Brushy Creek Skate Park

5 Stars

Brushy Creek Skate Park

I'm not a skater, but I've been to the Brushy Creek Skate Park dozens of times with my kids.  Here's why I like this park: it's free, it's clean and it's safe.  This is one of three skate parks I know about in the Austin area.  All of them are free.  Building a public skate park run by the city is a risky proposition.  Someone could get hurt and sue the city.  For whatever reason, however, the city has a free skate park and I haven't heard anything about a lawsuit of any kind associated with the park since I moved here.  It's another reason I love Austin so much.  

Ramp at the Brushy Creek Skate Park

This particular skate park is in the Brushy Creek Sport Park that runs along the Brushy Creek trail.  The park also has football & soccer fields, a baseball field, a playscape, basketball courts, a frisbee golf range and a building housing public restrooms & a concession stand.  It's truly an amazing park right in my own "backyard".

Large Bowl

The skate park itself also has a lot of nice features.  Ramps of all kinds, a large and small bowl, stairs and other amenities I can't identify or label dot the skate course.  Right next to the park is a covered picnic area for parents of younger children to sit and watch.  Although the park is frequented by older teenagers, they are all very respectful of the smaller kids when they come to enjoy the park.  I haven't seen a collision involving an older and younger child yet.  BMX bikes aren't allowed, but I do see the occasional teenager try to give it a go with his bike.  The skaters tend to give these kids the cold shoulder until the eventually leave.  

Small Bowl

Although I consider this a really safe park, I wouldn't recommend dropping off your younger-than-16-year-old if at all possible.  Some of the older skaters smoke and curse.  Generally speaking, however, most of the kids are well behaved and come to skate vs just hang.  Early mornings are the best time to visit if you have younger kids.  I suppose this is because the teenagers are still sleeping.  They arrive after 10am and well into the afternoon hours.

Even if you don't skate or don't have a child that skates, this a fun park to come and just watch the kids do tricks.  Skateboarders and scooters are both welcome.