Address: 941 W Cressey St, Compton, CA 90222
Park features: Restrooms, Dogs On Leash, Easy Hiking, Mountain Biking, City Views, Picnic Tables, Parking Lot, Filming Location, Drinking Water, ADA Accessible
Located alongside Compton Creek Bike Path in the City of Compton, this more than three acre park was built on an unused portion of adjacent George Washington Elementary. Designed through a collaborative process with teachers, school staff, community members, and other stakeholders, the new park features some of the natural habitat and plant communities found in the Compton Creek watershed, shade trees, walking paths, grassy areas, fitness equipment, picnic and seating areas, a multi-use amphitheater, parking, a community plaza, and interpretive signage. In addition, the sustainably designed park includes environmentally friendly features such as natural retention basins and bioswales for stormwater treatment, and a 127,000 gallon underground cistern which will store rainwater to irrigate the park. The creekside park provides habitat for local and migratory birds, and an environmental learning area for the adjacent school.
Getting around
Compton Creek Natural Park is a habitat-restoration pocket park built by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority on the grounds of George Washington Elementary School in Compton. It transformed a fenced strip of asphalt and creek channel into a native-landscape walking and outdoor-learning space — designed to give a long-underserved community direct, daily contact with the natural watershed. It is open during school hours and weekends. For a longer riverside walk, the Compton Creek bikeway continues south toward the Los Angeles River confluence.
Location
941 W Cressey St, Compton, CA 90222
Approximate coordinates: 33.886, -118.232
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Photos
Photo credits: Los Angeles County CEO Photo Unit (1) , Liz Jennings (2-4)
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Park description restored from the 2017 lamountains.com archive (Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy). Trail statistics courtesy of AllTrails. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
