The Wedge Skate Park — Attraction in Scottsdale

This is the local bike park and skatepark, picnic area, dog walking area as well as frisbee golf. There's wetlands in the middle of the park for the cranes the ducks and other varieties of birds. There's a basketball court, covered picnic tables , and some play areas for kids that have sprinklers. They also have a water fountain for you and a lower one for your pet. I travel through here very often to get up to the grocery store so this keeps me out of the traffic. Closer to McDowell road there's a skatepark with all kinds of different levels of obstacles for the skaters and it includes all age groups of people I've seen there. It is a safe area, I believe they have other things a little further down towards Thomas road but I'm not for certain. It's open...

This place is amazing, even as an observer. Watching everyone wait and then take their turn to showcase their talent with kickass tricks gives me goosebumps every time. It’s a safe place, well lit, and not a grimy scene with sketchy people. Everyone here is decent and just wants to skate and have a good time. You’ll often find seasoned skaters giving helpful advice to the newbies, and thats always cool to see. My 2cents—maybe the rollerbladers and roller skaters should try another venue/roller rink because they don’t seem to mesh well with the skaters. There’s weird tension and bad energy when the 2 mix. My opinion only, could be just me. Anyway,...

It's a nice scenic spot at the end of the of the El Dorado Park trail. The skate park has an Indian (Native American?) reddish hued sculpture with some drawings on it that stands in a flowing fountain. You can walk the stairs around it to see it from all angles- very peaceful. As for the the skate area itself, it does get pretty busy even early on. A little after 8, there were already at least 5 people there. Still worth it to come to this park, as it's one of the bigger skate areas I've personally seen and there a lot of different obstacles to practice on- stairs, pipes,...