Great hiking area! I went when things were less green, but there are animals if you look carefully enough.

More natural scenery than most parks. Most trails and paths are not paved. Great place to learn mountain biking, or to hike, without leaving the city. Fairview Park also connects to Talbert Park, which in turns connect to Santa Ana river trail that leads to the beach, making a decently long bike ride. Theres also an area for RC cars and planes, and a few pick nick tables.

One of the few wild places in Costa Mesa. There is always wonderful plants and animals to see.

Very nice rustic desert like natural trails and groomed grass gentle hills. Great for families.Also has Fairview RC (Remote Control) flying field for electric model airplanes and gliders.Join the Harbor Sailing Club to support this hobby. AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) associated.Flying Permit Required from Costa Mesa Parks and Recreation.

A beautiful hike or ride is all you need to experience this place. Beautiful

I love this park, good for walks, riding a bike, runs, and take a moment to enjoy all beautiful nature around.

If you ever feel like nothings worth it. Come here. I mean you will probably gonna still feel the same! But at least you got a nice view for free!

Good beginner hike. Flat for bikes and kids. Alot of insects so bring repellent

Love this park! Great biking and walking trails. A lot of wildlife. If you are a RC guy, there is a RC plane and car area. There is a picnic area, and you can access the Santa Ana River bed trail.

Love this place! I come every other morning to do an easy 5 mile walk. Its so peaceful.

What an amazing resource! We bought lunch and ate it in the park, plenty of benches. We took a walk to see the Santa Ana river bed and discovered another, smaller park to explore down below.

Close to city and easy transportation. There is a large grassland behind the park which is really good. There is not much green in the park though. All grass are yellow and there are not many trees.

Very nice park to take the kids to ride their bikes or every third week, to ride one of the longest small train rides Ive ever been on... AND THE TRAIN RIDES ARE FREE. The only thing is that your child has to be big enough to straddle the train that they sit on. This is a 15 minute, one-way ride through the marshes. You can also see the very nice remote control aircraft at the other side of the park, across from the train rides. Very nice park.

Beautiful nature park on multiple levels - perfect location for a peaceful hike where you can observe local flora and fauna (the park is filled with many native plant species and hosts a great many diverse birds for the watching). The facility includes both manicured and completely natural areas, walking and riding trails, restroom facilities, picnic tables and enclosures and much more!

This is a great park for walking and riding bikes. There is no play equipment. There are trails that are easy but fun to ride.

Pretty nice park with trails (bike friendly) leading to and around the Santa Ana river which I didnt even know existed until today lol. Its also by a golf course. Come check it out!

This great little escape of the local suburbs. There is even a nice airfield for drones lots of trails, people who walk their dogs, a few scattered benches or tables. It does get really windy so dress accordingly. Its a great soot to take a few pictures and go for a run, or even just park for lunch.

Good walking trails , nice views, great for dog walking.

Exelent place for little hike and nature watchI did seen some peregrine Falcons and some other wild animals had a good time

Excellent views, open space, plenty parking. Nice trails, excellent for a good hike, bike ride and enjoy an amazing sunset. Bring the whole family, enjoy a good time celebrating a birthday maybe your grandmas, or your child. Theres a gazebo with restrooms. You can cross the bridge over placentia Avenue.

Great place to spend time. Multiple trails to take and plenty of room.

My childhood park, love it here. Everyone respects eachother and the view is amazing

Lots of bike paths and hidden areas that are nice. Good paved paths, family and dog friendly, and very peaceful.

Never going to forget get what you did for me. Thank you fairview park.

Great place to come for an evening stroll. Many trails to choose from and walk or mounting bike.

Nice spread out park. Quiet grass areas, nice walking and biking trails

Great place to enjoy nature, paved hiking trail, a lot of birds, rabbits sighting. Great for family.

Go there now its beautiful

My favorite park! Perfect for a walk to get fresh air and view a variety of different birds.

Good trails. Aromatic wild flowers.

Its great for a hike because theres a lot of trails and once you get bored of walking around here you can keep going and walk into the Hubert park I believe its called and Its nothing but trails. Its very dog friendly but theres a lot of wild life mostly ducks and squirrels so be aware of that and although Ive never had any problems, there are warnings of rattle snakes and coyotes but as long as you stay on the trails the snakes shouldnt be a problem. The scenery is very nice to take pictures at the little pond habitat

It was free and think its such a great service. Recommend you make a donation as you are leaving. There is a box for donations

What a place! For a hike , trail run, mountain bike or to take your dog for taste of freedom. Love it!

No comment because I dont want a lot of people to visit this gem

Very natural and a lot of plants and animals like rabbits,lizards, and birds. Nice place to ride bikes and take a walk. There is a lot of space, and every time gave go I see remote controlled drones or little airplanes flying in the sky. Should go there.

Nice big park to bike, hike, fly remote control airplanes, and access to river bed trail that goes to the beach

Head to the train ride. Absolutely the very best experience.

I love this exellent for relax

Great place to train dogs! Tons of distractions, with everything from dogs and people and squirrels and birds and, probably my favorite, the remote controlled air planes always buzzing overhead!

Great place for a walk, lots of trails, some hills and a 120 step staircase.

Great place to bike, hike, dogwalk, and fly kites and model aircraft. Hikes are easy and most flat w one large hill. Trails are well taken care of. Bike trails can be technical down by the river. If hiking, bring your comfortable shoes.

Great place for a hike, bike ride or a picnic.

Its hard for me to give many of the parks in my hometown a rating of any less than 5 out of 5 stars, but if you continue to use my ratings and insight in local haunts and trails, youll see that I always have a reason for the praise I give.Fairview park is a wild place and just about as wild as you can get in Newport-Mesa. If you like to explore, you want a glimpse of nature as it was across this entire county and watershed, then head to Fairview park for manicured and natural trails. 88 acres of natural beauty with sandy soil, scrub forests, tall old tree giants amidst the scent of wild sage and salt marsh. Set out on one of the maintained DG trails that are great for jogging and biking, then take a detour onto a natural sandy trail with the dog for a peek into the lives of grey squirrels, ground squirrels, coyotes, rabbits, bobcats, foxes, a few road runners, hawks, kites, falcons, the rare osprey, and more. Just make sure you dont intrude onto a trail deemed off-limits by OC PARKS... They have the interest of the habitat in mind. As long as we let them have their space, the health of their beautiful holistic home returns to you in the form of valuable surrounding real-estate.

One of my favorite parks in the city.

Amazing.. we took a train all the way around the entire park. It was pretty sweet actually. They have a cool little store that has everything to do with trains, and outside they have a taco stand that has probably the bombest tamales Ive ever had in my entire life. Every third Saturday and Sunday of the month all year round they have this train that operates that you can take a ride on but during Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas season they are very busy in the line was very long. Fun thing to do all year round the third Saturday and Sunday of the month but I wouldnt suggest coming during the holidays unless youre ready to wait in the line

Its time to restore the park along with the Santa Ana River and all of the open space around the area back to nature

Fairview park is a great park to just get out and walk around. My son loves watching the rc planes fly by. Tons of small wildlife to look at, and the new ponds have made a nice place to visit on the lower level of the park.

Great spot to do many activities. There is a local RC flight club there. You can do hiking, playing with RC cars, dones and many other activities. By the way there are many great sports for outdoor photo shoot in the park.

A nice place for a mild hike.

One of my favorite Parks To Do Any Outdoor Activities.

Late March and the wildflowers were in bloom, nice big park with tons of trails

Great walking area and place to watch or learn to use R/C planes and gliders. Shocker for me is it has a natural rattle snake habitat keeping us alert while we walked the paths.

Amazing park overlooking the Santa Ana River, the Talbert Regional Park, and the surrounding trails below. Squirrels are quite abundant here.

Great quiet place i have been coming to this park for a long time whit my kids

Get to hang out with my friends and if you want a really good nature walk this is the place. You can find different animals there too.

One of my favorite places to go hiking and just feel like Im far away from the office

Most trails are closed off for conservation..Not much of Fairview park is left for the residents.Extreme filth everywhere... Huge piles of dead brush...

Small coyote seen heading down river on the west side trail. It jumped off the trail into the bushes just north of Atlanta toward the nursery when it saw me about 70 yards away. My GSD Amber didnt see it which is a good thing! We headed toward where he was headed but did not see him again. We did see a small rabbit in the area. Beautiful day!

Is a good place for a good walk

Always enjoy a nice walk at this park.

They have nice trails and pretty good views and sights to see Its really nice at night too

Nice serene area.

I super love this park I go to fairview everyday for my walks and my exercises and even just when i need to meditate. I love my nature walks here and i love bringing my kiddos and grandbabies here to spend quality time together

Great for nature walk or run.

Lots of different trails to take but shade along the trails is nonexistent and its a very empty park. No one is in sight or around to help me feel safer about walking around alone with my dog. I went at noon on a Saturday and despite some fair going on the trails were pretty empty. We walked through the wetlands, the Santa Ana River area and through Talbert Regional. I prefer how wide the path is at Talbert Regional. Plenty of room to keep my dog away from the dried dead grass most likely infested with ticks! We ran out of water on our walk and only ran into two water fountains during our 5 mile trek (one at the bathrooms in Talbert Regional and one at the bathrooms in Fairview Park by the parking lot and green fields). You definitely feel creeped out walking alone through the paths in the wetland area. Trails are mostly compacted dirt which is nicer on my dogs paws on a warm day. They also had black asphalt along some trails that were pretty jagged. I didnt want my dog to walk on them and hurt her pawpaw. I personally prefer busy bustling places over very quiet and isolated places when I hike by myself. Ill come back again with a group, but there are much safer feeling parks to take my dog on a walk through.

Great place to visit.

I went there and it was so fun but the only thing is that i fell jajajajajajajajajajaja

I looks like desert??

Its a massive park/reserve. People fly model planes here on Sunday. Covered tables are available in the open areas of the upper park. There are more tables in the lower park in a grassy shaded area that shouldnt be too hard to find from the stairs coming down from the upper part. Just keep following the main path. There are a lot of dirt paths in the lower park that can be fun to explore.Its next to the Santa Ana River Trail, which is nice if you want to go bicycling and eventually reaches the ocean (if you go in the right direction).

Ive been coming here for quite some time. Nice spot for a run or a bike ride

Really enjoyed the train ride. They run once a month. Look online to find the dates. It was free and think its such a great service. Recommend you make a donation as you are leaving. There is a box for donations. This is great for kids. They have a height chart your child has to meet a minimum requirement to ride. The train goes at a good speed. They said 6 mph. It was a lot of fun and kids seemed to enjoy it.

Love this park. Great walking trails and not too busy. Always find parking during the week. Bathrooms clean and tidy.

Its a gem of simulated native habitat in the suburban asphalt jungle that is Costa Mesa in 2019.Costa Mesa could maintain the bathrooms better and provide reasonable accommodations for users of that facility to wash their hands, but they choose not to do so.

Good place to see sunset, probably will make you feel like a photographer...;)

Its a little bit of open space in the city, lots of trails and quiet spaces.

This park is SO beautiful in the spring when the tall yellow flowers are in bloom, magical! Love skating around the paths, biking in the dirt track, playing soccer or practicing baseball. Dogs love this park & have met only responsible dog owners who ACTUALLY clean up after their pets! Yessss...

AN ICONIC PARK IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA. I spent a large amount of time during high school training with friends, riding my bike, running around and still do sometimes. At the top of the park there is plenty of grass, parking and walking areas. For those of you who enjoy feeling your calves burn there is plenty of hills to run up and down on. At the bottom of the park there is a section with a bunch of trees, grass, shade and wonderful breeze from the ocean. Its my favorite place to take a break. I like the renovations the city made years back where they added the pond with trails that run through it. The bridge over Placentia is very helpful and a nice touch to connect both sides of the park where you can walk around on the other side. Theres a place designated for people that like to fly their remote control airplanes. The view at the top is awesome to look at at take pictures as you look over Huntington Beach, the Santa Ana river bed, and clear out into the ocean. I hope they keep this park the way it is and leave it untouched by developers looking to make more apartments.

Great for walking and bike riding

Long walks in nature restore your well being..

This is one of Orange Counties great nature preserve and parks. A Haven for all kinds of great experiences for you and old alike. Model aircraft and model trains as well as awesome California coastal nature.

Super cool wildlife here. Coyotes are walking around like nobodies business. Up close incouters with coyotes makes for a fun hike. Might want to leave little dogs at home thought. Overall a wonderful trial one I will come back to in the future !

Perfect place for a walk! Dogs are everywhere and on a leash is best. There are plenty of places to get off the beaten path and away from the crowd, be sure to check out the side trails. It is also a great place to ride bikes and an easy trek to the beach from here.

One of my favorite parks in Costa Mesa. Its a beautiful retreat from the busy streets around it, the park offers hiking trails, bird watching and phenomenal sunset watching opportunities. This is where I go to recenter and ground myself because of the incredible energy that can be felt as soon as I enter the park. I highly recommend this place to anyone who loves being surrounded by nature or needs an escape from the hectic city life.

A rare relatively undeveloped urban open space and wildlife habitat. Great place to find some calm amidst the craziness

Great park. Lots of trails to explore and not too crowded in the weekends.

Nice place to go to enjoy the outdoors.. trails for walking/jogging/biking plus grass and picnic areas. A number of pokestops, inns/fortresses/greenhouses and portals if youre in to AR gaming. Note: not all areas of the park are wheelchair accessible.

Beautiful during the day. Lots of wildlife. Park is closed from dusk til dawn. Beware of the coyotes. Please be respectful of the residents that border this awesome nature experience when visiting.

Great place for the little ones. They have fire truck rides and the miniature train rides.

There are diffrent paths to take and enjoy nature.

I mainly go to this park to fly Remote Control and you are required to pay $60 for a permit to fly here, plus AMA membership which is $75 a year. But they rarely do anything to improve the flying area, while all other park users pay nothing to use this park. Now they are only letting us renew flying permits for 2020 until the end of June. Then they may close our flying field. Theres over 200 acres of park here and we use maybe an acre for our flying hobby. People enjoy watching us flyers pilot the sky in this park that we all enjoy. So why do they want us out of here, because of a few environmentalist making up any excuses they can think up to boot us out.

Awesome park to enjoy evening walks!

So beautiful.

Great walking trails, peaceful nature, with a sense of being far from the city.

Awesome place

Great walking paths, very well kept, nice views from the bluff.

Great park for running on trails and taking your dog for walks!

This is a wild park in costa Mesa nice to walk,bike, run with the family

Beautiful park!

Is clean, and you have choice to go on pavement or on the ground. Nice to walk with my dog.

Love this place really great for my dogs lots of trails I can let them run off leash on