California is a skateboarding mecca that can lay claim to not only having some of the best skateparks in the country, but also having the highest volume of skateparks than any other state! Whether you live in the suburbs, on the beach, at elevation, or desolate desert, a skatepark never seems to be too far away here.

Not only are there numerous skateparks in the golden state, but there is an extremely diverse variety of facilities that include vert ramps, professional bowls, street courses, and street plazas. No matter what kind of terrain you like to skate, it’s guaranteed California has you covered.

Many of these phenomenal skateparks were built by some of the best skatepark designers and builders in the country such as California Skateparks and Spohn Ranch.

This comprehensive list of the best skateparks in California was not easy to create as there is so much fierce competition. Here is a round up of what we believe to be the top thirty skateparks in the state so far. Seeing as though it seems there is a new skatepark popping up every month in this state, there may be more entries coming real soon. Take a look at what is hot right now.

Best Skateparks In California

Soma West Skate Plaza

Soma West Skate Plaza which first opened in 2015 has become one of the best skateparks in San Francisco. Built by Newline Skateparks, this place is loaded with street elements such as hubba ledges, out ledges, flat ledges, handrails, flat bars, banks, pyramids, manual pads, and stairs, in addition to a few quarter pipes, plus a doorway.

Many of the obstacles featured here were inspired by local street skating spots such as the Justin Herman Plaza, Channel Street, and Three Up Three Down.

Soma’s location underneath an overpass in downtown San Francisco offers shade and protection from the weather. The good news is there’s plenty of room to skate here and the design ensures good flowing lines. The bad news is that when nature calls, there is no restroom in sight. A little strange for sure as it is a public facility.

Read: Best Skateparks In San Francisco

Linda Vista Skatepark

Linda Vista Skatepark is one of the largest skateparks in San Diego at nearly 35,000 square feet. It was completed in 2018 and was designed by SITE Group Inc and constructed by California Skateparks.

This skatepark has a great mix of obstacles from street to transition and I guarantee your mind will be blown with how cool it actually is once you’ve visited. It features a large street plaza with all the ledges, rails, stairs, banks, and hubbas you could ever want along with a snake run, flow bowl, vert bowl, backyard bowl, and a full pipe for transition shredders.

Read: Best Skateparks In San Diego

Encinitas (Poods) Skatepark

Encinitas Skatepark (also known as Poods Park) is a 33,000 square foot skateboarding wonderland. This massive skate plaza mainly consists of street inspired obstacles including countless ledges, manual pads, hubbas, rails, stairs, and banks. Transition skaters were not forgotten and can enjoy the backyard pool-style bowl. Poods is a super popular spot for pro skateboarders to warm up and practice lines so don’t be surprised to see mind blowing tricks going down here on the daily!

Washington Street Skatepark

Washington Street is a DIY skatepark started by local skateboarders in 1999. This was a reaction to officers who were issuing tickets and incarcerating skateboarders for skating in the city of San Diego. They wanted to create a space where they would be left alone by the law.

Like most DIY skateparks, Washington Street had its issues with the city trying to tear it down as construction of any type on public property without permits is deemed illegal. The local skateboarding community managed to raise enough awareness about their project that eventually the city had to listen to them. After years of hard work, fundraising, and jumping through hoops for the city, this DIY skatepark was deemed legal in 2002.

As always, remember to respect the rules of the skatepark and do not enter if the gates are locked. If you would like to donate to the Washington Street Skatepark and contribute to its upkeep, you can do so here.

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Venice Beach Skatepark

Venice Beach Skatepark is an iconic part of skateboarding history. The skatepark was designed by local skaters and pros in 2009 costing around 3.5 million dollars. Venice skatepark is 16,000 square feet and features two bowls, a snake run, and a street section with ledges, rails, and stairs sets.

Even if you don’t skate, Venice Beach skatepark is worth checking out just for the experience and to see some of the amazing skateboarding that happens here on a daily basis. Beware it gets extremely busy especially in the afternoon hours.

Stoner Skate Plaza

Stoner Skate Plaza is a 26,500 square foot skate plaza constructed by California Skateparks in 2010. Stoner is everything you want and need in a skate plaza from the granite ledges to perfect manual pads. Many of the features at Stoner are inspired from previous skate spots around Los Angeles that no longer exist. Pro skateboarders frequent this place regularly so be on the look out.

Read: Best Skate Plazas In Los Angeles

El Sereno Skatepark

El Sereno is a 12,000 square foot skatepark designed by California Skateparks in 2019. It features a variety of hubbas, manual pads, stair sets, rails, blocks, euro gap, A frame, and flat banks. El Sereno skatepark’s modern design is a street skaters dream! Don’t be surprised if you see your favorite pro killing some lines here or getting clips for the ‘gram.

Santa Clarita Skatepark

Santa Clarita Skatepark could possibly be the biggest and most bad ass skatepark in the Los Angeles area. Built in 1998, this 40,000 square foot skatepark caters to all types of skateboarding and skateboarders. It features a variety of bowls such as a nine foot and six foot clover, a ten foot square bowl, and a U shaped half pipe. There is also a snake run and a half pipe tunnel. The street section has an array of handrails, flat bars, ledges, down ledges, stairs, skate-able planters, banks, and manual pads.

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Lake Cunningham Skatepark

Lake Cunningham Skatepark is actually California’s biggest skatepark coming in at 67,000 square feet! It was designed and built by California Skateparks. This skatepark is known for having the world’s largest cradle and tallest vert wall, both measuring in at twenty two feet, in addition to being home to the world’s largest full pipe which has a banked entry and a spiraled end that emulates a breaking wave measuring twenty feet.

There are six bowls that range from beginner to expert level, as well as two thimbles and a flow section. The street course consists of a stair set, hubba ledges, pump bumps, banks, rails, and more.

Park amenities include internal landscaping, lights, a drinking fountain, and restrooms. Lake Cunningham Skatepark requires a day pass to use the facility which costs $10.

Read: Biggest Skateparks In The USA

Mammoth Lakes Skatepark

The Volcom Brothers Skatepark, also known as Mammoth Lakes Skatepark, is a 47,000 square foot combination of earthy transition and street obstacles. There is a large cradle, burnside wall, various humps, bumps, walls, pool-style bowls, and flowing transition. Large boulders have been incorporated into the design and can also be skated.

The street course here is really cool and part of it is nestled among the pine trees. A variety of ledges, rails, mini quarter pipe, pole jam, stairs, jersey barrier, curb, and other obstacles are on offer too.

This skatepark sits at around 8,000 feet elevation so be prepared to be short of breath if you are not used to physical activity at high altitudes. The Eastern Sierras are blessed with spectacular scenery and there is a ton of cool things to see along Highway 395 for road tripping enthusiasts.

Tustin Skatepark

Tustin Skatepark is 12,000 square feet and was designed and built by Spohn Ranch in 2020. Professional skateboarders from all over Southern California have been flocking here since it opened to ride the expertly designed concrete landscape. It features a nice blend of street and transition that includes a unique bowl, planter ledges, benches, manual pads, handrails, flat bar, A-frame, stair set, and bank ramps. There is also a skate-able eagle sculpture.

Doris Davies Skatepark

Doris Davies Skatepark, located in Victorville, is 15,000 square feet and was designed and built by Spohn Ranch in 2020. Spohn Ranch are known for blending street and transition very well and this skatepark is no exception. There is a bowl with various depths, quarter pipes, bank ramps, A-frame with a rail, flat bars, rainbow rail, handrail, stairs, and two hubba ledges.

La Pintoresca Skatepark

La Pintoresca Skatepark is brand new as of 2021, and although it’s only 6,000 square feet, it is designed extremely well. Rather than packing the space with obstacles, Spohn Ranch decided to go with a ‘less is more’ approach to help with crowds. There is still a decent amount of street elements that include a slappy curb, steel wall ride, sphere bollard, hubba ledges, flat ledges, manual pad, quarter pipe, bank, and a stair set.

Napa Skatepark

Napa Skatepark is 30,000 square feet and was deigned and built by California Skateparks. There are three bowls, hubba ledges, flat ledges, handrails, flat bars, stairs, manual pads, A-frame, slappy curb, hydrant, rainbow rail, bank ramps, and quarter pipes. There is lot of terrain here that will satisfy all types of skateboarders from beginner to expert.

Ojai Skatepark

Ojai Skatepark is 12,500 square feet and was designed and built by SITE Design Group and California Skateparks. It consists of an amoeba bowl with tile and pool coping, half bowl with an extension, hubba ledge, flat ledges, out ledge, Pier 7 block, half pyramid, and handrails.

Mather Skatepark

Mather Skatepark is located in Rancho Cordova and measures in at over 18,000 square feet. The simple but effective design includes hubba ledges, two hand rails, various stair sets, curved ledge, flat ledges, out ledges, manual pads, bank ramps, bank to wall, quarter pipes, hips, and lot of flat ground. This is one of the most popular skateparks in the Sacramento area.

Palm Springs Skatepark

Palm Springs Skatepark is 30,000 square feet and has to be one of the best maintained parks in the state. Built in 2004, it features a replica of the “nude bowl” which is a kidney-shaped swimming pool located in an abandoned nudist colony in the nearby desert.

There is also a large flow bowl with hips and an extension, quarter pipes, bank ramps, hubba ledges, flat ledges, handrails, flat bars, and more. The over hanging lights create a nice ambiance and obviously help with night skating which is necessary in desert climate. To skate the park you will need to sign a waiver that can be found here.

Orange Cove Skatepark

Orange Cove Skatepark is 30,000 square feet and offers some speedy transition! The ten foot clover bowl has pool coping, the flow bowl has a spine, and street obstacles make up the rest of the park with hubba ledges, stairs, flat bars, flat ledges, manual pads, picnic table, big pyramid, and bank ramps. It is located in what some may consider the middle of nowhere, southeast of Fresno.

Desert Hot Springs Skatepark

Desert Hot Springs Skatepark has some really nice transition and is a little desert gem. There are several bowls, quarter pipes, hips, bumps, bank ramps, pyramids, spine, extensions, hubba ledge, and a giant rail that seems about three feet high, but the transition here is easily the highlight of this skatepark. >Here are a few clips from our session.

Desert Hot Springs is absolutely beautiful and if you are looking for some fun things to do in the area, you might be surprised at what you can see in one day!

San Luis Obispo Skatepark

San Luis Obispo (SLO) Skatepark is 15,500 square feet and a must skate spot! This Central California gem features three different bowls, ledges, rails, flat bars, stairs, manual pads, pyramid, quarter pipes, and bank ramps.

Colored concrete, along with unique metal tree sculptures, and a giant concrete wave, give this place an inventive and artful aesthetic. Guaranteed you won’t be disappointed by this skatepark.

Freemont Skatepark

Freemont Skatepark is 30,000 square feet and was designed and built by Wormhoudt. It features a variety of terrain that includes a pool- style bowl, flow bowl with hips and a bank extension, drainage ditch, hubba ledges, flat ledges, manual pads, camel hump, launch ramps, flat gap, flat bars, handrails, banks, and a skate-able sculpture.

Chevy Chase Skatepark

Chevy Chase Skatepark is super popular with L.A. street skaters. The 10,500 foot skatepark was designed by Site Design Group but built by Childs Play. It features a four foot platform with quarter pipe, A-frame with kicker to kicker gap combo, A-frame ledge and rail, hip, quarter pipe extension with rollers on both sides, three stair with round rail, bank with skinny and wide wally ledges, manual pads, bank with rectangular wally skate rail, china bank, sixteen foot long flat rail, four and a half foot platform with hipped directional quarter pipe, sloped ledges with bank, and a hipped bank.

La Puente Skatepark

La Puente Skatepark is 10,000 square feet and first opened in 2020. This is a really rad skate plaza with a massive vert quarter pipe and a key hole, blocks, flat ledges, hubba ledges, curved ledge, rails, flat bar, manual pads, pole jam, and some cool giant concrete balls to ollie over. Street skaters love this place and how silky smooth the concrete is.

Rosemead Skatepark

Rosemead Skatepark is 12,000 square feet and was designed and built by Spohn Ranch in 2016. The skatepark has a variety of features including a snake run, hubba ledges, flat ledges, wallride banks, manual pad, bump to flat bar, two sets of handrails, and a massive flat bank extension. This is a really fun skatepark with super smooth concrete and good flow. Recommended for both beginner or expert skateboarders, and guaranteed to rolling good times.

Serenity Skatepark

Serenity Skatepark is 9,000 square feet and is located in the city of Lake Elsinore. This is a great example of Spohn Ranch’s ability to provide a skatepark for all types of skateboarders with a mix of street and transition. There is a bowl with a shallow and deep end, various ledges, stairs, flat bars, rails, wally bar, launch ramps, A-frame, banks, and quarter pipes.

George Lane Skatepark

George Lane Skatepark is designed very well and measures in at 15,000 square feet. There is a bowl, snake run, hubba ledges, bump to ledges, flat bar, rails, quarter pipe island, manual pad, A-frame with rail and ledge, and more. It features aesthetically pleasing stained concrete and is surrounded by trees that offer some relief from the sun on those hot California days.

Harbor City Skatepark

Harbor City Skatepark is another perfect Los Angeles skateboarding facility. The 11,000 square foot skatepark opened in 2019 and is a hot spot South Bay skaters. The two level bowl gives transition skaters something to shred, while street skaters have ledges, stairs, handrails, flat bars, manual pads, quarter pipes, and banks.

Gibson Mariposa Skatepark

Gibson Mariposa, which is also known as El Monte Skatepark, may only be 7,000 square feet, but it has all the essential elements you need for a fun skate session. The bowl is shaped like a butterfly and there are some nice street obstacles that include hubba ledges, stairs, pole jam, curved ledge, quarter pipes, and a flat bar over a manual pad. The whole park is butterfly themed giving cool and inviting vibes.

Moreno Valley Skatepark

Moreno Valley Skatepark is a mere 4,000 square feet but still manages to offer skateboarders some nice terrain. There is a mini-ramp, quarter pipes, bank ramps, stairs, hubba ledge, handrail, A-frame with rail, and manual pad ledge combo. Yes, it is small but size doesn’t always matter.

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