Mike Ward Community Park - Woodbridge

This community park is stunning. Hubby and I take our little dog here every week for our evening strolls. We love it here so much. The lake is beautiful and you wouldn't expect it to be this massive driving past it on the street. The walking trail here is great, it loops around the entire lake.

The only complaint I have are the geese. They hiss a lot at you and try to provoke for no reason.

Otherwise, a great spot here in Irvine. Very serene and relaxing.

Mike Ward is a large park with many different options/activities. It borders Woodbridge Village Center and the Senior Center, and has lots of parking shared with the Senior Center. There are accessible bathrooms, multiple handball courts, two basketball courts that are lit up until 10pm, and a sand volleyball court. There is a large grass field that can be used for various activities. Lots of geese roam the area, so I would watch out for geese poop.

My friends and I primarily use the basketball courts. The courts are not perfectly flat, and both of the courts have noticeable cracks on the surface, but they don't seem to impact quality of play yet. The lights are nice and bright, except on one side of one of the courts, some of the lights are broken, so it gets a bit dark.

The area is nice to walk around and hang out with friends and family, and serves its purpose well as a community park. Overall, I would give this park 3.5 stars, only because there are other nicer options and some facilities work that can be done. I know that there are plans to install pickleball courts here, which will be nice since it is such a popular sport.

Nice clean park. No playground though which I do find odd. Just wide open field for you to run around.
Summer concerts are always a plus. Close to Woodbridge shopping center so you can grab desserts or snacks.

Always feel safe!

SYOY!

Came here for a few Summer Concerts in the Park series. Great venue for listening to great music, picnic in the park, byob, catching up with friends! Well organized event everything from ample parking, signage, Irvine community event, even has 4-5 various food trucks on sight. Park is clean, well maintained and dog friendly. Plenty of parking, there is even a senior center onsite here too.

Mike Ward Park is a large community park in Woodbridge, adjacent to the senior center, and a parking lot shared by the two facilities. Its racquetball courts are so popular that there is usually people waiting to play. Its large grass field is a good venue for soccer games or concerts. This park has a seasonal creek that runs through it. Personally I have never seen water in it but there is always hope.

I enjoy walking around this park although its trail is not a loop so one has to turn back at the trail end. It has many benches along the way so one can sit down wherever and rest a moment before continue.

This park is convenient located next to a shopping mall and between the north and south lakes. Many times we will get some picnic food and have a good time.

Any residents of the community want to help me and my fiance out? The gazebo there means a lot to us and turns out you have to be a resident to rent the space out :/

Well maintained park. Great for a long walk with your kids or dogs.

There's mainly a vast expanse of grass in this park where older kids and adults train or play games.

Contrary to the reviews on Yelp, the lake and gazebo is not a part of this park and is a 20 minute walk from the parking lot.

Also, there is no playground for kids in this park.

First time visit for a Concert In The Park put on by Pacific Symphony. This park is HUMONGOUS!. Ample parking. The Symphony set up on what appeared to be the very back side of the open grass area. The video I took does no justice to how large this area truly is. You MUST visit.

When you enter in on Lake (off Alton) into the parking lot (left side), there is a Senior Center on the right. Woodbridge High School is on the opposite side of the Park entrance.

This park is spread out and can accommodate many ppl. Unlike William Mason Regional Park, Mike Ward Community Park is smack dab in the middle of Woodbridge community surrounded by residences & businesses. If you want shade, you will need to look for it because the grass area has very little, almost NO trees (even near the walk ways).

Best takeaway: It's great to have an event such as a fair, concert, soccer tournaments; or just walk around for exercise. The park is well kept and clean. It's a great park!

Happy Park Going and Fight On!

This place Is pretty bad. Lots of bugs and even bee hives in many trees. Homeless circle this place in swarms of their own. Not too kid friendly. Sorry do not recommend.

The water is across the street which sucks but honestly I enjoyed the park. Everyone was social distancing and respecting the 6ft rule. not many people had masks on though but because of the amount of distance between big groups, it didn't matter much