Best Tennis and Pickleball Courts in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County

1 tennis court, 4 layover pickleball courts in La Rinconada Park in Los Gatos, California. Pickleball courts are busy in the mornings and late afternoons. Park has a lot of shade. Plenty of street parking. La Rinconada Park is a small neighborhood park located directly adjacent to La Rinconada Country Club and golf course, in the far Northwest corner of Los Gatos. It’s at the very bottom of the Los Gatos Foothills. Park has a creek and a half-mile trail along a creek. Pickleball lessons are available with LGS Recreation Pickleball Club. There are no restrooms at park. Street parking only. No dog park.

Park features

• unlit tennis court/pickle ball court
• large lawn areas
• picnic tables
• BBQ pits
• one group picnic area
• playground

Pickleball Club

LGS Recreation Pickleball Club organizes pickleball programs in the Los Gatos-Saratoga area.

• The club is designed for players of all levels.
• The club supplies all of the equipment including paddles, balls, nets, etc.
• The club includes access to pickleball courts and equipment, clinics, open play, tournaments, and the opportunity to build community and social connections.
• To register please visit www.lgsrecreation.org or call +1 408-354-8700 or contact todd@lgsrecreation.org
• For more information on organized pickleball play and events visit Los Gatos Saratoga Recreation Facebook and Instagram page.

Pickleball Noise Dispute

There is an ongoing noise dispute between the neighbourghood residents and pickleball players that’s led to vandalism and verbal threats.

Town officials laid out their $90,000 solution to the ongoing friction. It includes resurfacing the courts, installing sound barriers, monitoring security cameras and installing a time-sensitive locking gate. The efforts are an attempt to ease the animosity brewing between neighborhood residents and pickleball players over the sport’s noise, after the situation reached a boiling point when someone vandalized two of the four pickleball courts with oil. The two courts are now unusable.

Court renovations are slated to begin in October and end in December 2025, and will restore the two damaged courts. The vandalism isn’t an isolated incident, with four reports in the past year that have increased hostility, according to town officials and residents. Los Gatos is also looking for residents who live near the park and players to join a focus group to encourage healthy discussion.

Los Gatos isn’t considering expanding pickleball amenities elsewhere, even though La Rinconada Park’s four courts are the only free facilities in town. Residents can pay to use courts at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center. Officials said the renovations will consume most of the town’s pickleball budget, and they want to focus on remedying the existing issue.