Lake Balboa Cherry Blossoms
Photo: Nandaro · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🎃 Seasonal · Van Nuys
2 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 40 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Free park lot off Balboa Blvd, full after 10am on weekends in bloom season
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring
Anthony C. Beilenson Park in the San Fernando Valley has more than two thousand cherry trees planted around Lake Balboa, a ring of pink from late February to mid-March, with a playground, pedal boats and flocks of ducks on the shore; the closest thing in Los Angeles to a Japanese spring, for free.
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