Shelby County Skate Park

Location & Hours:

The Shelby Co. Skate Park, located on the Daniel Field on Washington St. in Shelbyville, Ky., is open from 8 a.m. to dusk Monday - Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.  Skateboarders & rollerbladers of all ability are welcome. Bikes and scooters are not permitted.

*Note: This is an unsupervised skatepark. Skaters assume all risks inherent in use of the facility.

Description:

This outdoor, steel park, which was built over the old city swimming pool, has over 10,000 sq. ft. of skating surface.  The street oriented layout incorporates an old 3 ft. concrete ledge with a euro gap, fun box, quarter pipe picnic tables, rails, and a highway barrier in a smooth flowing design. 
A 4 ft. half pipe challenges the vert skaters.

Click here to see the Skate Park design/layout

History:

A group of middle and high school skaters. The Shelby County Skate Park Advocates, formed in December 2006 and spent their winter break developing their strategy to make a Shelby County SkatePark a reality.  In early 2007 , they successfully lobbied the Parks Board and City and County elected officials for permission to create a park. Over the next 12 months the young men secured the site, created a design and raised over $90,000 for the park.  The Park opened in May 2008. Key contributors included: Citizens Union Bank,  The Tony Hawk  Foundation, Alcan Packaging, Wal-Mart, Hardee's, The Moses Ruben Fund, and the State Land and Water Conservation Grant Program.