Bike Friendly, Public Concrete Parks List
The first twenty-seven parks have been contacted and are confirmed to be bike friendly and concrete. The rest of the parks are reportedly public, concrete and bike friendly, but have not been fully confirmed. This list is compiled from my best resources and to the best of my knowledge. If you know of any more bike friendly, public concrete parks in the U.S., please e-mail them to me through the "e-mail the bearded lady" link on the homepage and I will add them promptly. If any of the skate/bike parks mentioned below the first twenty-six are not in fact public, bike friendly or concrete, please tell me that also.
Prescott, Arizona
Bikes allowed and welcomed at all times. Excellent free, public concrete park. Features amoeba bowl w/ oververt pocket, pool w/ 11 ft. deep, and big street course.
Flagstaff BMX Park
Unbelievable big and sick concrete park, features 2 flow bowls, each with nothing under 6 ft tall, sub box, curved wallride, oververt pocket, sub rail. Also has a separate amoeba pool and a 4 ft bowl with a 28 ft jump designed to be able to launch over the bowl.
Show Low, Arizona
Bikes allowed and welcomed at all times. Free, public concrete park.
Douglas, Arizona
Public, free skatepark. Consists of concrete bowls and features, plus some metal ramps. Bikes allowed and welcomed at all times. Located just north of the Douglas Police Department
Los Altos Skatepark--Albuquerque, NM
Location: 10140 * Lomas, just east of Easterday,
Phone: 505.8578640
Cost: Free.
Bikes allowed at all times, co-mingled with other users.
Description: Hips, spines, bowls, snake run, street course, outdoor, pads
recommended. Designed by SDG (Site Design Group)
WEBSITE: www.cabq.gov/recreation/skate.html
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas has 12 skateparks.
All of them are free and allow bikes co-mingled at all times when open.
Skatepark of Lake Forest-- Lake Forest, CA
Free, concrete. Allows exclusive bike use on certain hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays, skateboards and inline skates have exclusive use at all other times when open.
Hawthorne Skatepark-- Hawthorne, CA
Free, concrete. Allows bike use at all times when open, co-mingled with skateboards and inline skates.
Woodglen Vista Skatepark-- Santee, CA
Free, concrete. Allows bike-only use at certain specified hours of the day.
Santa Clarita Skatepark--Santa Clarita, CA Free, concrete. Separate bike sessions are in effect but not enforced.
Derby Skatepark--Santa Cruz, CA
Free, old park, small with snake run and bowl.
Hobert Park Skate Park--Ventura, CA
Telegraph Road at Petit & Cambria
Ventura, CA 93001
Phone: (805) 652-4550
Park Description: Concrete facility, approximately 4,000 sq ft with ramps,
steps, rails and other features.
Park Rules:
Helmets, elbow and knee pads required.
Pads Required: Yes - Full Pads
Hours of operation: 8am - Dark
Bikes, blades, boards all allowed on a take turn basis.
Louisville Skatepark
Incredible park, concrete fullpipe, huge concrete street course, 50' wide wooden vert ramp
Lit and open 24 hours a day.
Grants Pass, OR
Bikes Allowed. Contact: Dick Olson at the City Recreation
Office, 471-6435.
Sanctuary Skate Park — Chattanooga, TN
Established — June 2000
Directions: Interstate 75 to Interstate 24 to Highway 27 to the Main Street
Exit. Turn left onto Main Street, go one block and turn right onto Carter
Street. Sanctuary entrance is on the right.
Bikes Allowed: Thursday 7-10, Saturday 4-7
Address: 1801 Carter Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Manager: Kevin Jones
423-267-4005
Website: Sanctuary Skate Parks, USA
Kokomo Skate Park — Kokomo, Indiana
Bikes allowed.
Designed by Grindline Skateparks.
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ARKANSAS
Skatepark of Little Rock
Kenis Park S. Mississippi Ave,
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
PH#: 501.227.0599
Public Park, free.
Name: Kanis Skatepark
Location: Address Not Available
Little Rock, AR
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Bowl, outdoor, pads recommended.
Name: North Little Rock Skatepark
Location: Address Not Available
North Little Rock, AR
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Box jump, street course, outdoor, pads recommended.
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CALIFORNIA
Davis Public Skatepark
Concrete, separate bike sessions. At community park in Davis.
Name: FGO Skatepark
Location: Address Not Available
Pleasanton, CA
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Bikes OK when not crowded
Description: Hips, grind box, small street course, outdoor, pads recommended.
Long Beach (not built yet)
Although this park (their second one) is not built yet, Long Beach is absolutely
committed to planning for bikes in the park.
Pacific Mini Park Skate Park
Pacific High School
Dean Drive East of Mills Road
Ventura, CA 93001
Phone: (805) 652-4550
Park Description: Concrete facility, approximately 4,000 sq ft with ramps,
steps, rails and other features.
Park Rules:
Helmets, elbow and knee pads required.
Pads Required: Yes - Full Pads
Hours of operation: 8am - Dark
Bikes, blades, boards all allowed on a take turn basis.
Piedmont Public Skatepark
Piedmont, CA
Separate bike sessions, concrete park.
Santa Monica Skatepark (not built yet)
Although the park is not built yet, Santa Monica is absolutely committed to
planning for bikes in the park.
Westpark Skate Park
Harrison Street
West of Ventura Ave.
Ventura, CA 93001
Phone: (805) 652-4550
Park Description: Concrete facility, approximately 4,000 sq ft with ramps,
steps, rails and other features.
Park Rules:
Helmets, elbow and knee pads required.
Pads Required: Yes - Full Pads
Hours of operation: 8am - Dark
Bikes, blades, boards all allowed on a take turn basis.
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COLORADO
Boulder, CO
Allows bikes from 7:00am to 10:00am every day. It's a concrete park with lots of
hips and bowls, ledges, etc. Check out the new issue of Pusher Mag for details
and photos.
"The Bowls"
Location: Durango, CO
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: concrete bowls, outdoor, pads recommended.
Broomfield Public Skate Park
Bikes Allowed: All hours
Cost: Small fee, check website
Description: Mix of wood/concrete, street course, varied
Directions: To get to the park, take Lamar St. to Community Drive. Turn east
from Lamar into the softball field parking lot and follow the road to the east.
It ends at the parking area for the skate park.
Website:
http://www.ci.broomfield.co.us/recreation/skatepark.shtml
Eagle Rim Skatepark
Location: Orchard Mesa (GJ), CO
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Hips, bowls, rails, pyramid-type-thing, outdoor, pads
recommended.
Thorton
Website: www.cityofthornton.net/rec/SkatePark.asp.
West Lake Park
Location: Grand Junction, CO
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: snake run, bowls, fun box, outdoor, pads recommended.
Denver, CO
Concrete, free skatepark. No pegs allowed on bikes in the park.
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FLORIDA
Sanctuary Skate Park — Collier County
Public/Private Partnership
Established — October 1997
3500 Thomasson Drive
Naples, Florida 34112
Managers: Matt Helstrom, Jennifer Johnson
941-793-6800
Website: Sanctuary Skate Parks, USA
Sanctuary Skate Park — Fort Myers
Public/Private Partnership
Established — August 1999
2277 Grand Avenue
Fort Myers, Florida 33902
Manager: Aaron Johnson
Assistant Manager: Kyle Lemstrom
941-337-5297
Website: Sanctuary Skate Parks, USA
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GEORGIA
Sanctuary Skate Park — Macon
Public/Private Partnership
Established — December 1998
Central City Park
180 Willy Glover Drive
Macon, Georgia 31202
Manager: Lori Walker
912-742-7124
Website: Sanctuary Skate Parks, USA
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IDAHO
Rexburg Skatepark
Details unknown
Ketchum Skatepark
Location: Warm Springs Rd. at Saddle Rd.
Ketchum, ID
Phone: 208.872.1222
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Hip, mini spine, bowl, mini bowl, street course, outdoor, pads
recommended.
Lewiston skatepark
Location: Main St. Lewiston, ID
Phone: None
Cost: Free
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Concrete, Hip, Quarter pipe, Fun box, Hand rail, Street course
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ILLINOIS
McHenery
The city of McHenery, Illinois recently built the Zone, a public bike and
skateboard park that includes a 10,000 square-foot wooden section and a 13,500
square-foot cement skatepark. Bikes and skaters are allowed access to both
facilities from sunrise to sunset. Free to the public.
Since the day the park was opened, no problems have been reported regarding the
coexistence of bikers and skaters. With the success of the Zone, other
communities in the area have been contacting the organizers for information
about the skate and bike facility.
For more information on the Zone, call (815) 385-9235.
Mineral Springs Park
Location: Pekin, Illinois
Phone: 309-347-7275
Terrain: Full 11' vert halfpipe, 6' mini half with spine, street course
with 4' ramps and fun box, assorted rails and grind ledges.
Contacts: Little Ade's bike shop. 309-346-3900
Time: Everyday 8AM to dusk, weather permitting
Cost: Free (must wear pads and helmet)
Web: www.pekin.net/pekinparkdistrict/BikeJumpPark.html
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INDIANA
Warsaw
free, public
Goshen
free, public
Major Taylor Skatepark
3700 Cold Springs Road
Indianapolis
Free, pads required, concrete, bikes allowed from 10am to 12 noon and 6pm to 8
pm daily, put duct tape on the ends of your pegs.
Directions: Next to Lake Sullivan BMX Track and the Major Taylor Velodrome,
corner of I-65 and Cold Springs Road.
Website: www.indiskatepark.com
New Albany, IN
30ft wide quater, a 8ft.wedge hip, grind ledges, stairs, rails, and launches to
flat ground.
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KANSAS
Butler
Description: Outdoor and metal. Bowl, vert ramp, street course, mini, small
wedge to sub, quarter, cool funbox with rails, ledges and everything else.
Bikes Allowed: All times
Cost: Free
Other: No pads
Hays Skatepark
Location: 30th and Sherman
Hays, KS
Phone: 785.562.2650
Cost: Free.
Kansas City (Pleasant Valley Skatepark)
Directions: I-70 to 35 North, exit 10 North Brighton. Make a right on Pleasant
Valley Rd., and the park is on your right.
Description: Cement park, big bowl, spine, quaters, rails, ledges, stairs,
pyramid, big camel hump, subs, box jump.
Cost: Free.
Other: No pads. Call Parks and Rec for more.
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KENTUCKY
New Albany skatepark
Under sherman menton bridge near Ohio river, free, street course
Breslin Skatepark
Vert ramp, quarter pipes, in Louisville, KY on Pain
street, near pool
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Maryland
Landsdowne Skatepark
Location: Landsdowne, Md.
Hours: dawn to dusk
Type: outdoor & cement
built in the 70's nice street course no vert 8' deep bowl
pads recommended but not required
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MASSACHUSETTS
Belfour Skatepark
Directions: Attlebro, MA on County St.(Rt. 123) at the center of town, Behind
the Bank of Boston
Cost: Free
Hours: Daylight
Description:3 foot spine, Pyramid, Benches, 4 foot "half-pipe", 2 foot ledge
thing, Jump ramp
Pads: None
Other: Look out for the kinks at the bottom of the ramps!
Name: Bridgewater Skatepark
Location: Address Not Available
Bridgewater, MA
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Street course, pads recommended.
Hyde Park Skatepark
location: Hyde Park Mass.
free
hours: open when it's light out
type: outdoor and cement
stuff: small street, small mini, hand rails, and a bowl
(everything is perty small, like under 6")
pads: not required, but not a bad idea
Other: on site parking, and a port-a-potty
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MISSOURI
Springfield
Directions: Springfield Missouri across from the Parkview High School stadium at
945 W. Meadowmere, off of Grant Street between Grand and Sunshine.
Website: WWW.SK8SPRINGFIELD.COM
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NEVADA
Boulder City Skatepark/BMX Track
Boulder City, NV (east of Las Vegas)
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: outdoor, street course, pads recommended.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
Weare Public Skatepark
Weare, New Hampshire
Public, free, concrete
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NEW JERSEY
Jefferson Township Skate Park
"BIKES. BLADES. AND BOARDS"
Directions: Located at Camp Jefferson on Weldon Road
Hours(AS OF 9/6/00): M-F 3:30PM - 5:30PM , Saturday and Sunday 12 PM-4:OO PM
Pads: Helmet, Knee, Elbow
Other: All participants MUST be registered through the recreation department,
park may be closed due to poor weather.
Phone: Recreation Department 973-208-6139,
Website: www.hicom.net/~jefferson/SKATE.HTML
Veteran's Park
Old Bridge, NJ
Cost: Free
Bikes always Allowed
Hours of Operations: Unsure of opening, close at dark
Description: Relatively small street course, 6 Ft Mini
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NEW MEXICO
Name: Los Alamos Skatepark
Location: Address Not Available
Los Alamos, NM
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Vert, street course, pads recommended.
Santa Fe Skateparks (Two Parks)
Cost: Free
Bikes co-mingled at all times with other users
Description: Concrete
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NEW YORK
Greenport
Halfpipe, 6ft mini w/spine,large box w/transfer conected, 2 boxes, quarters only
think to grind-except a small box-usually brocken, sheet metal/concrete design ,
public, free during winter and if you come early
Location: Next to greenport high school on north fork of long island
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
Location: DeMers Avenue behind Purpur Arena
Cost: Free
Hours: Sun up till a few hours after sundown
Description: Outdoor, 4.5ft. mini, piano, beef box with two foot tall grind box
and much more.
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OKLAHOMA
Edmond
Cost: Free
Bikes allowed at all times
Description: Concrete park
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OREGON
Ashland, OR
No Details available at this time
Beaverton, OR
No Details available at this time
Bend, OR
Free
Sun up- Sun down
Concrete hips, ramps,
grinds.
Burns, OR
Free
Sun up- Sun down
Small Concrete Park, Steep 6'-
horseshoe quarter, hips, grinds
Burnside Skatepark
Location: Portland (under the east side of Burnside Bridge.)
Cost: Free, with respect to the skaters (they built it)
Bikes Allowed: Bikes allowed when not crowded. Best to go very early.
Description: Bowls, hips, vert walls, spine, covered, pads recommended.
Corvallis, OR
No Details available at this time
Coos Bay
No Details available at this time
Eugene, OR. (4 parks)
Amazon Skatepark
Free
Sun up- sun down
Old School concrete bowls w/ hips.
Churchill Skatepark
And Two Other Skateparks in Eugene
Forest Grove, OR.
"Ryan Dubois Memorial Skatepark"
Free, Open sun up- sun down.
Various wood ramps and grind obstacles.
Phone# Armory Skate shop 503-357-8146
Gresham, OR.
Davis Skatepark
Sun up- sun down
Concrete ramps, bowls, hips, ledges.
Hoodriver, OR.
Free, Open sun up- sun down.
Various wood ramps, vert ramp, and grind obstacles.
Jacksonville, OR
No Details available at this time
Keiser, OR.
Free
Sun up- sun down
Concrete ramps, bowls, hips, ledges.
Lincoln City, OR
No Details available at this time
McMinnville, OR.
Free
Sun up- sun down
Concrete ramp, pyramid w/ rail, ledges.
Myrtle Point, OR
No Details available at this time
Newport, OR
Free
Sun up- Sun down
Concrete hips, ramps,
grinds.
Ontario, OR
No Details available at this time
Oregon City, OR
Free, small
Prineville, OR
Free
Sun up- Sun down
Steel layered skatepark
spine, various ramps.
Roseburg, OR
Free
Sun up- Sun down
Concrete hips, ramps,
grinds.
Salem, OR.
Free
Sun up- sun down
Concrete ramps, bowls, hips, ledges.
Scappoose, OR.
Free
Sun up- sun down
Concrete ramps, hips, ledges.
St. Helens. OR.
Free
Sun up- sun down
Concrete bowls, hips, ledges.
St. Johns, OR.
Free
Sun up- sun down
Concrete bowls, hips, ledges.
Tualatin Park and Rec.
Beaverton, OR.
Free
Sun up - 11:00 summer
Sun up- 9:00 winter
All skate light outdoor ramps, concrete ledges, Hoffman B3 Vert ramp.
Talent Skatepark
The city of Talent, OR has a public skatepark and they allow bikes.
They have also come up with a few recommendations for park etiquette.
Anyone who has been around the skatepark scene knows that the key
to a safe skatepark is following a few simple, common sense rules of
park etiquette.
website
http://www.cityoftalent.org/skate.htm
Wayne C. Memorial skate park
Location: Ontario, Oregon (down 4th ave next to the pool at lions park), Outdoor
Times: Bikes are allowed at all hours of the day.
Description: The park is a little shady. There is a fun box with a stair case on
one side, a small hand rail, a small grinding box, and a kicker ramp leading
nowere.
New additions: the city announced they will put a pyramid and a wall. I dont
know exact details.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Bloomsburg
Location: Bloomsburg, PA
No further information available
FDR Skatepark
Location: Under I-95, across from the Spectrum
Philadelphia, PA
Cost: Free (Give respect to the skaters. They built it)
Bikes Allowed: Bikes allowed before 10am everyday. Show respect to skaters!
Description: Hips, banks, vert walls, bowl, street course, covered, pads
recommended.
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SOUTH DAKOTA
Hartford
Location, Hartford, South Dakota (near the city pool)
Description: Small street course
Soiux Falls
Location: Soiux Falls, South Dakota (off of Cliff Ave in a city park)
Bikes Allowed: Bike days are Wed all day and Sat 4:30 - Dark
Description: Street course and mini
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TEXAS
Abilene Abilene Public Skatepark
Features spine and hips. Bikes allowed at all times. Free.
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UTAH
Brigham City
No information at this time.
Grantsville Skatepark
Grantsville, UT
It's a small concrete, public park that is free and requires no pads
Moab Public Skatepark
Moab, UT
Website:
http://moabcity.state.ut.us/Recreaton/skatepark.htm
Has a 5' concrete mini with a spine. Funky bowl-type thing. Hips on each side of
the mini. Expansion planned for this summer.
Roy
Bikes on Thursdays only. Recently opened.
Taylorsville
Salt Lake City
Lots of banks. A fun 90d hip. 6' "half moon" bowl.
Tooele, UT
It is a small all concrete park with a couple of fun boxes and a 3' deep
bowl with metal coping. It is public, free and no pads needed. Note: They
are building a new, larger park right now. It should be done in time for
summer.
Stansbury Skatepark
Stansbury, UT
About 10,000 ft2 concrete park. 4' transitions around, 5' spine, ledges
around the perimeter. A couple of rails and a long, gradual bank.
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VIRGINIA
Laurel Skatepark
Location: Staple Mills Rd. and Hunger Springs Rd.
Glen Allen, VA
Phone: 804.467.6273
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Two mini ramps. Vert ramp, two pools, all pads required including a
full face helmet.
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WASHINGTON
Mt. Vernon Skatepark
Location: Bakerview Park, off of Fir St. and east of La Vent
Mt. Vernon, WA
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Mini, spine with hip, street course, outdoor, pads recommended.
Snohomish
Snohomish is well east of Seattle. Take I90 over Snoqualmie pass. The city is
along HWY 97. Take the HWY907 from I90 to the HWY97 S.
Description: There isn't anything super big but there are all sorts of hips and
manuals and about a thousand different lines to take. There's also a whole bunch
of street stuff, including a nine stair ledge and rail. There's also a four foot
half bowl which always makes for really fun sessions. All in all it's a really
fun place to ride and the skaters are cool.
Other: Check out PICTURES OF THE PARK
Vancouver Skatepark, Vancouver, WA
Concrete, Bikes allowed at all times.
ALL OF THESE WASHINGTON PARKS BELOW ARE BIKE FRIENDLY ALSO, ALTHOUGH DETAILS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Everett Skatepark
Oak Harbor Skatepark
Port Townsend Skatepark
Woodinville Skatepark(not completed)
Spokane Skatepark
Kent Skatepark
Redmond Skatepark
Aberdeen Skatepark
Freeland Skatepark
Clatskanie Skatepark
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WISCONSIN
Kenosha Public Skatepark
Kenosha, WI
Bowl, Free, Street Course, Full pipe. ledges, Giant Funbox, Pyramid
Lacrosse, WI
No further information at this time.
Oshkosh Public Skatepark
Directions: Oshkosh, WI. Take Highway 41 to Highway 21 East to the frontage road
(N. Koeller Street) to Taft. At Taft take a left (there is a Dairy Queen on the
corner). Go one block to the park, which is across from Oshkosh West High
School.
Hours: open all hours of the day but not well lit at night
Cost: Free
Description: Concrete with two 6ft half pipes. Quarter, a low box with a ramp up
to the higher box and a staircase of four stairs. It has a launch ramp, and the
sides of the park are banked .
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WYOMING
Evanston Skatepark
Evanston, WY
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: concrete, street course, outdoor, pads recommended.
Rock Springs Skatepark
Northside Belt Rte. (Off I-80)
Rock Springs, WY
Phone: 307.735.1440
Cost: Free.
Bikes Allowed: Monday-Sunday
Description: Street course, mini ramps, outdoor, pads recommended.