About Us

Ridgway Park Publishing is a small, privately owned company dedicated to producing high-quality books and related products on local topics. The company’s flagship product, a 207-page book about America’s greatest urban park, is the first guidebook to be written about Balboa Park in 60 years. A 40-year Park veteran wrote Discover Balboa Park with contributions from several other knowledgeable Park advocates.

Discover Balboa Park was co-published by the House of Hospitality Association and is The Official Guidebook of the Balboa Park Visitors Center. Other products currently available include two self-guided walking tours of Balboa Park, and illustrated children’s books: Kate Sessions Mother of Balboa Park, Balboa Park: A to Z, Balboa Park with Ranger Kim, and Above Coronado.