Sand Dune Park - Park in Manhattan Beach - 3299 Bell Ave, USA

This is a nice medium sized park with multiple walking paths and a fun sand dune that requires a reservation and a small free to use. You can get a great stair or hill workout in here! There is a limited parking lot and plenty of neighborhood street parking. There is also a well maintained playground for kids and a restroom as well.

Just as I remember it in the late 80s but with less crowds. Just as hard as I remember it too. I did reserve my spot, which I think is a helpful way to keep it less crowded than it used to be. Hopefully those same people will come back with a reservation. It was always so motivating to run with people in better shape than I was in lol! I then walked up the stairs and down to the beach to observe people riding by. I ran into an old friend. I really enjoyed my day.

Great park, and a great workout! Reservations ARE required online. They cost about $3, and the staff clear everyone out each hour for the next reservation slot to start. Would recommend bringing a towel to wipe off your feet afterwards. If you go in the morning, the sand is quite cold!

Been coming here since I was a little girl (over 2 decades). It's a shame that you need reservations now but understandable given how crowded and popular it has gotten. If you want strong legs and glutes this is the place where you make them!

Sand Dune Park is one of my favorite natural areas in the LA Metropolitan area! Great park for workouts on the hill and for kids to play at the playground! It’s basically a multilevel park starting with the lower flat area with a parking lot, playground, picnic tables and restrooms. There’s also a long open lawn, good for playing football or any field sports among friends or family. Not so much a place for organized team sports with spectators, as the field is narrow with homes and yards alongside it. Above the lawn is a large hill with traversing pathways and lots of steps. It’s a nicely maintained natural shaded area, where some users enjoy a leisure walk and others prefer the workout. The north end of the hill is void of vegetation, as this is the sand dune, the namesake of the park! Do the dune! My friends would say, as we used jog up and down the large sand dune! It was a great warmup before going down to the beach to surf! Just blocks from the oceanfront, the park remains as one of the most natural and beautiful parks to go to in South Bay!

I love this place. I used to come here more than 20 years ago when I was in high school. This day I brought my kids for the first time. My daughter is 11 and my son is 6. They both loved it and are begging me to come back on a regular basis. We all got a great workout in. My only critique is that the sign said it would be open at 6am but the gate to the sand dune itself didn't get opened until 8am.

We used to live next to Sand Dune Park. It's a phenomenal park. It's changed a lot since I was a kid. The bird watching during the fall/spring are fantastic. There is a kids play area and some nature paths through the dunes that are planted with trees and ivy. Enjoy

The Sand Hill is Brutal, The Stairs are completely doable for the eager novice