The 14.3-acre Civita Park is the social and recreational center of Civita, a 230-acre, sustainable urban infill village in San Diego’s Mission Valley, which is being developed on the site of a former sand and gravel quarry. The City of San Diego neighborhood park cascades down the quarry site with a grade change of 165 feet, creating stunning view corridors and featuring a series of distinct, level activity areas.

The park's Celebration Plaza features an outdoor amphitheater with informal seating, a 48-jet splashpad, a game area with a life-size chessboard, a row of wisteria-covered shade structures over social nodes, rose gardens, a military tribute and restrooms. The area is equipped for festivals, farmers markets, car shows and other large gatherings. Other levels feature a community garden, open fields, picnic areas, botanical gardens, bocce and game boards, and walking trails.

The park celebrates the topography, geography and climate of Mission Valley and the site’s past as a quarry. The playgrounds feature rock-climbing walls, rope bridges and natural play elements. The adjacent “Mining Relics Garden” includes historic mining equipment and educational signage.

All of the 4,780 households planned for Civita, including the existing 2,000+, are within a 5-minute walk of Civita Park. The 2020 total daytime population within one mile is 20,475. The rapidly developing Mission Valley neighborhood is projected to have a population of 72,400 in 2050. A future pedestrian bridge will put Civita Park within a 10-minute walk of the San Diego trolley network.

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