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Parks and Recreation

Fresno is a great place to live, work and play. It offers many opportunities for the community to engage in positive endeavors.

The City of Fresno PARCS Department offers a variety of outdoor venues for families, action sports enthusiasts, dog lovers and more! In addition to nearly 70 beautiful parks, including three dynamic regional parks, the City of Fresno is developing one of the most diverse action sports communities in California and new venues are on the way.

PARCS also provides a vast array of community programming that offers enriching components to serve youth, adults and seniors including: leadership skills, character development, team building, technology training, science exploration, physical fitness, sports activities, life skills, environmental awareness, career exploration and more.

We have multiple community partners like the Fresno Unified School District, AT&T, Comcast, PG&E and Fresno United Neighborhoods (FUN) that share our vision and assist us in delivering many dynamic, life-changing programs and state-of-the-art venues. Partnerships allow us to maximize our impact and reach a greater audience and we need ongoing community support to continue transforming Fresno into a destination.

All NEW in Woodward Park:

The Woodward Park Bike Complex is one-of-a-kind. Featuring areas that serve beginners, intermediate and advanced riders and various bike styles, this park has a one-acre free ride bike area, a downhill BMX race track and a one-mile loop Skills Progression Mountain Bike trail that boasts 40 progressive table top jumps in a row. Specific amenities include: high-speed downhill areas and technical obstacles that can help riders progress their skills. Visit www.woodwardmtbpark.com for details.

In addition, Woodward Park, Selma Layne Park and Victoria West Park now have shaded tot lots, which will allow children to enjoy physical activity without the risk of sun exposure or hot play equipment. PARCS will be shading more Fresno tot lots this year and will establish shade as a standard feature in all new parks with children’s play areas.

Visit the classics:

Lions Den Skate Park at Marks & Emerson (just south of Shaw). A 26,000-square-foot offers skateboarding for all ages and levels of experience including trick equipment such as bowls, ramps and grinding poles.

Modular Skate Park at Romain Neighborhood Center on First between Belmont & Olive. Featuring above ground ramps and features for bikers and skaters.

Modular Skate Park at Melody Neighborhood Center on Shields just west of Fowler Ave. This park features a five-foot half pipe with hip jump, box ramp, grind rails and benches and five-foot wedge.

Disk golf course in Woodward Park. The 18 holes of disk golf is even more challenging and technical.

Parks for a man’s best friend! A new dog park has just arrived at Victoria West Neighborhood Park at Clinton & Brawley. Plus, Woodward and Roeding Regional Parks offer dog parks with small and big dog areas. Visitors can also take their dogs to the ponding basin at Shaw & El Capitan.

Save time for the new spots:

Modular Skate Park at Kaiser Park (Herndon & Fresno St.) offers another unique option for skaters of all abilities.

Plaza Style skate park at Cary Park just south of Fashion Fair Mall on Shaw Ave. The park features rails and ledges to create the original storefront skating experience.

Extreme Paintball Zone. Test your aim and agility at this exciting basin paintball park at the Regional Sports Complex in Southwest Fresno (Jensen & West).

Plan to take advantage of these future destinations:

The Regional Sports Complex will also soon be the home to a 13 feet tall, 42 feet wide half pipe ‘vert’ ramp with an 18 foot roll-in for skate and bike enthusiasts to enjoy.

A 30,000-square-foot bike complex will soon be complete at the Mosqueda Community Center. It will be the largest concrete bike-only park in the nation.

A second technical and challenging BMX track is planned for this year in Southeast Fresno.

For more details about these and other City of Fresno destinations and services call 559-621-PLAY, visit www.fresno.gov/parks-rec, or e-mail parks.department@fresno.gov.