Kate O Sessions Park

Came here for the playground. Very clean, newer playground equipment (not brand new but nice). Beautiful view. I can’t wait to try the trails!

This is a nice park to hang out or catch the view, but if you want to hike around there isn’t much room. Better to come for a picnic or to play with your dog.

Whenever you have a day to just relax and get some fresh air in San Diego, head up to Kate O Sessions Park. You’ll find many parks in the Pacific Beach area, but this one is my favorite. When you get here, you will see what I mean. You get an incredible view of the coastline to your right and the downtown skyline to your left. If you go straight ahead, you’ll find the Sea World tower. On a clear day, you can see the Coronado bridge. Looking to the east, you see the mountain peaks. You pretty much get every view possible.
You may find people doing Tai Chi or Yoga during the weekends, while others will be walking their dogs around the rolling hill park. Sometimes you’ll see people sitting in their cars, benches, or grass looking over San Diego and taking in the ocean scenery from a birds eye view.

This park is huge with a great view of Mission Bay. Last time I went there, like a million people had drones, but that was totally fine. It was a really beautiful day/​night and we had come to watch the sunset. BAD NEWS: you cannot see the sunset from this park, because it sets on the other side! Damn it! Oh well, still a fun place to hang out and look at the stars. Also, for the record, you are no longer allowed to drink here. Only Balboa Park!

The view is incredible, and we love to take the hike up the hill and watch the fireworks during the summer. Sometimes on the fourth of july, you can see every single firework show in the county. The downside is that this isn’t an off leash dog park, and when I take my dog it is incredibly difficult for him to see all that green grass, and not be able to run all over it. Some people do let their dogs off leash, which makes it even harder on me to deny my pup.

This is a cool part to take your kids to, big grass area for them to run around in and a nice playground with swings and slides.

This is by far my favorite place in San Diego to hang out outside! The views are amazing, the people are nice, there is a huge grassy field and plenty of shade. It’s a really great spot to go to feel like you’re getting out of the city without actually leaving. And extremely dog friendly!

Beautiful park… there are pits for the barbecue. play ground for the kids. bathrooms .and space for the dogs to run. its kinda old fashioned but nice… there are no tennis courts… or basketball courts from what I could see. Grear view of downtown and PB

Awesome park with fantastic view of beaches, downtown and Mission Bay. An ideal location for a wedding ceremony.

I once watched the fireworks here on 4^th of July. What a delightful evening. It was crowded but there was still plenty of room to pick a spot, spread out a blanket on the hill, and see fireworks all around town.

This is a fantastic park. The view on a clear day is amazing.
I only recently discovered it when I was looking up those purple trees that are all over San Diego. They are called Jacarandas and they were brought here by Kate Sessions from South America. She was a botanist who also had a hand in getting Balboa Park started. So in my researching I somehow found out about this park in Pacific Beach/​La Jolla.
It is kind of hidden, and you just have to take a street right off Garnet and you can get to this park with this fabulous view of San Diego in moments (you drive through a few blocks of neighborhood). You can also get here from the Mt Soledad, La Jolla area.
The main grassy part of the park is a bit of a slope that faces the bay and beaches and Coronado. It is excellent to sit in your car, on a bench or on the grass and look out at the city. Sometimes we pull out a map to figure out what hills and buildings we are looking at way off in the distance.
It is great for people watching. A lot of people seem to come to walk their dog, do a few laps around walking, and there are even yoga classes here (if you enter yoga and Kate Sessions you can find when they are holding them.) It is quite peaceful to be so close to everything but you can get away to this. There is a sidewalk going all the way around this area.
Lots of people bring dogs here. It is a dog on a leash kind of park, but seems that some people like to risk a ticket to play fetch or whatever with their dogs off leash. When we were walking our dog around there, I heard from another dog owner that whomever does the ticketing drops by frequently.
The other grassy area of the park on the northern side of the parking area is flat. It has a playground and a large grass area.
There is ample parking on the weekdays in the lot, and the weekends it can be more crowded in the parking lot, but there is still all of the street parking outside of the actual park area.
There appears to be restroom facilities.
The park also has adjacent trails that look like they would be fun to explore.

I love coming here and watching the sun set! Amazing views of Downtown, great dog and people watching, and a good place to take photos.
You can set up a blanket on the spacious hill and have a nice little picnic and enjoy the open air. It never gets very crowded here so you can have a little privacy and parking is rarely an issue.

Love this park– absolutely beautiful!
Went to the park at night once a few weeks back and they had a huge screen up playing a free movie. Anyone have a movie schedule for this?

This is one of the most beautiful parks in SD, and probably one of the best kept secrets in P.B. Once you cross the bro-​zone border of the town, coming up this hill, you really enter a whole new world (or, at least, a whole new side of PB! You can’t beat the view, and I feel like it has more open space than most parks in SD. I’ve been up here in the midst of multiple bridal and baby showers, and bbq cook-​outs, and there is still plenty of room to spread out and even play a frisbee game without stepping on anyone’s toes. Plus, parking is ample, and dogs are allowed. What’s not to love? I’d definitely recommend this park as a great place to read, lay out, meet up with friends in a low-​stress environment, or even plan a romantic picnic and watch the sunset.

Cool park with a GREAT view of the beaches and Mission Bay. You can see downtown as well as long as it isn’t foggy. It’s a great place for a BBQ or even a chill spot to have a beverage and enjoy the views. People work out here too, so it’s a pretty friendly park. Unlike the ghetto parks over in Mission Beach. Haha.
*I want to build a slip and slide down the mountain. Sounds like a dope idea…

This park is in walking distance from my house and I’m so grateful. Best place to just lay a blanket down and relax. The view from this place is unbelievable and I highly suggest newbs to San Diego to check this place out. A lot of dogs are off leash and running around. BUT– beware– police officers do come by and give off leash tickets. Major buzz kill.

How did I not know about this place until now! I’ve lived in San Diego for 9 years and this is my first visit to this hidden gem in North Pacific Beach.
The view is spectacular with a panoramic view of most of PB and San Diego. I recommend a visit to this place. It seems dog friendly and has lots of space to picnic. I did a walk around the park and the hills are a good work out. There are a few benches along the pathway, but most of it is green grass!
Parking seems ample, but I just walked from PB where I parked my car. Worth the trek up the hill to get to visit this park and see the view.

Beautiful view, beautiful place to picnic, and beautiful place to nap.
It was my first time to KOSP but I’ve heard about it. It’s located on a small hilltop overlooking the PB bay and all the way up to OB. There is plenty of real estate for picnics, naps, dogs, and even fun Frisbee or football throwing. If I live around the area I would love to come here and tan as well.
Watch out for the bees! As it’s spring and there are many flowers in the grass. Also the bathrooms weren’t too bad, there was at least toilet paper.
A great place to relax in the beautiful SD weather and enjoy a picnic with your friends! I could imagine it gets packed on 4^th of July!

This park is a little pocket of peace in quiet among the fast paced community that is PB. I came to the park for the first time last weekend for a child’s birthday and was treated to a breathtaking view of San Diego. I am now incredibly jealous of the people who live near by and share this view!
The park has lots of grassy space and trees for shade spread out over two areas. This a great place for picnics, birthday parties, an afternoon in the sun, and I even saw a wedding take place. Dogs are welcome, there are restrooms on site, and there’s plenty of parking. So, whatever your park needs may be, Kate O Sessions park seriously delivers!

Today was my first time going to this park. I was invited to a kids picnic, so I took my baby and I was impressed!
First of all, lots of parking on a Tuesday afternoon. There’s lots of grassy areas AND lots of shade under their large trees. We ended up sitting under the shade while the kids were playing at the playground. The playground is a decent size, but not too big. I guess I’m spoiled by the playgrounds at Mission Bay, so relatively speaking, it’s on the smaller size.
On the other side of the park, the view is AMAZING, as you can see all of La Jolla and even to Coronado on a clear day. The view is so spectacular that people often have their wedding ceremony at that location.