Editor’s Note: This is a monthly feature on notable regional parks in Orange County, which is rich with places to get outside and have fun with the family and explore nature.
Look at a 1940s aerial photo of what is now called Mile Square Regional Park, and you’ll see a concrete airfield shaped like a triangle.
The United States Navy had purchased a square mile of agricultural land in the early years of World War II and built the airfield. It was used as a military training field, along with the El Toro and Santa Ana Marine Corps air stations, until 1970.
Flash forward, and the view from above today shows a square mile of lush greenery, a nature center, two lakes, a sports park, an archery range, a fitness trail and three golf courses (one is being phased out). The concrete runways are nowhere to be seen.
The saturated light of dusk reflects on a lake, one of two, at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley as ducks settle in for the evening on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)See also
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The now 607-acre park has seen celebrations, fundraising walks, festivals and protests. A bronze statue pays homage to President Ronald Reagan, who announced his re-election campaign at the park in 1984. In 1991, the Doobie Brothers performed a free outdoor concert to 35,000 fans.
Newlyweds Sean and Alexia Mobasser take a dancing dip while their photographer, Caroline Ho, shoots them on their wedding day in Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley on Saturday, March 8, 2025. Ho, with Serendipity the Venue, says the lush park is a picturesque location for photography and has done about 40 shoots there in the last six months. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Day to day, Mile Square Park envelopes people from many walks of life who come together for similar purposes: exercise, tranquility and fun.
On a recent Saturday, Sean and Alexia Mobasser kissed on a little wooden bridge leading to the Palm Island Gazebo. Freshly married that day, the newlyweds did a dance dip as wedding photographer Caroline Ho captured the moment.
Ho, with Serendipity the Venue, knows the scenic shooting spots. In the last six months, she has photographed about 40 clients at the park because of its picturesque landscape, she said.
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