SKATEDEXSkateparks per capita in Colorado, 2026
Colorado ranks No. 8 of 50 states with 1.86 public, open skateparks per 100,000 residents (112 parks, population 6,012,561). The national rate is 0.77.
Colorado cities ranked
| In state | City | Parks | Population | Per 100k | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boulder (Boulder Library Skatepark, Howard Heuston Skatepark) | 4 | 105,689 | 3.78 | 10 of 824 |
| 2 | Grand Junction (Eagle Rim Skatepark, West Lake Skatepark) | 2 | 71,827 | 2.78 | 20 of 824 |
| 3 | Arvada (Arvada Skatepark, Skyline Skatepark) | 3 | 122,901 | 2.44 | 33 of 824 |
| 4 | Fort Collins (Fossil Creek Skatepark, Edora Skatepark) | 3 | 171,500 | 1.75 | 119 of 824 |
| 5 | Parker (Rail Bender Skatepark) | 1 | 65,985 | 1.52 | 187 of 824 |
| 6 | Commerce City (Pioneer Skatepark) | 1 | 72,345 | 1.38 | 227 of 824 |
| 7 | Thornton (Margaret Carpenter Skatepark, Trail Winds Skatepark) | 2 | 147,766 | 1.35 | 232 of 824 |
| 8 | Broomfield (Broomfield Skatepark) | 1 | 79,174 | 1.26 | 265 of 824 |
| 9 | Castle Rock (Castle Rock Skatepark) | 1 | 83,815 | 1.19 | 283 of 824 |
| 10 | Longmont (Frederick Skatepark) | 1 | 100,109 | 1.00 | 341 of 824 |
| 11 | Centennial (Centennial Skatepark) | 1 | 108,658 | 0.92 | 370 of 824 |
| 12 | Pueblo (Pueblo Skatepark) | 1 | 110,404 | 0.91 | 371 of 824 |
| 13 | Westminster (Kings Mill Skatepark) | 1 | 116,182 | 0.86 | 385 of 824 |
| 14 | Lakewood (Walker Branch Skatepark) | 1 | 156,927 | 0.64 | 445 of 824 |
| 15 | Colorado Springs (John L. Stone Skatepark, Silver Manitou Skatepark) | 3 | 494,743 | 0.61 | 453 of 824 |
| 16 | Denver (Denver Skatepark, Central Park Skatepark) | 4 | 740,613 | 0.54 | 463 of 824 |
| 17 | Aurora (Aurora Wheel Skatepark) | 1 | 410,053 | 0.24 | 524 of 824 |
| 18 | Greeley | 0 | 115,073 | 0.00 | 587 of 824 |
| 19 | Loveland | 0 | 81,387 | 0.00 | 645 of 824 |
Skatepark deserts in Colorado
Greeley, Loveland: cities of 50,000+ with no public skatepark listed inside the city limits.
Neighboring states
Downloads
Press: a ready-to-run release for Colorado is at /press/2026/colorado.md.
Methodology
Parks. Only skateparks in the Skatedex directory marked public and open are counted: entries flagged private or permanently closed are excluded, as are parks without a map location. Directory as of 2026-09-16.
Population. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 Population Estimates (resident population as of July 1, 2025): state totals and incorporated-place totals. Cities are Census places (incorporated cities, towns and villages), not metro areas; a park counts for the place named in its address, or, when the address does not name a Census place, for the place whose boundary-equivalent circle contains it. Parks in unincorporated areas count for their state but no city.
Rates. Parks per 100,000 residents = parks divided by population times 100,000. States are ranked 1 to 50 (District of Columbia is shown with cities). Cities are ranked among all 824 incorporated places with at least 50,000 residents. Ties are broken by park count, then population.
Skatepark deserts. Places of at least 50,000 residents with no public, open skatepark listed in the Skatedex directory inside them by either test above. A listing gap and a real gap look the same here, so each desert shows the nearest listed public park; if you know of a park inside a listed city, submit it and the next edition will count it.
Change since last year. This is the first edition; the 2027 edition will show movement against these numbers.
How this differs from the Skatedex Annual Index. The Annual Index 2026 counts every listed park, uses the prior Census vintage, and scores cities by parks within a 10-mile radius of the center. These rankings use the newest vintage, public and open parks only, and place boundaries, so ranks differ. Both are free to cite with a link.