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Shoreline Park
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15 reviews for Shoreline Park
15 reviews in English
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Review from Michael C.
Honolulu, HI
Situated adjacent to the Aquarium of the Pacific, the park offers postcard views of the waterfront, and is just basically a great place to relax on a sunny afternoon.
After touring the Aquarium, my friend wanted to get a closer view of the lighthouse that's located at the park's vantage point. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the park is clean, well kept, and offers stunning views of the surrounding waterfront and Queen Mary.
I'd say this would be an ideal place to uwnind after shopping or dining at the nearby Pike at Rainbow Harbor, or completing your tour of the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Bottom Line: A clean and beautiful park with picturesque views. -
Review from Ryan M.
3/12/2011
Long Beach...Long Beach...Long Beach...I missed you after many years away. I used to come here a lot during the weekend and take the Blue Line. Now, it has been a couple years and this time, it was not for leisure. It was for business.
I arrived in Long Beach around 8:15. I parked at Shoreline Park/Rainbow Harbor. I was supposed to park over at the Hyatt Regency, but I was going to take in the harbor air. Parking is $8. I saw a lot of kids this morning and was wondering what was going on. I forgot that the Aquarium of the Pacific was on site.
I walked towards the dock and it was like I remembered many years ago, probably even cleaner. Everything I saw was seemed it came right out of a dream. Queen Mary in the background, the lighthouse, and ships leaving the harbor. I thought I was in New England or Maine for a moment.
Unfortunately, I could not stay long. However, it was the best 45 minutes to hang around. I love when big buildings are just watching the harbor. Now, I am trying to imagine if I lived near the harbor in one of those luxury condos or apartments. It may happen. Long Beach, I missed you and I am glad to have returned after many years away.
The Yelp Universe. Where are you traveling today? -
Review from Ariz G.
5/2/2011 9 Check-ins Here
Not a lot of people know that there is meter parking behind the aquarium. I'm lucky with parking. I usually stay for an hour or so without paying the meter. I'm not saying that you don't pay the meter. I'm just saying I'm usually lucky with parking here.
The lighthouse area has a nice view of the Queen Mary. This place is about five minutes away from my house. I often see tourist and young couples in love. The LA river bike path goes through this place, so you'll see cyclist. I read and meditate around here. Headphones on, the world off.
Check out this place at night. You can see a rainbow bridge. I like this place for their lights. It's a bit quieter than Santa Monica Pier. This is one of the places to visit when you're in Long Beach cause it's a nicer/tourisy part of this hood. -
Review from Mary Ann K.
Los Angeles, CA
6/14/2011 1 Check-in Here
Wonderful place to have a picnic on a sunny day with my fam while eating on the grass with our colorful picnic mat to people watch. My mom and grandma love this place mostly because they'd see old men biking or joggin on the sidewalk. lol i swear, they're perverts haha jk i love you mom and grams hahahah!!
My best friends and I have our annual x-mas gift exchanges here because it has such a beautiful surrounding, and is not that crowded. So it's perfect to snap those pictures while opening/exchanging gifts with an amazing view of the water, bridge, green grass, and sometimes with the Catalina boat in the background. -
Review from Stephen T.
Long Beach, CA
8/11/2011 8 photos
I must say that this place was nice, but not the best place I have ever had a picnic at... My girlfriend and I came here on a Wednesday to have a picnic and play domino's with our little Laso-poo named Jilly. Now don't let the arrow of this location fool you, the area you want to picnic in is not in front of the aquarium, it is behind it, about a 4 minute walk, to around the light house itself. If you park in the aquarium park deck (which is $8!!! yikes!) come out the front, go past the aquarium on the left side, and you will see the light house. Walk towards it and you will start to see grass and very nice views... We decided to side on the south facing side of the hill to overlook the Queen Mary, but you can sit and look at the city or up and down the coast either way. Also, there is additional parking around behind the aquarium which didn't seem to be monitored that well... I hate to tell people to cheat the system, but if you are only going for a short while, it's probably worth taking the chance...
Anyway its a very nice, clean and quiet park (except when the Queen Mary blows her horn randomly and scares the poop out of Jilly!) that we think dogs are OK in. From the sign we read, I don't think they wanted them down around where the charter boats launched. Also, they had a isolated southern facing pier where we saw a few people fishing... I will probably be back to get some of that action!
It's not a 5 in my book, but it surly is a peaceful and enjoyable place. -
Review from RoseMichelle M.
San Jose, CA
5/1/2011 2 photos
Oh, Long Beach. You always steal my heart whenever I come back home. Can we make this a love affair that lasts forever?
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Review from Raphael M.
Long Beach, CA
8/17/2007 8 photos
Shoreline Park is a spit of land surrounding Rainbow Harbor. It is right next to the Aquarium of the Pacific, and its most striking feature is the lighthouse on top of the hill.
Despite the quaintness of the lighthouse, it is not historic. The entire park is a recent creation, made by filling in the harbor in the 1990s. I think the nearby Golden Shores wetlands were created because of the destruction caused by this filling.
A windy path leads through this park. Most people hang out on the grass, or fish on the ocean-side end of the peninsular park, where you can gaze at the Queen Mary. On the side facing Rainbow Harbor, you get breathtaking views of the Long Beach skyline, and watch the ships ply in and out, including some very fanciful-looking boats.
This part of the park also sports a restored dune habitat. The area is sandy, but you can walk on a pretty wooden boardwalk through tiny clusters of native vegetation, including coyote bush, buckwheats, and other shrubs. Beautiful wildflowers grow under these shrubs, and egrets and other waterfowl hang out on the rocks below.
Interpretive signs along the path tell you about the natural and cultural history of the area. Some signs tell you to look for sea slugs and other critters in Rainbow Harbor. But that advice is too optimistic--the harbor is so heavily polluted with litter, grime, and oil that you can't really see in the water.
The proximity to the Aquarium and Shoreline Village mean that this park is typically crawling with tourists.Listed in: Long Beach Parks
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Review from Joanna S.
Long Beach, CA
2/7/2008
I saw a shirtless old dude rollerblading with a big snake draped around his shoulders here once.
Five stars if you're into that. One star if not so much.
I'm not sure how I feel about it yet but I will give this park three stars while I go and think about my emotions-es. -
Review from ZZ Y.
Santa Monica, CA
8/17/2007
I like to walk my bear-like doggy here. The grass is well taken care of and it's a bit of a hidden secret, so never too crowded.
I'm not sure what's with Long Beach and fake landmarks... here, we have the fake lighthouse, and across the street is the fake rollercoaster (which, everytime people visit, I get asked 'Why didn't they just build a real roller coaster?')
The only bad part is the beach patrol gustapo will chase you out after 10 or 11pm, whatever time it "closes", and at night, this is where people who still live with their mother's come to make out.
Nice little picnic spot. If you are having a picnic here and offer me delicious cheeses, I will most certainly join you. -
Review from Jason K.
Santa Monica, CA
9/30/2007
There are really nice views from this little park on the water, but it isn't that tranquil as there is tons of noise from the boats. This seems like an especially great place to walk a dog.
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Take the Blue Line to the Long Beach Transit Mall.Listed in: Parks
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Review from Devo S.
4/6/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Great place to kill time while waiting for the Catalina Express to set sail...about a 5/10 minute walk from the Landing. Great views of the Rainbow Harbor, Village, and Queen Mary.
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Review from Rob A.
11/29/2010 33 Check-ins Here
I love this area of Long Beach. If you're a runner, jogger, walkers, skater, biker, or any other 'er, this is a nice place to go. Safe, lots of people watching, good vibe.
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Review from Winnie H.
6/24/2010 1 photo
Nice park to stroll through since it is basically a big grassy area with a walkway that winds through it ending at the lighthouse.
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Review from Bugal K.
Beverly Hills, CA
5/12/2011 1 Check-in Here
great place for a date. too many retarded kids that smoke pot near the light house... seriously, this place needs a curfew and cops pulling a rodney on people..
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Review from Melissa C.
Orange, CA
3/2/2008
Lighthouse Point is so cute! We wished we would have brought our skateboards to take the hill all the way down and around, but we didn't, so instead we rolled sideways down the hill like brain trusts. Prior to that, we made out like we were fifteen years old. Places like this make you do that kind of stuff! This place was empty on a Friday night at around 7 pm, which I thought was weird, but hey, it meant no one interrupted my make out party, or laughed at us when we rolled down the hill.
