Michigan Park

I really like this park. Its really great for a nice evening walk or jog. Great for a picnic too and weekends this park is always full for birthday parties.
I think the only reason im giving it 4 out of 5 stars is cause it has a cell phone tower in it and I just dont think a park full of children is a great place to put something that causes cancer.

This park is really beautiful and well kept. There are two playgrounds to choose from which I find really nice. One has a gate all the way around it and is for the bigger kids. Has the swings for the bigger kids and also a bigger slide. The other playground is more for the smaller kids to play. It has the swing to put your little baby in and they stay secured to push. I personally think the smaller playground needs to be the one gated since smaller kids play on it and run around more freely.
It’s located on Michigan street down the way a little from Whittier Blvd. Hence the name Michigan Park. It’s a pretty park to come have a picnic or take a walk. Every time I come it’s never too crowded which is really nice.
Has lots of tables and some bbq pits, so great place for a party.

Maybe 3 stars is a little harsh. as long as you bring your own tp. Its a great park.

This park is always happening. One of Whittier’s best attributes is its insane amount of parks. And this is one of its best, yet they’re all pretty good. I always see people playing here from kids to adults, from the playground to a whole range of sports. I’m always seeing sports teams practicing here either from La Serna or Cal High. Its just an over all family friendly park. Its definitely a five stars.

Best park in whittier to get a good workout. The mornings are extremely quiet so thats when I like to go. Weekends can be a bit hectic with birthday parties celebrations. No recreational teams practice or play there so week days consist mainly of families and joggers. I wish they allowed dogs though.

really nice park!
has a lot of tables, small hills, playground, and baseball sections. its located right in a residential area so it is very quiet. It is very beautiful to come here with children, hang out with friends, exercise, or just relax.

With a total of 81 tables (might need to recount) in rows of two or three all neatly arranged under a canopy of trees, this park is great for picnics with the family or larger celebrations needing to accommodate even a quite large crowd. What is lacking are BBQ’s, there are only five built in pits and they are smaller than the average home version. There are however two islands with sinks and two islands with two gas burners each (though one is missing a burner).
The restroom facilities are standard state issued enamel and porcelain wares issued in the 50’s and 60’s, when stocked, the toilet paper is single penitentiary issue sheets. Trashcans abound in the table area. There calisthenics work out areas in the corners of the park (except for by the back stop). Two modern sets of playground equipment and one in ground sprinkler fountain (but I’m not sure they even turn it on anymore).
All in all a well rounded and wonderful park, I’d say ranks second in atmosphere only to Penn park.

this is a great park to go to at night, though you aren’t actually supposed to go to it after sundown, it’s not much more than a slap on the wrists if you get caught.
during the day it is hard not to visit the park without some sort of birthday party being put on. though you can go far enough away iif that sort of thing bothers you.

It’s a small park, but it’s close to home, and sometimes when I get nostalgic for my preschool days (I went to Presbyterian, which uses the park sometimes, because it’s right behind it) I visit to go on the swings.
I wouldn’t normally go at night to hang out; it’s not very well-​lit and not populated at that time. Which can be good for some nighttime trysts. But for my purposes (seriously, I just like the swing set), it works.
I live between Michigan Park and Penn Park — Michigan has more space for soccer, baseball, sports that need a suitable area of flat land. Penn has more hills and a cool little waterfall and meandering path.
Sometimes people jog around the perimeter; nobody really utilizes those old-​school workout areas, that I’ve witnessed.
All around a good place to bring the kids. Or the older kids who still like to pretend that they’re little ones.

A cool park with plenty of tables. It has a cool hill in the middle of it and yes I did roll down the hill haha.

I just have to say one thing about Michigan Park: it doesn’t seem to close. There’s nothing on the signs saying the park closes (or at least the signs I have tried to read say nothing) and you can easily hang out on the well-​lit park bench/​picnic area past 11 p.m. and not be hassled by anyone. Cops have driven by me with a good sized group of friends (10 or so people?) and have just kept going. Didn’t stop, didn’t ask us any questions. There was usually a woman with her dog running around without a leash at this time, too, and occasionally other people with their leash-​less dogs as well. I’m assuming this is one of those «best kept secrets» and will come here late at night to practice unicycling in the future when summer rolls back around and it’s not so cold.
Update: The signs say this park officially closes at 10 P.M., which is still very late for a park to be open. I stand by my assertion that this closing time is not enforced, but don’t tell everyone because I’ll be mad at you when everyone knows and the city ruins all my fun. Also, I’m currently coming here on weeknights when it’s not raining to practice unicycling, so there’ll be a free show, too.

I spent dozens of hours as a child rolling down the small hill in the middle of Michigan Park. It’s perfect for rolling down – steep enough to gather decent speed but not so steep that you get sick or injured doing it.
There’s plenty of space to run around, fly kites, organize an informal soccer or baseball game, throw frisbees, or play fetch with your dog. There’s also a playground and a fountain for the summer, although it’s pretty small.
I don’t know whether they’re still here, but the park used to have those exercise stations at the corners – you know the ones? They were put into all the parks in the ‘70s. They give tips on exercises that seem really hard to do when you’re a little kid.