A main entrance to Los Angeles County’s Belvedere Community Regional Park off Civic Center Way at East Third Street leads you to the East L.A. park’s lake and an easy walking route. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A path winds north from East Third Street through Belvedere Park, eventually crossing over the 60 Freeway and into a northern section of the park. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Jose Franco, with Jose Jr., 2, in his arms and Joshua, 5, at his side, use a pedestrian walkway to cross over the 60 Freeway from the southern to the northern part of Belvedere Park. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The northern section of Belvedere Park in East L.A., easily accessed from East Caesar E. Chavez Avenue, has several sport fields for soccer and baseball. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A couple brings their hammock to hang between trees on a hill above the lake at Belvedere Park. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Nancy Hernandez, 9, brings bread from her East Los Angeles home to feed the ducks around the lake at Belvedere Park. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Jose Rude Calderon’s “Leaping Fish, Nature’s Cycles,” has a line of visitors on Belvedere Park Lake. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A walking path winds around the lake inside Belvedere Park. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A collection of ducks and birds gathers at Belvedere Park Lake. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
