Four venues, 14 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).
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.
One of the city's three official pickleball locations, but the city gives nothing beyond the address — no hours, fee, or court count. The 4-court figure here is an estimate, not a confirmed count: it's back-computed from the citywide total of 8 outdoor courts across 2 locations, minus Highlands Park's 4. Treat it as a working estimate. Crestview is a 7-acre park with unspecified "sports courts," a grassy field, picnic areas, and a modern playground.
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.
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.
Sources: City of San Carlos — Pickleball · City of San Carlos — Parks & Facilities · City of San Carlos — Tennis Courts · Pickleheads — San Carlos · Places2Play — San Carlos · Pickleballify — Burton Park · MyPacer — Crestview Park. Verified July 2026 — always confirm hours before a special trip.
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