Formerly the site of an aircraft factory and movie studio lot, the park is named after Donald Douglas and hosts a number of facilities, including a bowling green and Los Angeles County's largest municipal pond.

[1] However, the size of the surrounding trees limited the size of planes that could depart from the factory and made it difficult for pilots to take off from the factory, requiring some planes to be wheeled through the streets of Santa Monica.

[1] Following the closure of the factory, Santa Monica elected to transform the land into a park.

[1] The park hosts a number of facilities including two tennis courts, picnic tables, a playground, a clubhouse, three reflecting pools, and a lawn bowling green.

[5] The park's man-made waterscape is also the largest municipal pond in Los Angeles County and hosts a variety of ducks, turtles, and fish.