Las Vegas is more than just The Strip; if you’re a skateboarder, you’ll find that the skate scene here is very good. Las Vegas skateparks, each with its own unique layout and collection of features, can even rival those in California.
Whether you’re a street skater, a transition skater, or a pro, you’ll find a skatepark where you’ll enjoy learning and practicing tricks.
Here are some of the best and most popular Las Vegas skateparks recommended by locals and visitors alike.
The Best Las Vegas Skateparks To Spin Your Wheels
1. Justice Myron E. Leavitt & Jaycee Community Park
Why visit: Newest Las Vegas skatepark
The 10,000-square feet skatepark within the Justice Myron E. Leavitt Park is a plaza-style skate park with plenty of space for entry-level to advanced skateboarders to hone their skills.
Some of the features include bank ramps, stairs, ledges, handrails, and hubbas.
In addition, there’s a taco quarterpipe equipped with pool coping, a floating corner bowl, pump bump, and an array of banks to keep skaters moving throughout the park.
Aside from the skatepark, Leavitt Park also has splash pads, a soccer field, dog runs, picnic areas, and walking paths.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, scooters
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? Yes
Lights? Yes
2. Craig Ranch Skatepark
Why visit: Largest Las Vegas skatepark
Located within Craig Ranch Regional Park, Craig Ranch Skatepark is a massive 65,000-square-foot concrete park with competition-level features.
This skatepark has been the venue for several local and national competitions. It has big, medium, and small bowls, ledges, stair sets, square rails, hubbas, boxes, ramps, and a half-pipe, as well as a large plaza, making it attractive to beginners and pros alike.
The cradle bowl right in the middle of the skatepark is perhaps its most dramatic feature.
Craig Ranch Regional Park also has dog parks, baseball fields, courts for tennis, volleyball, and basketball, playgrounds, community gardens, and plenty of wide open spaces that non-skaters can also enjoy.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional and street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? No, but strongly recommended
Lights? Yes, on weekends
3. Anthem Hills Skatepark
Why visit: Vert skaters’ paradise
While this is not technically a Las Vegas skatepark, it’s close enough to Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran) to be considered.
At 26,500 square feet, Anthem Hills Skatepark isn’t the largest but it can definitely feel like it; the layout is spacious and comfortable, making it attractive to flow skaters.
Skaters can look forward to the left-hand kidney bowl with pool coping and steep transitions, as well as street obstacles such as boxes, ledges, and rails.
Beginners won’t feel left out, though; there’s plenty of open space to practice basic ollies and kickflips.
The skatepark is within Anthem Hills Park, which has other sports courts, walking trails, playgrounds, and picnic areas that the whole family can enjoy.
Other information
Type of skating: Street, transitional, and flow skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? Yes
Lights? Yes
4. Hollywood Regional Park Skatepark
Why visit: Advanced skaters’ choice
Hollywood Regional Park Skatepark is a 29,000-square-foot skatepark that is one of the few ones in Las Vegas geared toward intermediate to advanced skaters.
It features curving obstacles, including arched rails, parabolic stairs, and meandering pool lips.
Hollywood also features an 18-foot full pipe connected to two large bowls and a snake run where advanced skateboarders can spin their wheels freely.
Other features include fun boxes, ledges, six-stair steps, and rails.
This is also one of the few parks that have supervision available.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional and street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates, roller skates, scooters
Admission fee? Yes
Supervised? Yes
Safety gear enforced? Yes
Lights? Yes
5. Desert Breeze Park Skatepark
Why visit: Previously featured in Tony Hawk Tour
Desert Breeze Park is probably the most familiar to skateboarders who aren’t native to Las Vegas, as this has been featured in Tony Hawk’s show, where Tony Hawk himself kicked it with the locals.
It features a snake run, a bowl, and a plaza-style area. Other obstacles include a halfpipe, quarterpipe, mini ramp, flat rails, ledges, and a volcano.
While it’s primarily for intermediate to advanced riders, there are some sections for beginners.
This is perhaps one of the most comfortable skateparks in Las Vegas, with concrete benches under shaded pavilions and plenty of water fountains.
The nearby hockey rinks have been venues for extreme street hockey and have been featured in Extreme Thing and Tony Hawk Tour as well.
The massive 240-acre Desert Breeze Park has portions that have yet to be developed, although the developed part has a lot to offer visitors. It has a loop lane, baseball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, picnic areas, dog park, and walking trails.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional and street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates, scooters
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? No, but strongly recommended
Lights? Yes
6. Doc Romeo Park Skatepark
Why visit: Hosts an annual skateboard and BMX competition
Doc Romeo Park, also called Pro Park, is a spacious skatepark considered by many skateboarders as one of the best in Las Vegas.
Vert skaters will find huge quarter pipes and bowls, as well as some big transitional lines.
For street skaters, there are rail ledges and fly boxes, aside from a long downhill sidewalk with low-ground rails placed throughout.
There’s enough variety among the obstacles such that beginners can learn their first tricks while the more advanced ones can practice theirs. In fact, it’s common to see skateboard classes being taught in this skatepark.
The middle section is a favorite of BMX riders, so always exercise caution when venturing near this section.
Aside from the skatepark, Doc Romeo Park is known for its well-maintained baseball and softball fields. Even the wide open spaces in between the fields are manicured.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional and street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates, scooters
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? Helmets required; other equipment strongly recommended
Lights? Yes
7. Mountain Ridge Park Skatepark
Why visit: Favorite of street skaters
Mountain Ridge Park may be better known as a Little League baseball venue, but it’s also home to a skatepark with a huge area for street skating.
This skatepark is divided into two main areas: a bowl area and a large street area.
The bowl area consists of the main large bowl plus the smaller figure-eight bowl.
But what keeps skaters coming back is their street area, featuring a variety of obstacles, such as boxes, metal ramps, rails, spines, ledges, quarter pipes, and half pipes.
In between the areas are shaded bleachers, as well as drinking fountains and trash cans.
Mountain Ridge Park also has baseball fields, tennis courts, a roller hockey rink, walking trails, and a playground.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional and street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates, scooters
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? No, but strongly recommended
Lights? Yes
8. Police Memorial Park Skatepark
Why visit: One of the Las Vegas skateparks with strange and interesting obstacle courses
Police Memorial Park is a tribute to the fallen officers in the Southern Nevada community who lost their lives in the line of duty. The main features are a tree grove, a sculpture, and a memorial wall.
Obstacles in the park include stair sets, different types of rails, funboxes, hubbas, ledges, bank ramps, quarter pipes, and a pyramid.
The memorial park also has a dog park, basketball court, pickleball courts, playgrounds, a picnic area, and a walking path.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional and street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates, scooters
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? No
Lights? Yes
9. Winchester Dondero Cultural Center Skatepark
Why visit: Street art by Andrew Schoultz
Winchester Dondero Cultural Center provides recreational and cultural activities and is the home for performance and visual arts ever since it opened.
Within the complex is a skatepark that’s for intermediate to pro-level street skaters, with flat banks, rails, hubbas, ledges, and stair sets.
What will catch visitors’ attention is the striking artwork created by LA-based multimedia artist Andrew Schoultz along with local artists and skaters in 2018.
Helmets are available upon request inside the Winchester Cultural Center main building, so don’t fret if you forget your helmet.
Other information
Type of skating: Street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates, scooters
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? No, but strongly recommended
Lights? Yes
10. W. Wayne Bunker Family Park Skatepark
Why visit: Family-friendly skatepark
Transitional skaters can get their fix on the bowl, mini ramps, quarter pipes, and half pipes.
There are plenty of street obstacles as well, including bank ramps, wedge ramps, flat rails, spines, and a pyramid.
The local Department of Leisure Services Extreme Adventure Sports maintains the skatepark and reminds riders of the safety gear requirement. They also hold skateboarding classes and extreme adventure camps here.
Bunker Family Park also has bocce grounds, tennis courts, a volleyball court, walking paths, and a playground.
Other information
Type of skating: Transitional and street skating
Other activities allowed: BMX, inline skates, scooters
Admission fee? No
Supervised? No
Safety gear enforced? Yes
Lights? Yes
Tips When Planning Your Las Vegas Skate Trip
Planning your skate trip to Las Vegas? Here are some of our tips to help you enjoy visiting Las Vegas skateparks.
Getting To and Around Las Vegas
If you’re flying in, you’re likely to come through the Harry Reid International Airport (LAS; formerly McCarran) or through the North Las Vegas Airport (VGT).
Lugging your skateboard around on public transport is probably not how you want to spend your Vegas trip. Fortunately, ride-sharing apps and car rental services are widely available in Las Vegas.
Best Time Of Year To Visit
Spring (March to May) and fall (September to November) have the best temperatures for skating in Las Vegas. Summer (June to August) is too hot and since school is out, expect crowds in the skateparks.
Visiting a Las Vegas Skatepark For the First Time
If it’s your first time in a Las Vegas skatepark or any skatepark for that matter, you’d do well to remember the following:
Don’t snake. If a fellow skater is doing a run or about to drop into a bowl, don’t cut him off. It’s not only rude but potentially dangerous. Wait your turn.
Keep the skateparks clean. Something as small as a water bottle cap can cause injuries. Throw your trash away properly.
Be kind to kids and beginners. Inevitably, they’ll do something wrong or even dangerous. But everyone starts somewhere; cut them some slack and talk to them calmly.
Plan a skating trip to Las Vegas soon!
Sin City right in the middle of the desert may not be your first choice for a skating trip. Hopefully, this list of Las Vegas has convinced you that Las Vegas is a worthy alternative skate trip destination to SoCal.
Happy shredding!
Other ways to enjoy Las Vegas
If you’d like to vacation in Las Vegas but have little interest in skating, here are some ideas on what to do during the night, during the day, with kids, and for an unforgettable outdoor adventure.
