• Adventure Playground - University Community Park
• Alcohol Use At City Facilities/Parks
• Aquatics Center Programs - William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
• Athletic Facilities
• Basketball - Adult Leagues
• Bommer Canyon
• Bounce Houses at City Community Parks
• Class Instructors - Class Proposal/Advertising
• Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park
• Dance Classes
• Deerfield Community Park
• Facility Rental Fees
• Facility Reservations
• Fitness Classes
• Game Schedules - Adult Leagues
• Harvard Skate Park
• Heritage Park
• Hiking
• Ice Skating Lessons
• Lap Swimming
• League Registration Dates - Adult
• Mountain Bike Rides
• MUDD LINE Rainy Day Field Closures
• Nature Center
• Northwood Community Park
• Open Space Preserve - South Access
• Open Space Programs
• Park Restrooms
• Parks and Recreation Information
• Parks and Recreation Volunteers
• Picnic Area Reservations
• Program Registration
• Public Park Inventory/Amenities
• Soccer - Adult Leagues
• Softball - Adult Leagues
• Sports parks, fields and facilities
• Swim Lessons
• Swimming Pools
• Tennis
• Turtle Rock Community Park
• University Community Park
• Water Aerobics

Adventure Playground - University Community Park
For current information on Adventure Playground's re-opening, click here.

http://legacy.cityofirvine.org/ap

Alcohol Use At City Facilities/Parks
Alcohol is allowed at certain City facilities and parks available for reservation. An Alcohol Permit, ABC License, Security, Insurance and a Certified Bartender may be required. An alcohol use fee will also apply. For more information, call Facility Reservations at 949-724-6620.

Facility Reservations Home Page

Aquatics Center Programs - William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center

The William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center is located adjacent to Irvine High School at 4601 Walnut Avenue in Irvine. The center is the host to a variety of activities offered by the City of Irvine and many local swim clubs including swim lessons, swim teams, water polo and synchronized swimming, Dive In Movies and Lap Swim. Whether you are a Senior interested in Water Aerobics or a mom and toddler looking for some fun in the pool... we have something for everyone. For more information, call 949-724-6717 or visit irvineaquatics.org.

Athletic Facilities
Outstanding Athletic Facilities are located throughout Irvine and are supervised by the City's Athletic Services section. The staff coordinates the allocation and reservation process of all City-owned sports fields.

For more information, visit Irvine's Athletic Field Sites.

Basketball - Adult Leagues
Adult Basketball Leagues are forming; call today to register!  The Community Services Department is proud to offer one of the most successful adult Basketball Leagues in Southern California. For more information, click here. 

Bommer Canyon
Bommer Canyon is a rustic, former Cattle Camp and a wonderful setting for special events such as parties, company picnics, weddings, family reunions and campouts. The fifteen-acre facility includes picnic-tables sheltered by a lush Sycamore canopy, a covered stage area, a barbeque pit, a large Chuck Wagon suitable for food preparation and service, a sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, a fire ring and lots of open space. 

For availability, pricing information or to make a reservation call the City's Facility Reservations department at 949-724-6620. For general information or to schedule a walk-through of the facility please call the Nature Center at 949-724-6738 or visit IrvineOpenSpace.org. 

Bounce Houses at City Community Parks
Bounce Houses are permitted at most community parks with a $30 Bounce House permit and a Picnic area reservation. Bounce Houses are also permitted at select non-reservable parks with just a $30 permit.

Bounce House Vendors must provide the appropriate information to the City (business license and proof of liability insurance). The public is not permitted to bring their personally owned equipment. For a list of vendors already approved click here.

For more information, click here or call 949-724-6620.

Class Instructors - Class Proposal/Advertising
To submit a class proposal or teach classes, click here.

To advertise in the Activity Guide, click here, email activityguide@cityofirvine.org or call 949-724-6663.

Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park
Park staff office: 949 724-6715

Picnic and Garden Reservations: 949-724-6620 

Softball and Soccer Field Reservations: 949-724-6830 or 949-724-6661. 

For more information, visit the Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park webpage.

Dance Classes

The City of Irvine offers dance classes throughout the year at various City facilities and at private facilities in Irvine and other local cities. Lessons are open to persons of all ages and skill levels and are taught by qualified dance instructors. Group classes are available for beginner, intermediate, and advanced dancers. Classes are offered in a wide variety of styles, including: ballet, tap, Jazzercize, hip hop, aerobic, ballroom, swing, country and more. 

For registration information, contact the City of Irvine Program Registration department by visiting 1 Civic Center Plaza Irvine, 92606 or by calling 949-724-6610.

To view class schedules and prices, visit our website at IrvineQuickReg.org.

Deerfield Community Park

Deerfield Community Park boasts many amenities including sand volleyball courts, racquetball courts, an 18 hole Disc Golf course, tennis courts and  children's play areas. The recreation building, operated by Community Services staff, includes a small multipurpose room with an attached kitchen as well as a separate craft room.  

The park is located at 55 Deerwood West near the corner of Irvine Center Drive and Deerwood, and is open from 9am to 9pm Monday through Saturday and from noon to 6pm  on Sunday. Most of the amenities are free and open to the public; however, drop in picnics are limited to groups of fewer than 50.

Rooms may be reserved through the Facility Reservations department by calling 949-724-6620.

For more information, visit the Deerfield Community Park website.

Facility Rental Fees
The City of Irvine utilizes six different categories to determine fees for rental of City facilities. 

To determine the fees applicable to you or your organization, review the Public Facilities Reservation and Fee Policy: Complete Policies and Fees or contact Facility Reservations at 949-724-6620.

Facility Reservations Home Page

Facility Reservations
Irvine's Facility Reservations Department is located at 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, on the second floor in the Community Services suite. 

Hours of Operation are Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 

Community centers with various venues for birthday parties, anniversaries, weddings, reunions, social events, school functions, fundraisers, dances and picnics are available for rental. Advance reservations are required.

For more information, call Facility Reservations at 949-724-6620, or visit the Facility Reservations webpage.

Fitness Classes
The City of Irvine offers fitness classes throughout the year at various City facilities and also at private facilities in Irvine and other local cities. Classes are open to citizens of all ages and skill levels and are taught by qualified fitness instructors. Group classes are available for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level participants. A wide variety of classes are offered including cardio, aerobics, Jazzercise, karate and kickboxing. 

For registration information, contact the City of Irvine Program Registration: 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA 92606 or call 949-724-6610.
To view class schedules, visit IrvineQuickReg.org. 

Game Schedules - Adult Leagues
Schedules for the City of Irvine's adult sports leagues are distributed and posted on the web once available, and updated when necessary throughout the season.  

Harvard Skate Park

Heritage Park

Heritage Park Community Center is located at 14301 Yale on the corner of Yale and Walnut. 

The Heritage Park Complex includes:

Hiking
The City of Irvine's Open Space Section, in partnership with the Irvine Ranch Conservancy, offers a number of guided hikes into the City's 2,137 acre Open Space Preserve - South.

These hikes, led by a staff person or trained docent, provide participants with an opportunity to experience nature while learning about plants and animals. Examples of the guided hikes include: birding programs, geology walks, cardio-hikes, sunset picnic hikes, full-moon hikes, and meditation hikes. 

For more information, call 949-724-6738, or visit IrvineOpenSpace.org. 

Ice Skating Lessons
The City of Irvine offers Ice Skating classes.

For a current class schedule, visit irvinequickreg.org or call 949-724-6610.

Lap Swimming

The City of Irvine offers daily adult lap swimming at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center located at 4601 Walnut, in Heritage Park, and at the Northwood High School Aquatics Center located at 4515 Portola Parkway, at Northwood High School.  

League Registration Dates - Adult

The City of Irvine offers several highly successful sports leagues operated by the City's Athletic Services. Games are played on award-winning fields and in high school gymnasiums. 

See below for a listing of the upcoming leagues and the league registration dates.

Mountain Bike Rides
The City of Irvine's Open Space Section, in partnership with the Irvine Ranch Conservancy, offers guided mountain bike rides into the City's 2,137 acre Open Space Preserve - South.

These rides, led by a staff person or trained docent, provide participants with an opportunity to enjoy the Open Space Preserve while experiencing a moderate to advanced ride of approximately eleven miles. Participants must wear a helmet and possess above-average mountain biking skills. Rides are recommended for ages 16 plus. 

For more information please call 949-724-6738, or visit IrvineOpenSpace.org. 

MUDD LINE Rainy Day Field Closures

The City of Irvine's  "MUDD LINE" details the athletic fields that are open and closed due to rainy day weather. The MUDD LINE also addresses closures to the Central Bark Dog Park. You can access the MUDD LINE by calling 949-724-6833 or by visiting the MUDD LINE website.

To sign up to receive email or Twitter updates, click here.

Nature Center
The City of Irvine's Nature Center is located at the base of the San Joaquin Hills in Turtle Rock. The center serves as a community resource for environmental education and serves as the headquarters for the Open Space staff and all Open Space programming. Group tours of the five-acre preserve are offered on a reservation basis. 

Other programs include the Kids and Nature nine-month environmental education and enrichment program for kindergarteners, Badge programs for scouts, pre-school nature classes, and volunteer opportunities. 

For more information, call 949-724-6738, or visit IrvineOpenSpace.org.  

Northwood Community Park

Northwood Community Park is operated and staffed by the City of Irvine Community Services Department. The park boasts many amenities, including basketball half courts, an outdoor racquetball court, tennis courts, one softball field, shuffleboard decks, soccer fields, an outdoor fitness track, and one playground. The Community building houses a desirable multipurpose room with an attached kitchen as well as a separate craft room.

Northwood Community Park is located at 4531 Bryan Ave and is open from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, and 12 p.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday. Most of the areas are free and open to the public; however drop-in picnics are limited to groups of fewer than 50.

Rooms and some picnic areas may be reserved through our Facility Reservations department at 949-724-6620 or the Facility Reservations webpage. 

Open Space Preserve - South Access

The City of Irvine’s Open Space Preserve - South currently consists of 2,137 acres, and is made up of a mosaic of habitats including wetlands, oak woodlands, and coastal sage scrub and native grasslands. The area houses some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. This scenic land provides both preservation of critically important plants and wildlife, as well as an area for recreation and respite. Over the next five years, the southern Open Space Preserve will grow to 4,000 acres.

Open Space Programs

The City's Open Space Services offers a variety of programs on a quarterly basis. Our activities include guided interpretive hikes, campouts, birding programs, geology walks, cardio-hikes, sunset picnic hikes, full-moon hikes, scout badge programs, summer camps for children K-6th grade, and the nine-month Kids and Nature Environmental Education program offered at the Nature Center for kindergarten children. 

For more information please call 949-724-6738, or visit IrvineOpenSpace.org. 

Park Restrooms

The City of Irvine provides and maintains restroom buildings at the majority of the City Parks. Restroom buildings are opened and closed each day by Community Services staff. 

Parks and Recreation Information

There are a variety of opportunities to learn about park and recreation facilities and activities, including: internet updates, the Irvine Quick Reg web site (www.irvinequickreg.org) and various publications.

The Irvine Activity Guide, located in the Inside Irvine publication, is published four times a year and is the most comprehensive source of information regarding upcoming programs and activities. 

Copies of this publication can be obtained at the Irvine Civic Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza in Irvine, Monday-Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The Inside Irvine is also available at the various Community Park sites located throughout the City, local Irvine libraries and the two Irvine Senior Centers. Activity Guide information can also be downloaded from irvinequickreg.org  

Parks and Recreation Volunteers

Volunteers are always welcome in Community Services. We seek warm and enthusiastic people of all ages to volunteer for a few hours, for a special one-day event, or a few days per week to assist the Community Services Department and fellow citizens at the same time. T

he need for certain positions varies from season to season and year to year. Individuals interested in volunteer opportunities can call 949-724-6603 for additional information, or view listings for Community Services Department programs and facilities by visiting cityofirvine.org.

Picnic Area Reservations
Picnic areas can be reserved at five locations: Bommer Canyon (up to 350 people); Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park (up to 75 people per shelter); Deerfield Community Park (up to 75 people); Heritage Park Community Center (up to 200 people); Las Lomas Community Park (up to 75 people); Northwood Community Park (up to 75 people); Turtle Rock Community Park (up to 200 people; sound restrictions apply); and Woodbury Community Park (up to 75 people).

Fees and refundable deposits are charged for community park rentals; other requirements/restrictions apply. All other parks are considered neighborhood parks (available on a first-come, first-served basis for groups of fewer than 50) or association parks (managed through the individual homeowner associations).

To reserve a park picnic area,  call 949-724-6620, or visit the Facility Reservations webpage.

Program Registration

There are five ways to register for Community Services classes and activities:

Public Park Inventory/Amenities
A list of the City's parks and other facilities and their amenities is available on the City’s website at cityofirvine.org. The listing includes the locations of community and neighborhood parks, their sizes, number and types of playing fields and courts, recreational amenities, and the number of picnic tables and other available picnic amenities. 

The Bommer Vista Point and the special facilities of the Irvine Animal Care Center, Central Bark Park, Quail Hill Trail Head and the Jeffrey Open Space Trail are also included. Addresses and phone numbers are listed to enable inquiry on the days and hours of operation of each of the parks. The inventory listing can be printed for future reference.

 

For further information, or to have the Public Park Inventory mailed or faxed, call 949-724-6620.

Soccer - Adult Leagues
Adult Soccer Leagues forming; call today to register!  Adult Soccer leagues are operated by Irvine's Athletic Services and have been modeled after some of the more successful adult soccer leagues in Southern California. A variety of leagues and levels are offered for interested teams.

For more information, click here.

Link to Athletics Adult Soccer Leagues

Softball - Adult Leagues

Adult Softball Leagues forming… call today to register!  Leagues are scheduled and operated by Irvine’s Athletic Services, and games are played on the finest of Irvine's award winning fields. Click here for more information.

Sports parks, fields and facilities

 Outstanding athletics facilities are located throughout Irvine and supervised by the City's Athletic Services section. Staff coordinate an allocation process and reservations of all City-owned sports fields.

For more information, visit the sports parks and fields website.

Swim Lessons
The City of Irvine's Learn-To-Swim program offers swimming lessons for all abilities, and ages six months through adult. Swim lessons are offered year-round at the William Woollett Junior Aquatics Center, and during the summer at the Northwood High School Aquatics Center. All classes are taught by certified American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors.  

For class times, fees and session dates, visit IrvineQuickReg.org or stop by either pool. For more information, call 949-724-6717.

Aquatics Home Page

Swimming Pools

The City of Irvine operates and maintains two public swimming pool facilities. William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center is located at 4601 Walnut, in Heritage Park, and Northwood High School Aquatics Center is located at 4515 Portola Parkway, at Northwood High School.

Tennis
An extensive, award-winning tennis lesson program is operated by Irvine’s Athletic Services. Instruction is provided on City courts in most Irvine neighborhoods.

Turtle Rock Community Park

Turtle Rock Community Park is a multi-purpose recreation facility operated and staffed by the Community Services Department. The park area boasts many amenities including a youth softball/soccer field, sand volleyball court, lighted tennis courts, two children's play lots, bicycle and walking paths, an outdoor amphitheater and picnic area. The community building includes a large multipurpose room with an attached kitchen, a craft room, and a meeting room. 

The park is located at 1 Sunnyhill, near the corner of Turtle Rock Drive and Sunnyhill and is open from 9 a.m.-9pm Monday-Saturday and from noon-6 p.m. on Sunday. Most areas are free and open to the public; however, drop-in picnics are limited to groups of fewer than 50.

Rooms may be reserved through the Facility Reservations department by calling 949-724-6620, or by visiting the Facility Reservations webpage.  

University Community Park
University Community Park is a multipurpose recreation facility operated and staffed by the Community Services Department. The Park boasts many amenities, including: sand volleyball and handball courts, an 18 hole Disc Golf course, tennis courts, children's play areas and a picnic shelter gazebo with adjacent athletic fields used for soccer and softball. The building has a multipurpose room with an attached kitchen, as well as a separate craft room. 

The park is located at 1 Beech Tree Lane near the corner of Lexicon and Sandburg, and is open from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and from noon-6 p.m. on Sunday. Most areas are free and open to the public; however, drop-in picnics are limited to groups of fewer than 50.

Rooms may be reserved through the Facility Reservations department. For more information,  call 949-724-6620 or visit the Facility Reservations webpage. 

For more information about staff led activities at University Community Park, call 949-724-6815, or visit IrvineQuickReg.org.

Water Aerobics

Water Aerobics are offered year-round at the William Woollet Junior Aquatics Center. Classes are appropriate for both new and long-time water fitness participants. Weekday morning classes are low impact, while evening classes are geared toward the intermediate level. These classes offer a fun, fast paced workout guaranteed to shape you up with no stress on the back or knees. Cardio conditioning is followed by total body resistance work and toning.