Public Pickleball Courts in Florida

Public pickleball courts in Florida are open to anyone — no membership, no guest sponsor, no residency check at the gate. Some are free, some charge a small drop-in or non-resident fee, but none of them gate you out. We track 16 of them across 7 cities in Florida.

14 of these are free to play, 2 run scheduled open play, which is the fastest way to find games as a newcomer and 16 have verified parking on site.

Every field below comes from the facility, its booking platform, or an official parks source, with the date we last confirmed it. Anything unconfirmed is labelled unverified rather than guessed.

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Public Pickleball Courts by city in Florida

16 locations

  1. 3

    Treaty Park

    St. Augustine, Florida

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    FREELIGHTEDOPEN PLAYPERMANENT NETS
    Courts
    Not yet verified
    Price
    Free
    Nets
    Permanent

    Hours not verifiedLast verified 3 days agoNo reviews yet

  2. 4

    Baldwin Park

    Baldwin, Florida

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    FREE
    Courts
    Not yet verified
    Price
    Free
    Nets
    Not yet verified

    Hours not verifiedLast verified 3 days agoNo reviews yet

  3. 10

    Mandarin Park

    Mandarin, Jacksonville, Florida

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    FREE
    Courts
    Not yet verified
    Price
    Free
    Nets
    Not yet verified

    Hours not verifiedLast verified 3 days agoNo reviews yet

  4. 13

    Ron Parker Park

    Southside, Jacksonville, Florida

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    FREE
    Courts
    Not yet verified
    Price
    Free
    Nets
    Not yet verified

    Hours not verifiedLast verified 3 days agoNo reviews yet

  5. 15

    Southside Park

    San Marco, Jacksonville, Florida

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    FREE
    Courts
    Not yet verified
    Price
    Free
    Nets
    Not yet verified

    Hours not verifiedLast verified 3 days agoNo reviews yet

  6. 16

    Veterans Park

    St. Johns, Florida

    Court IQ
    FREE
    Courts
    Not yet verified
    Price
    Free
    Nets
    Not yet verified

    Hours not verifiedLast verified 3 days agoNo reviews yet

What to check before you go

Resident vs non-resident rates

City-run facilities frequently charge non-residents more, sometimes double. Where a source confirms both rates, we list them separately.

Shared with tennis

Many public courts are tennis courts with pickleball lines, which means sharing and sometimes portable nets. Dedicated court counts are recorded separately from shared ones.

Open play etiquette

Paddle stacking is the norm: put your paddle in the queue, winners stay or rotate off depending on the site's rule. Ask the group's organiser on your first visit.

Public Pickleball Courts in Florida: common questions

Are public pickleball courts in Florida free?

Not always — 14 of the 16 public locations in Florida are free, while 0 charge a drop-in or non-resident fee. "Public" means open to anyone; "free" means no fee, and we track them as separate verified fields.

Do I need to be a city resident to play?

Rarely for public courts, though residents may pay less or get earlier booking windows. Residents-only facilities are labelled with their own access type and excluded from this list.