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== Parks and recreation == Parks include: * [[Grant Rea Park]], which features Montebello Barnyard Zoo, pony rides, train rides and a miniature water park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montebellobarnyardzoo.com/about.html |title=:: Montebello Barnyard Zoo :: |access-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215171941/http://www.montebellobarnyardzoo.com/about.html |archive-date=December 15, 2010 }}</ref> * Bicknell Park, which features the [[Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armenian-genocide.org/Memorial.118/.../memorials_detail.html |title=Monument at Bicknell Park in Montebello, California |website=Armenian-genocide.org |date=April 24, 1965 |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> * Montebello City Park, the oldest park, which featured fishponds in the 1950s, and now includes a skateboard park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socalskateparks.com/park/Montebello |title=Montebello Montebello Skateboard Park Montebello, CA Southern California Skateboard Parks Montebello Skatepark |website=Socalskateparks.com |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809094827/http://www.socalskateparks.com/park/Montebello |archive-date=August 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Sanchez Adobe Park, which includes Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe, built in 1845, the oldest extant structure in Montebello.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letsgoseeit.com/index/county/la/montebello/loc02/sanchez_adobe.htm |title=Juan Sanchez Adobe |website=LetsGoSeeIt.com |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> * Ashiya Park, named for Montebello's sister city in Japan. * Henry Acuna Park, named for the only Montebello Police Department officer to die on duty. Memorials are located there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtbpoa.com/Memorial.htm |title=MPOA ~ Memorial Page |website=Mtbpoa.com |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714125546/http://www.mtbpoa.com/Memorial.htm |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * The {{convert|11|acre|abbr=on}} Reggie Rodriguez Park, which includes the Reggie Rodriguez Community Center, both named for a [[Vietnam War]] hero.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualwall.org/dr/RodriguezRJ01a.htm |title=Reginald Rodriguez, LCPL, Marine Corps, Montebello CA, 17Feb69 32W052 |publisher=The Virtual Wall |access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/BTS/archives/public/ReggieRodriguez/overview.asp |title=Architectural Record Building Types Study | Reggie Rodriguez Community Center |website=Archrecord.construction.com |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> * Chet Holifield Park, which features the Chet Holifield Branch Library, both named for Congressman [[Chet Holifield]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Montebello |url=http://www.americantowns.com/ca/montebello/organization/chet_holifield_library |title=Chet Holifield Library - Montebello California CA |website=AmericanTowns.com |access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> ===Golf course=== Montebello Municipal Golf Course, a {{convert|120|acre|ha|adj=on}}, 18-hole course founded in 1928 as a private club, was purchased by the city in 1941, and features hotels and a conference center.<ref name="golf">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofmontebello.com/depts/golf_course/default.asp |title=Golf Course |publisher=City of Montebello |date=May 7, 1999 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-date=May 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519143414/http://www.cityofmontebello.com/depts/golf_course/default.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Banquets and Events |date=August 16, 2012 |url=http://www.quietcannon.com/#/banquets-events/ |publisher=Quiet Cannon Conference & Event Center |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>
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