Optimist Skatepark
Optimist Skatepark is open daily from dawn to dusk!
Optimist has options to ride both transition and street skating. The park features a 3,720-square-foot bowl and several features such as manny pads, stairs, rails, ledges, quarter pipes, ramps and a Euro gap. The total area of the Skatepark is 10,468-square-feet.
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The skatepark is free to use and open to those who skate on skateboards, inline skates, roller skates and those who ride scooters and BMX bikes.
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Optimist Park is located in Port huron, Mi at 1400 Whipple Street. Free street parking is available.
Optimist Skatepark in the news...
-May 20, 2023: New Optimist Park Skatepark opens in Port Huron
-May 18, 2032: 'Enjoy the success of it': City to celebrate new Optimist Skatepark this weekend
-May 18, 2023: Port Huron's Optimist Skatepark completes redevelopment
-may 1, 2023: New Port Huron skatepark to open May 20 with ribbon cutting ceremony
-April 24, 2023: New Skatepark At Optimist Park Will Celebrate With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
-July 2, 2022: NANCY WINZER & JACOB HAGER – OPTIMIST SKATE PARK
-May 17, 2022: Grindline wins $888,000 contract to construct new skate facility in Optimist Park
-May 10, 2022: New Optimist skatepark to take shape after years-long push for funds
-Dec. 10, 2020: Second meeting set for Optimist skatepark design
-Nov. 14, 2020: Port Huron looking for input on final Optimist skatepark design; meeting set for Wednesday
-Dec. 20, 2019: 'Like a Christmas miracle': $300K DNR grant to put Optimist skatepark effort ahead by thousands
-Dec. 2, 2019: Skaters on the hunt for final funds for Optimist skatepark
-Aug. 23, 2019: Skaters raise funds for $250,000 matching grant
-Aug. 22, 2019: Skateboards and BMX bikes: Fundraising event planned for new Port Huron skate park
-May 3, 2019: City raising funds for new skatepark at Optimist
-March 18, 2019: City seeking DNR money for Optimist skate park and Gratiot Park playscape
-Aug. 6, 2018: PORT HURON RECEIVES $250,000 GRANT FOR SKATEPARK
-May 24, 2018: Funds available for new skate parks in St. Clair County through Tony Hawk Foundation
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Thank you to our sponsors...
-Skatepark Project (formerly the Tony Hawk Foundation)
-Community Foundation of St. Clair County
-Ralph C. Wilson, JR. Foundation
-Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan
-St. Clair County Parks and Recreation
-Michigan DNR Land and Water Conservation Fund
-ITC Holdings, Corp.
-Advia Credit Union
-multiple private donors
-supporters of our Skatepark Advisory Committee fundraisers