PARK PLANNING INFORMATION
Updated February 28, 2008

Alga Norte Community Park

Alga Norte Community Park is a 32-acre park located in the Southeast Quadrant, bordered by Palomar Airport Road, El Camino Real, and the La Costa Golf Course. The approved Master Plan includes baseball fields, a dog park, a skate park, 3 tot lots, basketball half courts, open space, a trail system, and an aquatics complex. The aquatics complex will include a competition pool, a 12-lane instruction pool, a therapy pool, and a recreation component featuring slide pools and a moving river.

Aviara Community Park

Aviara Community Park is located in the center of Carlsbad, at the intersection of Poinsettia Lane and Ambrosia Lane. The 14-acre, former agricultural site resides in the Aviara community portion of the Southwest Quadrant and is surrounded by 10 acres of a natural coastal sage environment with rolling hills and panoramic views to the south and the east.

Phase One is now complete and open. The park includes picnic areas, a large tot lot, and a baseball/softball field. Phase Two, a community center building, is anticipated to be built sometime between 2008 and 2010.

Pine Avenue Park

Located at the site of the former Pine School, bordered by the Carlsbad Senior Center, Harding Street, and Chestnut Avenue, this 7.7-acre community park will serve the Northwest Quadrant by providing active and passive use amenities.

Phase One of the park includes a multi-use sports fields, an informal amphitheater, a hard court play area, a tot lot, a picnic area, an ornamental garden, and parking.

Northeast Quadrant Park

To meet the city standards for park development, a park must be master planned and built in the Northeast Quadrant. The city is currently negotiating with a landowner to acquire a parcel of at least 10 acres of non-constrained land in which to build the park. The park is intended primarily for soccer fields, but may also include picnic areas, a tot lot, and parking.