Carlsbad, CA · Place to play

Pickleball at Calavera Hills Community Center

Indoor · 2997 Glasgow Dr, Carlsbad. Part of PaddleClub's record of where Carlsbad plays, and its petition for more public courts.

Can I play pickleball at Calavera Hills Community Center in Carlsbad?

Yes, at set hours. As of October 2026, the city runs indoor pickleball open play in the Calavera Hills gym several days a week, $3 for ages 18 and over. The gym is shared with other sports, and the city does not publish a court count. Four outdoor pickleball courts are approved for this park.

Updated

Aerial photo of Calavera Hills Community Center from April 25, 2022, with a pin on the community center gym.
Aerial photo: U.S. Geological Survey, National Agriculture Imagery Program, April 25, 2022. Public domain. The pin marks the community center gym. Courts built or changed since then won't show.

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The facts

Courts
Indoor, in the gym; count not published by the city
Type
Public, shared gym
Hours
Open play several days a week; times change monthly
Cost
$3, ages 18 and over
What's next
4 outdoor pickleball courts approved for Calavera Hills Community Park (Feb 13, 2024), still listed as future courts
Address
2997 Glasgow Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92010

Updates

  1. City Council approved 4 new outdoor pickleball courts at Calavera Hills Community Park; still listed as future courts. City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation

Sources

  1. Open play, City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation, October 2026 gym schedulesOfficial
  2. Future pickleball courts, City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation, Council approval Feb 13, 2024Official
  3. National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery, U.S. Geological Survey, The National Map, April 25, 2022Imagery

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Carlsbad by the numbers

  • Dedicated public pickleball courts6

    All at Poinsettia Community Park.

  • Shared public pickleball courtsVerification in progress

    Open play in 3 city gyms, shared with other sports. The city doesn't publish court counts per gym.

  • Public tennis courts29

    20 in 5 city parks, plus 9 at Carlsbad High School, open to the public outside school hours under the city's joint-use agreement with Carlsbad Unified.

  • Commercial pickleball courtsVerification in progress

    We're checking each club against its own website.

  • Approved, not yet built8

    At Calavera Hills and Stagecoach community parks, approved February 2024.

  • Residents 1+ mile from a public courtVerification in progress

    Measured from Carlsbad's court map, which is next.

  • Dedicated public courts neededAbout 26

    2.2 per 10k residents, per Pickleball's Case for Court Parity.

  • City reportComing soon

    PaddleClub writes an independent court report for each city as residents sign. See an example: Santa Monica report (PDF, draft).

Sources: carlsbadca.gov (Oct 2026), City of Carlsbad and Carlsbad Unified joint-use agreement (Dec 2023), 2020 Census. All sources

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