A major construction project of some kind is in progress south of the velodrome. The east slope of Florida Canyon has been scraped and smoothed to a 32 percent grade from about 370 feet south of Zoo Place to a about 500 feet north of Zoo Place. Near the north end of this area, a new path goes down the slope with a single switchback and a grade of about 15 percent.
Parking is available north and west of the tennis courts.
At the southwest side of the grassy area is a signed trailhead. South of the tennis courts is a smaller trail leading down into a side canyon. On the other side of the side canyon is an unsigned dirt track leading around the northwest, southwest and southeast sides of the bicycle velodrome. Another good starting place is the bicycle velodrome. However, this parking area is usually open only for velodrome events.