Los Cerritos Park

Hidden Gem, like to bring my Goddaughter here so she can run around and be a Crazy Lil’ Girl that she is. Doesn’t get to crowded, possibly cause it’s off the beaten path. Also bring many of my wedding and quinceañeras here for there E-​Sessions or shoots the day of their event. Don’t have to worry about all the crazy clouds in my shots. Love this park.

Lovely park but I wish perverts would stop laying around on top of each other under blankets there. Hello it’s by an elementary school! I feel like every time I go there I see this kind of nonsense and it really makes me mad. I’d like to spray those people down with a hose of cold water.
Aside from this disgusting distraction it’s a wonderful park to take your dogs/​kids. Lots and lots of space to have a party/​play volleyball… or even find a quiet corner to read or have a picnic on your own.
Also, tennis courts and restrooms —
Sometimes gets super crowded on the weekends with different bbqs and parties but overall a great park!

PROS :
clean, secluded, safe
great neighborhood
nice playground
ample green space for picnics etc.
lots of trees for shade
tennis court
benches/​tables/​bbq pits
restrooms available
lots of parking
CONS :
metro train is across the way
playground has sand
OVERALL :
Love this little hidden gem! The park is sprawling but not too big. We love the area/​neighborhood and there’s always plenty of parking available.

I love this park!
So many memories.
When I was in high school, I always remember ditching here with my boyfriend lol
Now, we come here to walk our dog and have little picnics with my sisters.
Very clean and well-​maintained. Great for parties and such.
There is a tennis court, bbq pits, benches and tables, and even bathrooms.
Situated in the neighborhood of Bixby Knolls and the American Pie Neighborhood is across, as well.

I can here for my little cousin 1^st birthday. The park is very well maintained. It is in a kept secret location. The park is in a quite neighborhood. It’s a pretty nice size for a birthday party or a family picnic

Los Cerritos Park has been my childhood park and I have had many amazing memories growing up here.
I remember seeing my friend walking towards Los Cerritos Elementary School with his dad while I was getting dropped off. I yelled out his name «DYLAN!!». And he would leave his dad and try to race me to school, thinking he was faster than my Privia. Lol, silly Dylan.
I also remember my P. E teachers, Debra and Susan (R.I.P Susan) walking me and a group of other kids home to Wrigley Heights towards the secret path. And Los Cerritos Park was part of our route. Me and those group of kids would all run down hill and it would look like we were going to war, but it was simply little kids running down the hill. Good times.
When I was young, my cousins, brothers, and I would lay at the top of the hill of Los Cerritos Park, and we would burrito roll down the hill towards the playground. We were dizzy as heck and felt like throwing up. And for some reason, we went back to the top of the hill and did it again.
Los Cerritos was also the place where I asked a special girl to be my girlfriend. To this day, we still have good memories here.
Every time I pass Los Cerritos Park, I see others sharing the same experience and moments that I have had in the past. This place is a true childhood memory and one of the goldies of Long Beach.

I LOVE my neighborhood park. SHHH! Don’t tell anyone. Where else can you have a well-​kept green park full of trees that you don’t have to reserve weeks in advance to host a small party for your kids? I hosted it for my friend’s kid. Without a hitch. LOVELY!

This is my neighborhood park so I am always here. This park is perfect to walk/​hangout with your dog or your date. It is also very small and private especially on weekdays that you will find it very relaxing to come and unwind here. Perhaps bring a book or something. You’ll often see some kids hanging around here, since it’s right next to an elementary school. It has two tennis courts, which is almost always available to use so you don’t need to worry about that. On weekends, it might get busy because people throw parties here and stuff but still a very clean and fun park!

Quiet, clean, and safe. In a pretty good neighborhood for a park that’s in Long Beach. Right by my old elementary school, so it’s definitely kid friendly. Playground isn’t old and rusty, parents have nothing to worry about.

A great park in the Los Cerritos neighborhood! A nice walk or run around the park is measured with signs. Diverse occupants, soccer games, and concerts in the park. It all makes a terrific experience.

This is by far the park in LB that I frequent most from walking Tank and running/​exercising here. Park is very peaceful and quiet, except for the metro-​line train that roars by once or twice an hour. Other than that, pretty cool park to take the kids or run the hills for some short cardio sprints.
Plenty of parking around the park, decent size and has tennis courts and bbq pits. Great for walking the dog!

great family friendly park.
very big open areas.
across the street from an elementary school.
playground, bbq pits and tennis courts.
clean restrooms.
dog friendly.
great neighborhood.
very safe, quiet.

Lovely little park. Walking distant from our home. Kid friendly. And LOVE Music in the Park Wednesdays! When I cant make it, I just open my windows and enjoy.

But for the intermittent roar of a Jet Blue Airbus overhead and the loud whirring of the Metrolink, a quiet little (2.47 acres) park provides peaceful respite from the hustle and bustle of this busy port city. Bixby Knolls residents have tennis courts, a swing set, sand box and picnic areas set among numerous shade trees for their leisure. It’s even covered by Youtube… www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP3­cybsnAJ4
This mini-​park is fairly indistinguishable from many that dot the city but for a simple plaque honoring Gary «Rocketman» Gabelich, a Long Beach resident who, among other things, set a world land speed record of 622.4mph, did 3 USO tours in support of servicemen in Vietnam and served as an Apollo Test Astronaut. Google results mention a record of over 633.4mph but whatever it was, he led a very remarkable though tragically short life (
). His motto was «Don’t wish it, make it happen.» …words we should all aspire to.