Chula Vista Bayside Park

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Chula Vista Bayside Park stretches across 12 acres on the San Diego Bay shoreline at 999 Bayside Parkway, managed by the Port of San Diego as part of the 535-acre Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan. The park's fishing pier and waterfront picnic areas sit within the bayfront dining corridor that includes The Galley, a marina-adjacent restaurant serving the boating and cycling traffic along Marina Parkway. A current expansion is transforming the site into the 25-acre Harbor Park, with the Port of San Diego constructing a nautical-themed playground, splash pad, and new southern entrance as part of the Gaylord Pacific Resort development phase. Paved walking and cycling paths connect the park to the Sweetwater Bicycle Path and Promenade, creating an unbroken bayfront trail corridor linking the marina district to the Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. That trail network passes through prime birding habitat in the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, where tidal marsh and mudflat ecosystems support migratory shorebird populations year-round. The park's 600-foot fishing pier requires no California fishing license for pier-based anglers, and the Harbor Park expansion — part of the $1.3-billion Gaylord Pacific development — adds 13 acres of new public parkland with ADA-accessible splash features and stormwater-capture bioswales meeting Port coastal-resource standards.