Alta Vista Botanical Gardens

Located inside Brengle Terrace Park (open 6am-8pm and closed for big events like Fourth of July and The Scottish Highland Games Festival). Can be closed for private events. Five dollar entry fee or $65 membership fee. Some parking inside the gate. 3 acres for walks. Some steep areas. Several ponds. A small grass area. A kids area with musical instruments and a tunnel and a water pump and a shady area for a picnic.

Accessibility: there are disabled parking spots actually inside this park (see photos). Besides this, there are tons of other, non-disabled parking spots directly inside the entrance of the park, and right outside the park. Most of the park is on hilly, dirt ground, not great for wheelchairs or anyone who has a difficult time walking. Experience: I paid five dollars per person to enter (I wish it was per car but I guess that's how they keep the park running). I came on a Sunday and there were other people there but not that many. I actually never crossed by anyone closely on any trails. It is definitely a beautiful park with great views of Vista, but I recommend coming later in the day, maybe two hours before sunset, so there is more shade from the trees. During the middle of the day it gets super hot and there isn't as much shade when the sun is directly overhead. There are drinking fountains with water in a few places around the park which is super cool, and they have bathrooms (porta potties) and trash and recycle bins all over. Very cool place, very relaxing.