MILE SQUARE REGIONAL PARK

'Mile Square Regional Park' is a park located in Fountain Valley, California. It stretches over of land. It includes two lakes, three 18-hole golf courses, baseball and softball fields, picnic shelters, and a twenty acre urban nature area planted with California native plants, a 55 acre (223,000 m²) recreation center with tennis courts, basketball courts, racquetball courts, a gymnasium, the Kingston Boys & Girls Club, and a community center.

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Background

References

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Background

In 1942, the Navy purchased of agricultural land for 'Mile Square Naval Outer Landing Field', which used as an auxiliary for Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos. Three landing fields were constructed in a triangular shape in the center of this area, with each field being approximately 2,200 feet in length. It was used for carrier deck qualification practice by Navy aircraft. In March of 1967, Orange County entered into a long term lease with the Navy Department for the perimeter area of the site which allowed the county to develop this area for regional park purposes. Military operations in the center airfield ceased in 1974.^[1]
The park was built in several phases:

★ Phase I was opened with 85 acres of land in 1970

★ Phase II added the baseball diamond and a children's play area in 1973

★ Phase III extended the park northward to Edinger Avenue in 1976

★ Phase IV development commenced in the spring of 1987 and included the construction of an executive golf course.

References

1. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California: Central Orange County

External links

★ OCParks.com: Mile Square Regional Park

★ Mile Square Golf Course

★ Mile Square Park Fountain Valley of fun