Lake Poway Recreation Office

"Poway lake is a small water body where you can do fishing ,go on pedal boating,watch and feed ducks.The park around is clean,kept green with lots of trees for shade, with many picnic tables, playground, volleyball courts.There are clean restrooms.There are many trails around the lake,though we didn't go for hiking.There is a parking fee of 10 dollars for non Poway residents."

"Very hot, burned my dogs paws, heat stroke, $5000 in Vet bills, 3 weeks of healing, rocky, trail has much more elevation than expected. Took 2 hours to hike 3 miles. We expected a flat lake shore walk. No shade, 550ft elevation change, high climbs then steep downhills repeated frequently. My fault for being out of shape and not managing expectations, needed way more water than we brought for 4 people. Thought this would be a pleasant lunch stroll… sorely mistaken. Lake view was nice for 20 minutes, then pretty much just low trails looking in the backside of the damn, hot, boring, slippery rocks, only a couple benches in the sun on the trail. Lucky we wore hiking boots. Miserable for our family. Not kid friendly."

"Parking is $10 for non-Poway residents. Really? The 2.9 mi loop hike is clean but not worth the money. This is my first time paying $ for parking at a lake. There are so many other better hiking areas in San Diego."

"Lake Poway park is great, clean, With lots of picnic tables, playground, volleyball courts, baseball fields, plenty of clean restrooms and is kept all green with lots of trees for shade. We been coming here for peaceful picnics and sitting around."

"Oh my good, its perfect, you can do many activities. Hiking Drink beer Rent a boat Reant a padel boat Playground. If you live in poway the parking lot its free"