Glendale Parks and Recreation is Nationally Accredited.
CAPRA provides quality assurance and quality improvement of accredited park and recreation agencies throughout the United States. CAPRA is the only national accreditation of park and recreation agencies, and is a valuable measure of an agency’s overall quality of operation, management, and service to the community.
Parks and Facilities
QUICK LINKS
Parks & Facilities Map Locate a specific park, find the Glendale Adult Center
or look for a park in your area.
Closure Notices For further information about any of these parks/facilities closures, please call the Parks office at 623-930-2691 or emailparkconcerns@glendaleaz.com. Please be aware, these dates are estimated, and may be subject to change.
Foothills SK8 Court -Foothills SK8 Court will be closed for maintenance 1/28 to 2/1.
Sports Organizations in Neighborhood Parks
Many of Glendale's 55 neighborhood parks have become destination points for youth and adult sports organizations. These parks are generally not designed for such use. Read more...
Elsie McCarthy Sensory Garden
This beautiful garden was developed to stimulated the senses of sight, sound, smell and touch.
Golf Courses
The city has two golf courses, Glen Lakes and Desert Mirage.
Disc Golf Course
An 18-hole course located at Thunderbird Paseo Park
Paseo Racquet Center Glendale's award-winning tennis facility.
6268 W. Thunderbird Rd.
623-979-1234
Public Pools
The city has 1 year-round aquatic facility at the Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center, the Rose Lane Aquatics Center available during the summer and a summer splash pad. Group and private swim lessons, recreational swimming, family days, pool rentals and water exercise classes available.
Skate and BMX Facilities Sk8 Court, at 57th Avenue and Union Hills Drive. (skateboarding, inline) X-Court, at 83rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road. (skateboarding, inline, BMX)
Sports Fields
The city has 13 fields available for reservation for a variety of sports activities.
