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List of municipal parks in Culver City

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Carlson Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California

This is a list of Culver City municipal parks. Culver City is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California. The city operates 14 parks within city limits.[1]

  1. Blair Hills Park
  2. Carlson Park - originally Victory Park, renamed in honor of Dr. Paul Carlson; in the 1920s, Barney Oldfield Speedway was located just south of this park[2]
  3. Culver City Park - connection from Ballona Creek to Park to Playa Trail, Little League fields, dog park, skate park; according to the Los Angeles County Historical Directory (1988), the top of Culver City Park was "Lookout Point for the Gabrielino Indians."[2]
  4. Culver West Alexander Park - footpath access to Del Rey neighborhood
  5. El Marino Park, Sunkist Park neighborhood - ceramics studio with kiln
  6. Fox Hills Park, Fox Hills neighborhood
  7. Lindberg Park - “Stone House” community events and cooperative preschool
  8. Syd Kronenthal Park - formerly called McManus Park, starting point of Ballona Creek Bike Path
  9. Tellefson Park
  10. Veterans Memorial Park - auditorium and meeting spaces, municipal pool; adjacent to senior center, teen center and Wende Museum

Pocket parks:

  • Coombs Parkette
  • Fox Hills Parkette

Parks operated as shared space with CCUSD elementary schools, and thus with restricted access hours for the public:

  • Outdoor Play Area at Linwood Howe Elementary
  • Blanco Park at El Rincon Elementary
The .5 mi (0.80 km) loop at Fox Hills Park is a popular workout spot.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Culver City Parks". www.culvercity.org. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  2. ^ a b Atkinson, Janet I. (1988). Los Angeles County Historical Directory. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-89950-301-1. OCLC 18106218.