Best Pickleball courts in San Francisco, San Francisco County for 2025

Summary / Description

8 new pickleball courts. The new site accommodates eight dedicated fenced courts and with parking and restroom access. No lights. Pickleball here is great. Immaculate pickle ball courts and a great community who play there. Good street parking. Drop-in system and everyone is friendly. Primarily doubles. It does get super packed on weekends and evenings. 2 restrooms are clean with soap and running water. Water fountain looks a little run down. The playground is airport themed.

Eight new pickleball courts opened at Carl Larsen Park, the latest added by Rec and Park to meet soaring demand. Over the past five years, the number of pickleball courts increased seven-fold, bringing the number of courts from just 12 in 2018 to more than 80 places to play today. The new courts will be dedicated solely to pickleball—one of the fastest growing sports in the nation—seven days a week.

Currently, Rec and Park has 63 outdoor pickleball courts and 24 indoor pickleball facilities, including some recreation centers. Of those, 22 are dedicated courts, and five of the overall sites have dedicated pickleball hours.
Demand for the sport continues to grow, with the organization USA Pickleball reporting a 30 percent increase in membership in 2022. To meet that demand, every tennis court that Rec and Park repaves will now include dual-painted lines for pickleball. Of the park system’s 139 tennis courts, more than 12 percent have been dual lined for pickleball—and more are on the way.