Opened in September 1999, the Woodland Skate Park is approximately 12,000 square feet and features a variety of ramps, platforms, bowls and pipes. It offers a great skating experience for beginners while at the same time, challenges the most experienced skater. This facility is open to the public year-round at no charge. We strongly recommend safety equipment be used at all times and patrons not use the facility during inclement weather.
Woodland Park, as well as the skate park, will close each evening at 11 pm.
BACKGROUND: Woodland Skatepark
What ranks as the fastest growing sport in America? Basketball, soccer, golf? What about football or baseball? If you guessed "none of the above," then you would be right! Today, the fastest growing sports in America are those sports classified as "extreme sports" and they include in-line skating and skateboarding.
Recognizing the tremendous popularity of extreme sports, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Division of Parks and Recreation, area skate enthusiasts and concerned citizens set out to construct a skatepark in Lexington. Their goal was to design a facility to provide a safe, controlled environment, where these athletes could enjoy their sport. For almost two years, city officials, young adults and volunteers worked to make this park a reality. Woodland Skatepark officially opened on Sunday, September 19,1999.
The skatepark would not be possible without the extraordinary support of the community including the leadership provided by the Triangle Foundation and the Aylesford Neighborhood Association.
Established in 1980, the Triangle Foundation is a private, non-profit, non-political group of central Kentucky citizens and corporations dedicated to beautifying and enhancing the Bluegrass. The Foundation is made up of local citizens who are dedicated to making Lexington a better community in which to live. Foundation members give of their time and resources; projects are self-initiated capital fund projects for which there are no other monies available. Operating under the motto, "Private Initiative for the Public Good," other Foundation projects include: Triangle Park, Thoroughbred Park and the development of the Fayette County Courthouse Plaza.
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Rules & Regulations
- Know your abilities and skate at your own risk.
- Children, 17 and under, should have parental supervision.
- This is a skate park only, not a bike park.
- Skating permitted during park hours only.
- Users are encouraged to wear helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads.
- Horseplay, shoving, and/or fighting will not be tolerated.
- Glass containers not allowed within the fenced skating area.
- No other items such as benches, tables, or other objects may be used as ramps or jumps in this facility.
- No skating against traffic on ramps/pipes.
- Do not proceed down a ramp until clear of other skaters.
- Certain weather conditions such as snow, ice, or wet surfaces can affect ramps and surface conditions.
- Please do not overcrowd facility.
- Smoking, eating and drinking allowed outside of facility only.
- No spectators inside skating area.
- KRS KY 411.190: KY State Recreational Users Statute applies
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