Very nice park. You can ride your bike or longboard around. Perfect to just hangout and watch the birds. They have a lot of table and seats around the lake. There’s a couple places to park. The main parking lot has a kid playground and nice seating. The other area has fishing

I love this park I often come here with friends or family to just take a nice stroll in nature. They're always seems to be events here sometimes there are car meets or birthday parties arranged here and I've noticed just about every Saturday in the mornings around 10:00 or 11:00 a.m. you can see Street vendors selling art sculptures or paintings nearby the Carousel Playground. Unfortunately the bathrooms do not have soap at this time and for this reason I have removed a star creating a four-star review. This park is great to do photography and take dates or host family gatherings. Keep in mind there's a lot of homeless that do live off the land in this area, they are pleasant and often keep to themselves. I appreciate the QR code with more information with more information of the planning and future development of the park. I always look forward to coming back to this park and it's great for photography anytime of the day.

Great park with the big lake. But also one too many people fishing. I’m sure that it is great for them to be allowed to fish here, particularly with little kids. But, at the same time there are one too many people doing just that. Maybe because it was a Sunday late afternoon. I was told that when a couple were there on a Saturday afternoon, they didn’t see that many people at the park, let alone all the people fishing. Nonetheless, it is a great park to hang out and spend an afternoon with family. And it is also an awesome place to do an engagement session. I saw 3 sessions going on simultaneously across the park.

I came to Fairmount Park the other day with my friend and her cousin. It’s really beautiful here. I love the lake, the walkways, the rose garden, and the tank memorial. It’s truly an idyllic spot, perfect for picnics or a morning/afternoon walk. The rose garden is kind of romantic as well. I saw some people creating art together there. You can also easily get snacks like ice cream or shaved ice since vendors are strolling around. The vendors can be pretty expensive though — I’d recommend stopping in at the Food Lab in downtown and bringing some food to a picnic table overlooking the lake.

A gem situated in the middle of the city. We moved to Riverside a year ago and have been looking for places for a quick outing, this is perfect. About 25 minutes far from my place, we had a nice walk around the lake. Beautiful day- not too cold not too warm. Surprisingly not crowded but I believe it gets too crowded on warmer days. Some people were also playing remote sail boats. I saw 2 playgrounds and my kids played at one of them, lots of fun stuff there too. We just had a perfect day

I have been coming to this park since I was eight years old or maybe even younger it is a very nice place to go with your family and friends. They have fishing and paddle boating, golf and even lawn bowling. They have several playgrounds for the children, and even water features during the summer for the kids to play in. They even have a rose garden which is beautiful. They have a train there which I have played on when I was eight years old. This park like every Park has gone through its ups and downs, if you live within 15 miles of this park you should definitely stop by and visit it

Beautiful park!! A great place to sit, relax, picnic, and play games with kids and friends. My boys love fishing and buying ice cream. The only down part is that the restrooms are dirty and there are way too many vendors… other than that… I love the events like the car show… pretty cool!

This park is definitely one of the most beautiful places in Riverside. It’s absolutely beautiful, has such incredible historic background, and it’s absolutely huge. You feel like you’re completely outside of the United States, and then back in here when you drive out. The area around is historically beautiful, it’s just a beautiful niche that is nestled in the heart of Riverside.

I gave it a 3 ⭐️ because it's a nice park with potential to be beautiful, BUT there are so many homeless people, drug dealing, and people doing drugs. 🚫 This is not a safe place for kids.. it smells like urine 🤢 and the park area is falling apart.. I live so close, but unfortunately, I won't be coming back.. 🙅‍♀️ #park #safety #disappointed

Lovely older park. I particularly love it for running. The lake in the middle stacks attracts fishing and casual walks. They could use better planning for pedestrian, runners, and cycling. Mile/kilometer signs would also be fantastic. The facility is very large, with plenty of room. There are several nice playground, but not quite enough picnic areas or restrooms. City of Riverside should really dedicate more money to upgrades and maintenance.

A fantastic public park for many activities; walking, running, biking, fishing, family gathering and golf, just to name a few. There are two large playgrounds on opposite sides of the smaller lake (Fairmount Lake) which are great families with small children. The larger lake (Lake Evans) is lined by magnificent Cypress trees with a great walking path that will take you around the entire lake, perfect for a casual walk or run. The Santa Ana River trail goes through this park so you could park here and catch the trail at this point if you wish. Ample picnic tables and benches throughout the park provide plenty of resting and eating areas. It can get busy on the weekends, especially during the summer months, with many events, such as car shows and concert events. You can rent paddle boats during the summer months, located at the boat house. Which offers a great way to see the park from a different perspective. There is a great rose garden that is used often for photo shoots, but I'm not sure if a permit is required or not. I visit the park primarily during the early mornings before it gets crowded, for landscape and bird photography. A variety of ducks and other water birds are present year around. The public restrooms are not great but are available on either side of the park. Overall, a good open space in downtown Riverside.

Big beautiful park with lots of lush beautiful trees and so much open space! 🌲🌳 Beautiful lake! Lots of cute wildlife 🦉🦆🕊️🐦🦢🐿️ Sunsets are astounding 🌄 Also connected to the Santa Ana River Trail!

This is a beautiful park. My Godson graduated so I threw him a celebration for his hard work. There was something for everyone at this park. Plenty of trees for shade, a water park for the children. It had paddle boats, and vendors from all walks of life.It was full of life and I loved it. Yes we will be coming back.

We absolutely love bringing the kids to Fairmount Park. The playground is huge and there are vendors walking around every weekend with fruit, water, ice cream, etc. The kids love seeing all the ducks and coots around the pond. They even like to walk around all of the trails surrounding the park and wear off energy jumping off of rocks, and climbing on anything the can get to. Even parents can have a nice day just keeping an eye on the little ones.

I drove past this park when picking up some furniture and decided to stop by on the way back. I enjoyed it immensely. A lot of socals parks arent the greatest but I enjoyed this one for all the duck and bird watching, being able to walk around the lake. The atmosphere was festive. There were a lot of food and goods stands (not sure about the occurrence of these). A solid playground for kids. Enough grass to enjoy. I spent only a little over an hour taking a walk around the lake before heading home.

Great park very large with 2 lakes you can fish they even have padel boats there are jungle gyms and swings on both sides they have tennis courts basketball courts amphitheater swimming pool a water play area in summer golf course next door. Perfect park for a party plenty of gazebos

We went for a car show. There was plenty of law enforcement there in case anything were to have gone down. The way to drive in seems huge but the are they hosted the car show was kind of small. First time going and it was pretty neat. There are homeless near and the restrooms were not that clean at the end of a day. I would come back.

Great park with a nice lake and walking/bike paths around the lake. Lots of ducks and geese. Connection bike path to the Santa Ana river bike trail.

We are visiting every place your dog is allowed and let me just say these pictures couldn’t do it any justice, it is so breathtaking especially at dusk. you can even pull your car up to the waters edge (please be careful). Dogs must stay on a leash and out of the water, go have a picnic there!

I love the ducks and ponies! I love the trees and the atmosphere. A lot of people are taking professional shots here. A beautiful park.

Great park! Very big and plenty of space. You can have an event or just a casuall walk at the place. The bridge and the trees are beautiful for a photo shoot. Remember, if you have trash, put it in the trash can so the park stay beautiful 🙂

Beautiful park. Great place to feed the ducks.

I dearly enjoy coming here for my routine runs or even to just walk the park with my partner.. the park is always hosting a variety of events open to public from low rider car meets to bicycle ride alongs. Also make a lot of use of the basketball courts and believe it or not even the water park area has been occupied by me after a long run in the summer.. plus I absolutely love coming here strictly to visit and order from the local vendors..

A beautiful and senic park!! A great place to sit, relax, picnic, and bird watch with family and friends. Lots of history and features make it a nice area for a walk as well. The Rose Garden is a neat place for pictures and adds to the area.

Love this park great for long walks pictures

It is a very peaceful and beautiful place, I would highly recommend it.

Soo much open space, two giant playgrounds 2 side of lakes with ducks and squirrels! Beautiful place to be!

This park is gorgeous. We loved walking around and exploring. I did see some people feeding bread to the ducks- please do NOT do this- not only does it pollute the water but it’s also very unhealthy for the ducks- if you want to feed the ducks please feed them nuts, cracked corn, lettuce, and peas.

This place is huge! There is a playground, lake, train...doesn't work but it's still cool to look at. Plenty of shade, squirrels, cute squirrels. The bathrooms are decent. If you end up needing to pass some time I highly recommend visiting.

I love this park, we have been going here for years. That being said, the playgrounds could use a boost. Maybe add more stuff? They host a lot of events, so you can usually find something going on. There is also a rose garden away from the playgrounds that a lot of people go to and take pictures for events such as prims, weddings, etc

Loved Fairmount Park. Nestled near downtown Riverside is an beautiful oasis of beauty. Rose gardens, huge lake, lots of ducks and...perfect place for a wedding, picnic, barbecue etc...Will definitely go again ~

They recently stocked aggressive pelicans at the lake that are drowning and eating other ducks and foul at the park. Not something you want young children to see

Great place to take a walk around the lake. So many ducks and birds. Kids area is phenomenal, so many activities for kids.

I've been visiting for many years. There are multiple playground areas, as well as a beautiful lake and grassy areas. The main playground area was designed accessibly, over the years however the turf has worn away making that less so. Still, structures can be rolled onto by wheelchairs, there are disability friendly swings, etc. I would love for the city of Riverside to replace the artificial turf. Bring cash if you want to take advantage of snack and drink vendors that are always present.

We all know someone who has had their quincneira photos taken here or had family events. Best place to take a stroll with family or a friend. It's a nostalgic place yet definitely not the same as it was a decade ago. Lots of ne'er-do-wells and gets pretty cruisie at night so avoid the restrooms.

This is a pretty neat park. To big play structures / areas for kids. Lots of grassy areas with picnic tables. A few covered areas. 2 small lakes. Ducks and geese, you can feed. this parking get very busy. On the weekends there's vendors that set up tables selling things in the summer. They sell balls for the kids water guns all sorts of different nicknames There's a water area for the kids to play in. They even have people giving little pony rides.There's vendors walking around selling food. This is most Lil in the front park area. The back doesn't have all the vendors, but it's still a nice area. There's also an amphitheater in the back.

Awesome place for kids day out. Feed ducks, go on paddle boat Rides, multiple play grounds including one splash pad playground, golfing for the dad's and many walking/bike trails and best of all it's NO CHARGE, FREE PARKING AND FREE ENTRANCE. Very cool and many bbq areas for parties.

This is such a great and big park. I remember coming here when I was little with my parents and brother. We always had so much fun. Now as an adult me and my husband bring our lowrider for the lowrider shows. Making great memories with the kids while enjoying seeing all the cars 😎

It's a nice park. Guys like hangin out there. Very green and lush quite scenic.

There are many people at the park in the mornings. I enjoy walking around the lake. We always see ducks and many birds. It is kept clean. There is construction going on on one side of the park, but there is not dust going into the air.

It's a decent park. They stock the lake periodically so you can go fishing. There are plenty of barbecue pits, benches and grass area for picnics . A few attractions like an old tank and a small rose garden and a few gazebos. It's got a couple of playgrounds and an auditorium for outside concerts and lots of parking. You can rent a paddle boat and feed the ducks or swans. It's also good for a nice run or walk with friends and family. There are a few people walking around selling things depending on the type of year and if you're lucky you'll catch an ice cream vendor.

A wonderful place to take the kids or even go by yourself. Very beautiful scenery and creative play areas. Lots of fun!

The Fairmount park's rose garden with graceful gazebos and benches, provide a serene setting for leisurely strolls or romantic moments. The fragrance of the roses fills the air, creating an ambiance of tranquility and beauty. The park is a gem for families in riverside.

Had a great time with the family feeding the ducks.

It is always fun here.

Has all the amenities that you would expect at a family orientated city park. Has two playgrounds, a lake where you can rent boats, go fishing, and enjoy the water park as well. Has a carousel kids park and several parking areas for vehicles and campers or trailers. This is a fairly large park, the largest park in the city.

I love this park. It's usually fully packed on weekends but during the week its more towards the empty side. You can find benches and tables to sit and the water makes a cool breeze

Great place to relax and feed the ducks!

Cool spot for fishing but not so much for magnet fishing but definitely good to do photography or just chillin with the boys 👌🏽

Loved it

Nice day for fishing

If you think you know Riverside where is this? We've all traveled it hundreds of times. Both pics share one street name. Where the corner 3 roads meet there is only one 🛑 stop sign

Nice park to take the family. More than enough of park. One on both side of the lake.

Not very safe. Lots of crazy people Stay clear of anyone and everyone

Great park to spend the day with your kids. Love the venders that sell snow cones, mangos and corn on the stick. I always take my kids there everytime we visit from Carson City, NV

Beautiful peaceful little lake to visit! There's so many cute friendly ducks to feed! Great place to walk and jog!

Went around 10PM in the middle of the night with my best friend. Felt comfortable and safe there just walking. Area during the day time is beautiful and family friendly. I love down side is that there is not really a side walk on some parts around the lake

I go fishing for catfish here at least 4 times a week and I can tell you, from experience, this is not the easiest lake to fish... In fact it's quite the opposite. If you're planning on coming here for your first time expecting to catch a couple channel cats on some dough bait or some large mouth bass on just any lure, you're gonna have a terrible time. It took weeks till I was able to pull anything out of here, but once I did I was hooked because there's some big ones in there, you just gotta know where to find em. I'll post some pics of the two channel cats I caught last night, a 5 lbs and a 5.25 lbs.

Need to be cleaned up a bit but was a nice time.

An awesome Park to visit lots of different activities to do they have a nice great big lake and I believe you could do some fishing

A nice park to walk around but keep your eyes open. City is trying to clean up homeless but there are still quite a few visible encampments and shady looking people in the early morning and evening. Nice rose garden and picturesque lake with fishing and the occasional tiny sail boat sailing along.

Beautiful park, nice big lake for walking. Peaceful and clean.

Nice place to check out during the day. Difficult to park in any shady spots. Finally found a spot close to the water and it wreaked of pot from other parked cars. Time to go. Lots of people not socially distancing with their kids on the weekend.

no fish! not organized.. park needs to be ran better has potential. nice place to go and take pictures.. im telling u tho if this park was ran like guasti park. and they would fill with fish and have some sort of security to get the bums out this park would be awesome.

Beautiful Park.

Very nice place to bike ride, play tennis or just have a picnic.

Some of the ducks looks like turduckens!!

I go almost every day in the afternoon to soak in the bright sunlight in my little chair right next to the ducks 🦆 🌞 10/10 would go again!

Very dirty, lots of trash, but some pretty spots to hang out, until your disrupted by bums asking for money or people coming up to you 100 times to ask if you want to buy an over priced giant balloon.. but again, some pretty spots..

It was nice but to many homeless people asking for money and stuff I bring my children to play on the playground.

Lovely park to visit

First time there. ALOT bigger than some picnic tables horse shoe dug outs & bbqs. The island was interesting. I wanted to find a boat & go exploring. I drove through it twice. Next time I wanna see if it is different atmosphere walking.

Cool Beans

It's a great park, lots of things to do parking lots are locked right now but still people there,they are parking on the streets

This is the best park in the IE. It has a huge lake for fishing and bird watching. It has a rose garden, tennis courts, multiple play areas for kids, a water fountain play area for kids, and has an entrance to a huge bike trail that runs parallel to the Santa Ana River. The only drawback is that maintenance seems a bit lax, the children play area can definitely be cleaner.

Very beautiful place to spend some time. Lots of bird life.

great spot. dog loved it.

It needs to be cleaned!!

Very fond childhood memories at this park. I went yesterday, and it's mainly families, people fishing and others enjoying the park. This park holds dear childhood memories to me, always a place I stop at when in Riverside, CA, it's worth a visit. However, I'm told to try and avoid it at night.

This park is full of adventure! Dog friendly, it has a beautiful rose garden with Quinceañeras, with many lakes to fish at, trails for hiking, playgrounds designated for children and local vendors selling Tejuino, the list goes on and on! Go check it out you'll be there for hours having fun. Nature is calling your name 😏

We enjoyed the place so much.. beautiful place to unwind..

Is a beautiful park designed by the famous landscape designer who designed Central Park in New York City Frederick Olmsted

I love this park lots to do with the kiddos and great place to go unwind only downside is the mess people leave behind but the park is pretty maintained for the size and the amount of people who go through there daily

Great place to kill time weather its a family outing at the park or a jog around the lake i have been going for years without any issues no matter the time i go i have no problem dropping a line in the water just for fun

Best time to come here is during the morning or noon time

Extremely busy....wasn't worth it the trip. I won't ever go on a weekend.

Kids had a great time. Very large park with lots for kids to do. They even have vendors, basket ball court, amphitheater, two different playground, lots of picnic tables. We feed the squirrels.

Beautiful day watching families enjoy Fairmount park.

Love it

Be coming here for year love feed the duck just wish people would pick up their fishing line and fishing hooks

The parking situation was a bit difficult, depending on where your group is gathered. Overall, quite nice -- spacious layout, tons of vendors, multiple play areas, lots of rentable gazebos (not all have BBQs), tons to do.