Rosa Torrez Park

Elite '09

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Johnny N.

Claremont, CA

6/18/2009 1 photo

NOTE: The parking stalls right next to the park are marked "Guest" and require a permit from the housing association.  I haven't seen it done, but they do threaten24 hour enforcement to tow your car if you park there without a permit.  The curbside parking in front of the houses are actually public property, so you can park there with a permit.

This is a nice little park that's well maintained.  A couple of benches, table and grills, enough street parking, lush green grass, but not much in the way of shady trees.  There are a couple of swing sets and a play train/apparatus.  The surface is both sand (swings) and rubber (train).

The big drawback is the proximity to the train tracks (Metrolink SB line + freight).  The tracks are fenced off so your kids are safe (but don't leave them unsupervised!).  So now it's matter of context... do train horns scare your kids, or do you convince them that trains are cool and that the park is a great trainspotting location?

PS - The map is inaccurate, it's at the end of W 1st Street, west of Indian Hill.  

PPS - It is NOT accessible from Cambridge (lest you trespass onto the railroad right-of-way and hop the wire fence, which ends about 15 feet short of Cambridge).

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