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| - Cesar Chavez Park is located a quick 20 minute drive from downtown Phoenix (up the I-10 exit 35th Ave). It is a point of pride for South Phoenix as the home of the largest flat-land park in the City of Phoenix. It has a 22-acre Lake stocked by Arizona Game and Fish four + times a year with Catfish, Trout, and other.
It's an awesome location to host a party - with shaded pavilions, may shade trees, lots of open space, and a playground for little children.
The lake has a 1 mile jogging path around the interior (1 1/2 mile if you also included the path around the island). On weekends, you can find me walking my two dogs (leashed) around the park. There is also a boat ramp and I've seen many take their kayaks and mini-sunfish sailboats in.
The park is also home to Aguila Golf course - one of the top municipal golf-courses in the country as rated by Golf Digest Magazine. As a matter of fact, an online search yielded the same rating 4 as The Boulders, Legacy, and the JW Marriott Desert Ridge.
Some reviews talk about it being trashed or that it is dangerous at night. I will say, that after main occasions - Mother's Day and Easter and Community Events - the park is a mess. But otherwise, I don't see huge issues with trash - especially since most parks I visit throughout Phoenix seem to have the same issues with timely trash pickup. If I see anything out of the ordinary (i.e. graffiti or trash) I report it to the City of Phoenix and by the next day it is taken care of.
Visit this gem. It's awesome! We are lucky to live close enough to use the park a lot!
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