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Live Oak Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 930 Google reviews · Running trail in Temple City, California · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Live Oak Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
What runners say about Live Oak Park
New playground, regular activities in the community center, wonderful and much needed 3rd space for a healthy and vibrant community. The city park and recs folks are great. They put a lot of work into events like campaloza (camping in the greens) Halloween events, walk events, summer camps, etc.
The whole community shows up on Sunday mornings especially! It's nice to see men from all races play basketball together. They're having a Chinese New year celebration on Feb 1. For everyday activity, you can jog there. Kids can play and there are also exercise equipment.
This is a really great park for people of all ages. There is nice facilities for many different activities. The modern children’s playground 🛝 was completed ✔️ in 2025. The walking 🚶🏻 is popular.
This park is always packed!! Lol that tells you kiddos love to come here. My 3 boy really enjoy running all over.
Trail conditions & character
“Good amount of people day and night huge playground huge field and 2 restrooms took sum pics on my drone”
“They just need more lights for the playground.”
“There is a parking lot on the south and north sides of the park, and there are many parking spaces.”
Plan your run at Live Oak Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- LightingRunners report lights on the path — useful for pre-dawn and after-work miles. Lighting and opening hours are separate things, so check both.
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms — reported by runners
- Websiteci.temple-city.ca.us
- Phone+1 626-579-0461
- Social Instagram · Facebook
Hours
| Monday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Tuesday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Wednesday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Thursday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Friday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am–10 pm |
| Sunday | 8 am–10 pm |
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