Diamond Valley Lake

Awesome day at the lake. Caught 25 stripper bass with Captain Mark Franco. He’s a good guy and will put you on the fish! Contact = fishingwithfranco

It was the end of March and only a few flowers were blooming, but it was a beautiful place. There was a big snake, so don't wear light clothes. It's good to have a selfie stick to attack.

Just went the other day here. Even though it was the weekday, you had to go early as it could get crowded. You can go boating, fishing, hiking...etc. No dogs allowed. $11 for parking and $4 each person for the trail. Beautiful views, and if you're able, go up the mountain to have a better view. You can spend the whole day here with your family. Although they should add more benches for those who are disable to be able to hike up.

Good place to go to enjoy the super bloom. Parking is $11, $4/person if you want to go on trails. I would suggest about 3 hours for taking pictures and walking on trails to enjoy the flowers. The line to get into the park gets very long starting at 11am, could taking over 1hr just to get into the park.

The spring blooms here by the lake did not disappoint us. Its a beautiful place to go see the blooms, take a lot of pictures and do a small hike around the lake or the flowers. We did the flower trail and finished it in like 2-3 hours even after stopping a lot for taking pictures. 11$ per car for entrance, and 4$ per person for the trail.

PROS: Beautiful wildflower display this year. Came in 2019 and was awestruck: 2023 is even better. So many varieties and vivid colors like I've never seen in my entire life in so CA. CONS: Crowds are present with some behaving poorly and trampling/picking flowers. This is not DVL's fault, but a little hard to explain to my 4 year old that grownups are breaking the rules, but we are going to obey them. This means that the security that is present is constantly whistling and yelling if they see people going off path. On weekends, expect an hour long wait to park if you want to park at the wildflower trailhead. Parking is $11 a car plus access is $3 per person 3 & over. If you don't want to pay for parking you can hike up from the bottom of the road but it's about a mile steep hike up the road. Bathrooms OOO so all there is are porta potties. Well maintained upon arrival, once we left dirty and out of paper. Long and short: come midweek early to avoid the debacle/ if you want peace in nature. The environment is gorgeous, the crowds are probably just overwhelming the resources.

I went to see the flowers two weeks ago, it was in full bloom, there were about five varieties of flowers, I don't know its name, the colors were purple, dark blue, orange, yellow, white! It's really, really beautiful! It is worth going to watch and hike, relax ! There are some flying bugs on the mountain, if you don't like it, you can protect your face and wear a mask

We went here during the bloom last year, it was amazing! A little busy but thats expected. Had outdoor bathrooms which is a plus. Plan to return this year for the blooms!