If the NBA playoffs has you wanting to shoot some hoops, you’re not alone. Good thing Atlanta has plenty of options if you love outdoor basketball courts.
This article will tell you where you can play basketball outdoors around Atlanta.
Shooting hoops is just one of many things for kids to do in Atlanta.
Sure, you could invest a lavish home basketball goal, but why do that when there’s so many options around Atlanta?
Where To Hoop: Here Are Atlanta’s Outdoor Basketball Courts
If you’re looking for some pickup games, here are where you can find some competition on the streets.
- Candler Park: 1500 McLendon Ave. NE1
- Central Park: 400 Merritts Ave, NE2
- J.D. Sims Park: 544 Angier Ave, NE1
- Parkway-Wabash Park: Parkway at Wabash, NE1
- Piedmont Park: 400 Park Dr., NE Dr., NE1/2
- Selena S. Butler Park: 98 Wm Holmes Borders Dr., NE1
Courts
- A.D. Williams Park: 1154 James Jackson Parkway, NW1
- Center Hill Park: 2305 Bankhead Hwy NW2
- Chattahoochee Park Bolton Rd. at Peyton Rd, NW1
- English Park 1350 Bolton Rd, NW1
- J.F. Kennedy Park 225 Chestnut St/Orr St, NW1
- Knight Park 1194 Church St. NW1
- Lillian Cooper Shepherd Park 2886 Argyle Dr, NW2
- Maddox Park 1115 Bankhead Hwy NW, at Marietta Blvd2
- Mozley Park 1565 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr SW1
- Underwood Hills Park Ridgeway Ave/Harper Way, NW1
Courts
- Arthur Langford, Jr. Park 211 Thornton St, SW4
- Bessie Branham Park 2051 Delano Dr at Norwood Ave, SE1
- Brownwood Park Emerson Ave at Brownwood Ave, SE1
- Chosewood Park 401 Nolan St. SE2
- Cleveland Avenue Park 41 Cleveland Ave, SE1
- Coan Park 1530 Woodbine Ave, SE2
- East Lake Park 2617 Memorial Dr SE/ Daniel St/ Alston Dr1
- Empire Park 245 Oak Dr, SE1
- Four Corners Park 1040 Crew St SE, at Haygood Ave1
- Grant Park 840 Cherokee Ave SE1
- Harper Park Wilson Rd and Gilbert Rd, SE2
- Kimpson Park 97 Thirkeld Ave, SE1
- Lang-Carson Park 100 Flat Shoals Ave. SE1
- Phoenix II Park Georgia Ave at Martin St, SE2
- Rawson-Washington Park Connally St/Kelly St, NE1
- Rebel Valley Park 1005 Stonewall Drive SE1
- South Atlanta Park Gammon St, SE at Bisbee Ave1
- South Bend Park 1955 Compton Dr SE2
- Thomasville Park 1835 Henry Thomas Drive, SE1
- Windsor Street Park 700 Windsor St @ Bass St, SE1
Courts - Adair II Park Murphy Av/Gillett St/Lillian Ave SW1
- Ben Hill Park 2405 Fairburn Rd SW1
- Cleopas R. Johnson Park Fair St at Northside Dr, NW1
- Collier Park 3691 Collier Drive, SW1
- Deerwood Park Alexandria Dr/Tampa Trail, SW1
- Harwell Heights Park 3114 Collier Dr. SW1
- Isabel Gates Webster Park 275 Peyton Rd SW, at Peyton Place1
- Melvin Drive Park 3895 Melvin Drive, SW1
- Oakland City Park 1305 Oakland Dr, SW at Epworth1
- Perkerson Park 770 Deckner Ave, SW2
- Rose Circle Park Rose Circle at White Street SW1
- Stone Hogan Park Stone Hogan Rd/St Hogan Conn. SW1
- West End Park 1111 Oak St. SW1
- Wilson Mill Park 300 Wilson Mill Rd SW1
Final Word
If you see yourself as a mini-Dominique Wilkins or even a Trae Young, then the city has ample proving grounds to get your game on. Outdoor basketball courts in Atlanta come in all shapes and sizes, in big and small neighborhoods, wooded areas and more.
Atlanta recently benefited from a city of Atlanta venture with the NBA’s hometeam Hawks to refurbish many of the outdoor basketball courts in Atlanta, stylizing them with team colors.
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