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San Carlos

Four venues, 12 courts: two outdoor city parks, an indoor gym at the Youth Center that's paused for summer camps until September, and Burton Park — a fourth outdoor option that the city's own pickleball page leaves off, and that many listings miss entirely (they count just 3 locations and 11 courts here).

12 courts 4 venues

Where to play

Highlands Park

Mixed levels
2600 Melendy Drive, San Carlos, CA 94070 Directions ↗
4 dedicated courts Free Level: Not specified Hours: Priority 9am–12pm daily, 5–10pm Mon–Fri
SurfaceHigh — dedicated, permanent pickleball lines; nets are portable
LevelNot specified
WaitNot specified

Four outdoor courts with permanent pickleball lines and portable nets. The city's own page details the priority scheduling but never states a court count; there are four. Pickleball has guaranteed priority on Courts 1 & 2 daily 9am–12pm and weekdays 5–10pm; first-come-first-served with tennis players outside those windows. Free, walk-up only, closed the first Thursday of each month for maintenance.

Crestview Park

Mixed levels
1000 Crestview Drive, San Carlos, CA 94070 Directions ↗
2 dedicated courts Level: Not specified Hours: see below
SurfaceMedium — surface material not documented
LevelNot specified
WaitNot specified

One of the city’s three official pickleball locations, but the city gives nothing beyond the address — no hours, fee, or court count. Third-party listings consistently describe two dedicated courts sitting beside the tennis courts, which is what we now record. The previous 4-court figure was back-computed from a supposed citywide total of 8 outdoor courts across 2 locations; that arithmetic does not survive contact with the rest of the city — Highlands has 4 and Burton Park another 3, so the premise was wrong. Crestview is a 7-acre park with unspecified “sports courts”, a grassy field, picnic areas, and a modern playground.

1001 Chestnut Street, San Carlos, CA 94070 Directions ↗
3 dedicated courts $5 drop-in fee, paid at the Youth Center Level: Not specified Hours: Paused for summer camps, resumes Sept (normally Tue/Fri 9am–12pm)
SurfaceHigh — permanent lines on an indoor hard/wood gym floor; nets are portable
LevelNot specified
WaitNot specified

Indoor pickleball here is currently paused for summer camps and won't resume until September — confirm before planning a visit. When running, it operates Tuesdays and Fridays 9am–12pm for a $5 drop-in fee, on permanent lines across a hard/wood gym floor with portable nets. There are 3 courts, though you may occasionally see 2 quoted. The building sits inside Burton Park's grounds, consistent with its near-identical coordinates.

Burton Park

Mixed levels
1017 Cedar St, San Carlos, CA 94070 Directions ↗
3 courts Free Level: Not specified Hours: Not pickleball-specific; park ~7am–9pm daily, lights until 10pm
SurfaceMedium — temporary lines painted over shared tennis courts, bring-your-own net
LevelNot specified
WaitNot specified

The city's dedicated pickleball program page names only Highlands Park, Crestview Park, and the Youth Center — but Burton Park is real and well-documented nonetheless. Expect 3 outdoor concrete courts with temporary, not permanent, pickleball lines painted over shared tennis courts, bring-your-own net, free, no reservation. The courts are numbered and lit; this is informal, community-adopted use of shared tennis space rather than a scheduled program. The address varies — 1017 Cedar St on most pickleball listings, 900 Chestnut St elsewhere — most likely because this 10-acre park's block spans both streets.

  • "San Carlos Pickleball Club" search results are dominated by an unrelated club of the same name in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico — not this city. There's no separate Bay Area San Carlos club beyond the four public venues above.
  • San Carlos Youth Center's indoor pickleball is paused for summer camps as of this writing and resumes in September — confirm with the city before a special trip.
  • Highlands Park closes the first Thursday of every month for maintenance, on top of its scheduled priority-hours windows.
  • Burton Park isn't listed on the city's own pickleball program page — bring your own net, since its lines are temporary and shared with tennis.

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