Live Oak Park

Great little park in Fallbrook, with slices of history scattered throughout. Took the dog and husband for a walk here, definitely will be back!

This park has so many options, they have a basketball court, exercise stations all around the park, botanical garden, playground, volleyball, baseball, and soccer fields. Plenty of parking and shade from oak trees, perfect for a picnic. Small fee to enter.

Nice dog park. I posted several pics. Pretty large area, although there isn’t a separate area for small/​big dogs. Even with the one large yard, its well kept and the mulch is a nice alternative to sand/​dirt which gets so messy. Ive been twice now. First time there, there were very friendly dogs there and wasn’t too busy. Second time, there was also only a few dogs but one of them was really loud and kept barking at all the other ones. She wasn’t really aggressive, but I believe it caused at least two dogs and their owners to leave because their dogs just didn’t like being harassed by the loud barker. I think this could be remedied with a bark collar or citronella collar and than everyone would enjoy it more. Park ranger came by shortly after people left and I believe one of those people may have tipped the ranger off that there was a «nuisance» dog at the park. So sad. She was really sweet but she did make the other dogs nervous. If you have one of these types, be considerate of the other dogs. I have a fear aggressive dog but I left him in the car while I played with my shy guy. Once the park was empty I brought my other one in and my two kids enjoyed their time. The first time I visited there was a super nice lady with 2 shepherds who offered to leash them for a bit so both of mine could play. The socialization was great for them, and all four ended up playing for a bit. Overall, good experiences. Love that is so close and well kept. Will just make sure to be considerate of how many dogs are there and getting to know my neighbors. This will be a weekly visit for sure.

Worst Customer Service and extremely rude!!! I restfully called the park ahead of time to ask them if I could bring an old truck for my engagement photos and I told them the day I was coming. The nice man on the phone said it would be no problem at all and just tell them when I arrive. We showed up and everything was going fine until this really rude guy came over to us and told us we had to leave the property. That to take photos there you have to pay a fine, which we offered right away to pay but he said no you have to come sit with me in this office and pay it, then we can tell you where you are allowed to go. Because they were using the rode we were on to drive there 1 truck on, that only went by us once. Never ever take pictures here, they are rude and only care about the park being empty rather then having people use and show case their beautiful park. Luckily I was able to find a way better place asap.

Horrible park rangers, extremely rude and disrespectful. Went there to take pictures and was promptly told to leave and told we were not allowed to take pictures in the park. Meanwhile the only other person in the park was a bum sitting on the park bench. It’s fine to have vagrants hang out at your park but God forbid I take a few pictures.

This place is all you really need from a dog park. Fenced in, trash cans, benches and water for the pooch. Everyone (and dog) I’ve met or interacted with here has been pleasant.

Our favorite place for play dates and fun picnics! Also great for birthday parties or just a fun day with the kids. Love this park!

Very picturesque old trees and stone creek bed with footbridges. Saw several different kinds of woodpeckers within a few minutes of parking. Special bonus points for clean restrooms! Shady with refreshing breeze. Enjoyed taking pictures and strolling around. Will return! Be sure to bring 3 single bills for parking. I visited on a Monday/​Columbus Day and it was very uncrowded and peaceful. There isn’t a lot of grass to sit on so bring a blanket and chairs.

A nice and shady park to have a quick lunch or play in the playground. There are plenty of benches throughout the grounds and some of them are twice as long as usual. There is a fee and a guard house but when I drove by there was no one in attendance.

This Park is fabulous for the entire family, bring your picnic basket or bbq there. You can go for long walks on beautiful grounds, it is huge. The Rangers are always pleasant and ready to accommodate or answer any questions you may have.
I definitely recommend this park to anyone that wants to have a good time with family and friends, there is something for everyone to do volleyball courts on the sand, basketball courts, horseshoes, baseball fields, children’s playground lots of picnic tables IT IS THE BEST PARK IN FALLBROOK.

Great place to take the kids, great for photoshoots too!

This is a beautiful park! So much to see & do. They have completely redone the play area for kids. It is very nice. We come here just to have lunch once in a while. So much shade from all the old oak trees.

This park is a nice family picnic escape just half an hour drive north from the upper reaches of San Diego (Lake Hodges/​I-​15 junction). Unlike Escondido, Poway and inland San Diego which often bakes in summer, this park (in hilly foresty Fallbrook) is a cool oasis.
The whole park is shaded with oak trees, the ground is covered with wood chips and represents a giant playground (don’t wear your best shoes). On Labor Day weekend, there were many groups and families and everyone had benches and tables for their party. Yes, there are plenty of grilling spots. The play structures are of good size and bathrooms are very clean. Clean drinking water is available. the park is surrounded by a walking trail for a nice stroll. A storm drain on the southwest side had water flowing — my kids considered it as a little creek, I agree with them!
FOUR TYPES OF PEOPLE COME HERE:
1. Families/​groups talking and eating.
2. Bunch of people playing soccer in a small soccer field on north side.
3 Locals walking dogs
4. And, if you are lucky, Love Bird sightings in the area
ENTRY FEE: $ 3, self check-​in, put in envelope at entry booth.
OPEN: 8 AM — 7 PM
LOCATION: It is NOT on Live Oak Road. It is at the junction of Reche Rd and Gird Rd (Gird continues into the park’s main parking lot.) If you are on Live Oak Park Road, you have left the real Park behind (happened with me!)
CHERYL SPELTS Photography (beautiful pictures of the park)

IN THE NEWS: Live Oak Park, Fallbrook Youth Baseball receive county funds. by: Joe Naiman. The Fallbrook Village News. Thursday, May 27^th, 2010. Issue 21, Volume 14.

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This park is a beautiful representation of Fallbrook. First off, it’s a historical site on which local Indian populations often settled to gather and grind acorns– you can find various boulders covered in indentations created by their use as a mortar. Later the park was settled in by some of the first people to inhabit the inland North County area (the Reche family) back in the early 1800’s (I believe.) The trees are beautiful and very old, some are covered in thousands of holes created by woodpeckers for winter storage of acorns. Live Oak Park is quite the hot spot on weekends and holidays, but if you don’t mind a multilingual chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’ and lots of people, it’s still rather pleasant. Great place to walk your dogs or children– just be sure to keep them on a leash (dogs, not children… unless your child has a habit of pooping on the grass, in which case a leash would be advisable), the rangers are tyrants. During the non-​summer months a little creek runs through the property which attracts ducks. All-​in-​all by far the best park in Fallbrook, perhaps all of North County.

this place was super cool and totally fun for the family when you come.
I would totally recommend that you wear shoes when you come here because the whole place is covered in woodchips, so it’s also not a good idea to let your children to really kind of wander around unsupervised.
small playground and nice swings, horseshoes avaliable to play. nice, outside, and open area.
also it’s cool to look around and try to find acorn seeds on the ground and take them home to try to grow them. cool fun science experiment.
basically, one thing got me about this park, and when I say «got me» I mean, got me!!! Be careful because I guess I had stepped on a small little stick and it went through my sandal. when I went to chase after my friends daughter, the stick poked me and I was bleeding on my foot. I know it’s kinda my fault because I wore sandals, but SERIOUSLY… who the heck covers the whole park in woodchips.
also, $ 2 parking fee.

*sigh*
The park of my childhood. It’s an old park covered in old oaks. It’s not cool like a suburban park since Fallbrook is rather rural and hilly, so this park doesn’t have the luxury of being necessarily flat or all the cool modern amenities.
But, there really cool nooks and crannies where you can just camp out to spend the day under the trees (among other things, but you didn’t hear that from me). Given all the trees, it’s great for pinatas.
Mind you, this park gets hopping too on major holidays so parking can be a bitch.
*sigh*