Real Estate Broker | Lake Balboa area specialist

Serving Lake Balboa | Van Nuys

[by Jason Ian Hector, REALTOR® | 10/05/17]

In the Van Nuys / Lake Balboa area you can find Lake Balboa in Balboa Park (pictured top left) which is an 80 acres recreation facility in the Sepulveda Flood Basin located in city of Lake Balboa. The centerpiece of the park is the 27 acres Lake Balboa (top left), filled with water from the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant. There are lots of little fish in the lake and people fishing as well. The park has barbecue pits, a bicycle path, a cascade, a children's play area, a fly fishing area, a 1.3 mile bike path, a lake for fishing, a launch ramp, pedal boats, picnic pavilions and picnic tables, private boating, a remote control boating cove, and toilet facilities. The parks and recreation department dedicated a universally accessible playground, a playground designed for handicapped and non-handicapped children as well as a skateboarding park nearby on Victory Blvd. next to the Generation One (Multipurpose Senior Center).

The park also has the Apollo XI Flight Field (pictured bottom left) for remote control planes, an archery range, barbecue pits, an unlighted baseball diamond, a children's play area, cricket fields, picnic tables, toilets, and a wildlife reservation area. In addition two pocket parks are located in Lake Balboa, one has barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, unlighted outdoor basketball courts, tennis courts, a children's play area, and picnic tables. My personal favorite is roller blading around the entire park. There are new additions including the (pictured middle left) New Balboa Lake "All Access Sports Field" which is being finished off. Also, there are some new baseball diamonds being built on the other side of Balboa Blvd. (pictured left).

For the latest information about the Lake Balboa area, Neighborhood Council websites are a great resource. They also have some general community information such as local news, city service phone numbers, upcoming and past community events, board of directors and committee member information and much more. Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council's website is at www.LakeBalboaNC.org

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