or 3 people don’t have their dogs on a leash. I’m sorry but I don’t know your dog, and I definitely don’t trust what you say about your dog being nice if you can’t follow a simple rule for the safety of other dogs and people in general. How am I supposed to know if your dog has had all of its shots? When your dog is running up to mine and you’re calling it, and it doesn’t listen to you, don’t get mad at me for picking my dog up and walking away from yours.
This isn’t the type of park where you can take your dog’s off the leash, listen to the law people! It’s there for a reason!
Very disappointing how some people can’t be responsible pet owners, then you shouldn’t have animals to begin with. Nobody respects someone who can’t respect the law that keeps everyone safe. Just saying.
Besides the leash law being an issue here, I give this park 5+ stars, it’s a beautiful place to come even if it’s very windy, which most of the time it’s nice and sunny!

I come here all the time a great park to bring the family and walk and enjoy the scenery is very beautiful don’t forget to bring bread to feed the ducks!

I always come here with the family. It’s so relaxing to come here and enjoy the Bay Area. It’s so nice to come and feed the ducks. Going to In N Out and bringing the food here to have a picnic is pretty awesome. I have seen kids get in the water as well so bring your sunglasses and sunblock to enjoy this place!

Lots of dogs and their people frequent this park. Very pretty park on the bay. Lots of walking trails picnic and game tables. Nice place to walk & check out coronado and the bridge across the bay.

I love this park. It’s convenient and spacious and peaceful. I bring my kids here to play on the jungle gym, ride their bikes or scooters and play in the sand. You can see the ocean while watching the kids playing which is very relaxing. A gem of a park in Chula vista.

This is a great park for the kids, family events and dog walking. It never seems to be too crowded and we always find a place to park. It’s just nice walking along the path and looking out at the water or stopping to feed the ducks if you’re so inclined.
We’ve done all of the above and it’s been great every time. They even have doggie poop bags for your convenience, or mine. :-)

This has been my favorite gem for years. I come here to meditate/​pray, walk, journal, get away and de-​stress. Views are always great and there’s tons of spots to choose from grassy to sandy to just parking and taking in the view from your car.
Grill and table areas are nearby for parties.
It does get busy around holiday weekends, but for the most part it’s chill.
Great spot for singles, couples, kids, and exercisers alike. Good meds, this spot!

Good, morning vibe! Cool place to start your day jogging or cycling. In my case, this is where I go after work to stroll around and release all my stress. Very therapeutic scenery — marina, coronado bridge, grass, birds, ducks, yachts, old couples walking hand in hand and so on.

This is the park/​area I learned how to ride my bike so I am partial to this park. There are several art installations that have been here for years and the pier that you can fish off of. The marina had a bunch of cool looking boats and more than enough space to have a picnic or just enjoy a super pretty sunset. There’s a few restaurants you can walk to that are decent but I mainly like to ride my bike around here. There are several places you can cruise north and south on your bike from here, so park your car and go at it. Its pretty close to that bike loop around the bay where you can take the ferry. There is also a fair amount of wind blowing from the bay which is perfect for kite flying. The kiddies have a play structure and sand box to jump in and a walking path for mommies and daddies or just a cool stroll with friends.
It is fairly quite which is nice, a place to actually think and let yourself unwind for an hour or so. After a long day it is nice to just take a seat on a bench and enjoy the sunset. You can see Coronado and the little palm trees lining the strand. I like it. Its cheaper than retail therapy and your liver would enjoy a day off.

Nice park. Played here with our band back in April 2000. Lots of grass and picnic tables and trees to have a summer BBQ or hang out with friends and family.

My go to place when I need to get away quick. Run, walk or just sit I can always find a quit place here.
Just recently met some cool dogs too that Oliver likes to play with. Oliver loves his marina walks.
Runners beware there are skunks in the marina as my hermana and I have had a spraying incident on a run –_​_​– not fun! Just be mindful or do as I do and stay away from the bushes!
I would have given five stars had I not been sprayed –_​_​– buy I do love my little marina :)