Rancho Palos Verdes offers many varied sports, parks and recreation opportunities:

Children in Rancho Palos Verdes play baseball in three little leagues ; Rolling Hills Little League (located in adjacent Rolling Hills), Silver Spur Little Leage (located in adjacent Rolling Hills Estates) , and the Lunada Bay Little League ( located in the adjacent Palos Verdes Estates) , ( For a map of the little league boundaries, Click Here ) Pony League baseball for 13 to 15 year olds, is available at Ernie Howlett park in Rolling Hills Estates, and George Allen Field in Palos Verdes Estates. AYSO Soccer leagues are active throughout the City. Girls softball is generally played on fields at various school locations There are also youth basketball leagues, and lacrosse leagues for intermediate schools.

Public Golf Facilities are available at Los Verdes Country Club. Los Verdes is a public golf course run by the County of Los Angeles. Trump National Golf Club is a public course which is planned to open in December 2005, and is located at the southern edge of Rancho Palos Verdes adjacent to San Pedro.See Golf on the Palos Verdes Peninsula for detailed information and critiques of the Golf courses on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Los Verdes Golf Course,


Trump National Golf Club

Rancho Palos Verdes has several large parks including Hesse Park and Ryan Park. Hesse Park, located on Hawthorn Boulevard, has 29 acres, 2 softball diamonds, soccer fields, running track, children’s play area , community room, and restrooms. Hesse park is also where the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council and Planning Commission holds its public meetings.

Hesse Park
Hesse Park (Photo by Ed Shea / PVNET. )

Ryan Park, located south of Hesse Park on Hawthorne Boulevard consists of 10 acres, a baseball field, grass areas, children’s play area, and restrooms. Del Cerro Park, located at the end of Crenshaw Boulevard, south of Crest Road, is a 5 acre park, with no facilities, Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, located near Portuguese Bend off of Palos verdes Drive West, has picnic tables and beach access.


Abalone Cove looking east towards Portuguese Point.(Photo by Ed Shea / PVNET).

Equestrian facilities are located in the City at the Portuguese Bend Riding Club, as well as the Palos Verdes Stables in Palos Verdes Estates, and Ernie Howlett Park in Rolling Hills Estates. Private riding facilities are also available in Rolling Hills Estates.

Tennis may be played at the Peninsula Racquet Club, Ernie Howlett Park in Rolling Hills Estates, the Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills Estates, or at one of the excellent courts at Peninsula High. Tennis League play is available through the South Bay Marine League, which has teams at most of the private tennis clubs in the area as well as Ernie Howlett Park in Rolling Hills Estates

Point Vicente Interpretive Center is located near the southern terminus of Hawthorne Boulevard, just south on Palos Verdes Drive West. This Center is one of the best viewing points for the semiannual migration of whales along the California coast. The center was recently expanded and remodeled.

Point Vicente Interpretive Center

Point Vicente Interpretive Center
Point Vicente Interpretive Center

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