Tongva Park
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🛝 Playground · Santa Monica
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 55 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Civic Center garage or the downtown Santa Monica garages, first 90 minutes free (check current rules)
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat · Wind-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
A park like a work of art on the Santa Monica waterfront: big slides built into the hillside, a splash area for little ones, ramps winding around fig trees and lookouts over the pier and ocean; cross the footbridge and you are on the beach and the Santa Monica Pier.
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Santa Monica, California
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