Wow!! Can you guys believe how fast time flies? It was already my nephew's 1st birthday. My cousin rented out the picnic shelter area at Mountain View Park to accommodate our long guest list. You are able to rent the area in 3hour increments so we rented the 8:00-11:00am time block as well as the noon-3:00pm time block. Depending on the season the prices vary in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. It's about $90/3 hours with hidden maintenance fees on top too. I think we get a better bang for our buck at the parks in Upland where you can pay by the hour and pick your own times too.
Mountain View Park has a small parking lot with a football/soccer field, baseball field, a full court basketball court, a children's playground area and swing set and an exercise court around the perimeter of the park walk way. In addition to the large picnic shelter area, there are many small open picnic tables and barbecue areas that available on a first come first serve basis.
The hexagon shaped shelter area gave us much room for creativity with our blue and yellow Minions themed party. The shade was really nice for our older relatives who doesn't love the sun. The kids loooooved the playground. There were swings and slides and some of the kids were just playing in the sand. I have a soft spot for parks with sand, instead of the nasty wood chips. One of my nephews brought his soccer ball and they were all over the large grass fields. We even had a pinata but these trees were too short. It was no challenge for these energy pumped kids.
The kids had a blast and our party was a success, but I feel like this park it still far from a 5 star. It is definitely on the smaller side so a lot of the group was standing around or scattered to the nearby tables to make it work. I prefer it when the large picnic area is enough to fit the whole group, especially when the city is overcharging for the space. read more