Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark

I brought my kids to the skate park lessons with Gentle. Normally the kids are able to borrow a helmet and skate with no problem. Today she told us if we borrowed a helmet we will not be allowed to participate with the other kids. I thought she was rude to exclude my kids. Of course I was expecting that because that's usually how African American children are treated in spaces that are not inclusive of all people.

Lee and Joe Jamal Skatepark in downtown Houston is an incredible spot for a family outing. The beautiful park offers a vibrant atmosphere with well-designed skating areas that cater to all skill levels. The surrounding views are absolutely stunning, making it a perfect place to enjoy the amazing views of downtown Houston while the kids have a blast. It’s a clean, well-maintained space that truly stands out as a gem in the heart of Houston. Highly recommended for families or anyone looking to enjoy some outdoor fun in a fantastic environment.

Espectacular skate Park. The staff is very friendly. People are helpful. My son is a beginner and the adults in there as visitors were a helpful by cheering him up. It was a wonderful experience at night.

I love this place. They have easy drop in spots for the beginner I am. I enjoyed rolling on such smooth concrete. The concrete has been very well maintained. It has something for beginners to experts as well as anything in between. They do have a sign-in sheet and they have security and it's fences in. Mandatory helmet wearing. Highly recommend stopping here.

One of the most beautiful places in Houston. I have lived here for nearly 15 years and this is a great place for a quiet stroll and even a picnic in the clearing at the top of the stairs. You feel like you are standing above Houston and yet the buildings and city tower over you, this must be enchanting at night and I have yet to see it during the evening but even the daytime skyline is stunning. If you are a skater, as I am, this is one of the greatest skateparks in the nation. Aesthetically there isn't a fairer place

This is a beautiful skateboard park, there is a lot of ramps for beginners and pro's, my children loved this place, and for sure, we will be back. Also, there is some cool graffiti artwork at the walls. And the view to the downtown is spectacular 🙃

This is a very nice park specially if you want to go on a jog for mental health just to clear your mind just to get that calorie for the day I actually did 6 miles over 1,000 calories and I loved it... Although they are doing construction it makes me feel like they are bettering this park

This place is great, you can eat something there, practice skating, do some exercise and enjoy some performances. The parking lot is small.

This outdoor skate park is really awesome. Reminded us of POODS in Encinitas. Lots of fun to walk around this area too - great murals, great seating too if you like watching skaters. Great spot for teens. Requires helmuts and all ages used them so that was nice.

Joe Jamail was an attorney who won the biggest jury verdict of $10.5 billion. He and his wife donated much of the money for sports and recreation. But a skatepark was a last minute request. Even if you don't skateboard, this is a fantastic place to watch the up and coming athletes. Located along the cool, breezy, banks of the Buffalo Bayou, there is a unique playground located close by. There are covered spots to hold picnics and birthday parties. Parking is limited to street parking.

My kiddo is certainly a fan of this skate park! We've been a few times and he's becoming more familiar with the park and getting comfortable on the board. The park offers areas where any level of skater can come to learn or come to shred. The options are limitless. Th park seems to be monitored by a couple of teens (or very young looking twenty somethings). I was going to use the work "supervised," but there is less of that than there is watching. I've seen some pretty risky stunts and not a peep from the office. Also, there is a sign-in pad in the window of the small building you pass when you enter the park. I don't think I've ever seem the number of names on the list match the number of skaters in the park. I get the idea that it's skate at your own risk, but if you want to let us now who to reach in case your half pipe runs goes terribly wrong... We'll be back, because my kiddo like learning in the skate environment here. There are drink machines on site and I think they even take credit cards.

My kids loved this skatepark. Had lot of challenging courses for all skill levels. Its free to get in and they also require riders to wear helmets, which I thought was great. We don't live in Houston but next time we are in the area, we will definenatly take our kids back. They spent 3 hours there.

10/10 recommend perfect location right near down town Has a deck that oversees the beautiful Houston skyline! It's best if you go in the evening, the skyline is extra pretty around that time

This spot is definitely the best around in my opinion My favorite Part is the perfect transition areas

Overall nice place to skate and walk around. There is a nearby bathroom, amphitheater and walkway which can be enjoyed during the day. There is some street parking but that can be limited or you can bike here if you live in the area. Bottom line..great clean open green space to spend outdoors. Not a whole lot of shading so beware of that in the summer Pros Free park area with many areas to walk, bike and skate. Nice green amphitheater space for shows or to play on the lawns Cons Street parking is limited Shaded areas are limited

Great skatepark, the staff was very friendly and helpful. My son is only 7 and recently got into skateboarding the other skaters there where very friendly and encouraging to him. I love that they require you to be safe when skating here as in helmet required and highly recommend guards.

This park is a lot of fun and in great condition. It's well maintained and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Justin was very informative regarding the rules and safety. He even shared a list of other skateparks in the surrounding areas. Thanks guys

The acceptance of a 10 year old boy, ah my life is complete... I came here to take some action shots with my new camera. First thing when I got there was a small boy who said that's a sick camera yo, how many megapixels is that? Anyways. It is cool to know there is a place like this in town for kids to come and do something outdoors. I'm tired of all of these video games trying to replicate real life activities such as skate boarding, there's no replacement for reality. You ask why kids are obese? Because they are inside eating junk food and watching tv or playing games. The venue is very clean and has a decent variety of items to practice tricks off of. It seems like there was a person on duty to make sure the kids were using helmets. Lots of parents did come to supervise their kids but the majority were either dropped off or commuted here. There is a nice row of graffiti art as you enter. At first I felt weird bringing my camera but soon saw a few others out there. The skaters actually really like putting on a show for the photographers. I noticed more and more skaters coming towards me trying to pull off stunts. After being out there, it makes me want to grab a board and bust a 360 or whatever those things are called =P

Skate or Die!! Cowabunga, bro! This is such a great skate park! This place is located right off Buffalo Bayou Park. It's a large skate park, all covered in interesting shapes, forms and lines- all made from concrete and steel. There's lots of places to get your grind on, ollie all over, and half pipes to do your fakie 720 flipswitches on. There's a few huge half-pipes, with a band shell looking thing where you can do some serious tricks on! There's an area with smaller slopes and bends if you're more of a beginner skater. Helmets are required, and bikes aren't allowed. Pads are recommended. There's even restrooms available! Best part- it's FREE! Parking can be a challenge here, but if you come in from the park, there's lots of other places throughout the park to park. This skate park offers majestic views of the downtown area! It's such a beautiful park, and a great place to watch the skaters get their grind on. I'll certainly be back- I just need to bring my old Nash skateboard and work on my inverse kickflip.

This is something really neat and Houston unique you should see at least once. Especially if you have family visiting or you are in charge of a kid for a day and you have visited Dave & Busters, the Chocolate Bar, and you have run out of ideas already. Former reckless teenage skater, lots of injuries, no health insurance, I think I will not break anything today ... back to the Nintendo Wii I go.

This place is so great! If potential could be built anywhere else it would just cause an obstruction! With the biggest cradle in North America! I wouldn't want my family to move to maimi just for a skate trip. Thank you so much for keeping this place alive downtown Houston! Also shout out to Jonathan, max, Justin, and Steven for showing everyone how to properly exercise their boards with a helmet on! Also if you get the time, have a conversation with mike. Real humble guy, probably tell you to go to church too. - Ryan

I absolutely love this park. I even want to move from where I live just to be across from this great space. There is an amphitheatre, a skate park, bike rental, gift shop & even the amazing "cistern" that you can buy tickets to visit is under it. I love kicking around soccer balls and hanging out in the upstairs green space and also love taking pictures of downtown from the upstairs sitting area....

This place is concrete heaven. Lots of smart kids with pads. Once in a while you find a gem or an up and comer and it's a show.

This park isnt our 1st Choice but its ok. Park is downtown and parking hard to find. Its got a huge bowl in back and and other mid one on front side. There is flat surface with lil ramps too Design is not that great and scooters allowed here soo yeah..not Good combo. Dangerous. I never see staff out there either just hiding in front office. Currently parks under Renovation hopefully they make it better!

One of my favorite spots to kick it at with my lil daredevils. What's not to like. Great location... Great hours.. Tax paid security.. I'm gonna get my $'s worth. Gotta have a helmet. I like that. No brain stains to pressure clean. Will be back.

A great park with an even awesome view of Houston DT. Lace up those DC shoes and get your ass to this park! Free to the public, but you must sign in to skate. You will find a wide range of skaters-- from kiddos, potential X-game wannabe's, and geriatric has-beens. They have deep bowls, shallow bowls, grinding rails, and ramps. There were many people just people watching and every now and then giving an "oOoO and ahhh" to the skating skills. There were also several birthday parties going on, which is such a great idea for the little ones. So come here to freshin' up on your ollies and kick flips!

This is a world-class skate park. This is an easily overlooked gem in Houston's parks and recreations system. Thank you so much to everyone involved in making this available to the public. Took my kids there several times - I'm not a skater, yet - they absolutely love it. The natural, my eldest (you put some wheels on it, he can ride it), disappeared as soon as we got there I didn't see him again for at least an hour - I think he approves. The rest of us were riding a snow-saucer and skateboards down the hill next to it - maybe a cardboard box will be in order next time. Ahmad S. gave a great review of the details, so I'll not cover them. I will mention that they have safety staff sitting around the park for when someone eats concrete - we've witnessed only a few so far, but they were addressed immediately and the kids were helped out of harm's way - very cool. Again, great park, great asset to Houston. If you're a skater you should go.

This Park is poorly designed, it's okay for young kids to play around. Not enough street. No good ledges, it's to focused on the transition. Good try though

Great park can't ride rip sticks. Skate boards roller skates or roller blades only. We've been coming for a little over a year almost two and today we brought a rip stick. My son usually rides at home but insisted he bring it to the park. But all is well a young fella let my nephew use his board since we were down one. It's nice they share we will continue skating here

it's pretty sweet to have a local houston skatepark. it's a pretty respectable concrete skatepark. not to mention that it's brought a younger scene inside the city for them to hang out. also if you're a photographer, it's a fun place to practice action shots or candids. it helps to have a good zoom or a sick fisheye lens for closeup railing. it's a place to bring the family that is'nt just sitting at the park or watching the trash float by in the bayou. but also you can take a nice romantic walk along the bayou just outside of the park. time to blow the dust off my board and try to be a kid again.

It is a great skatepark, my son loves it.until last night when his backpack was stolen with his iPhone inside. Enjoy the park, just leave ALL your valuables at home, unless someone is constantly watching your stuff. Don't forget to bring water!

Not bike friendly. How stupid!!! Largest best park in our area and no bikes allowed.

It's an ok park, opens kinda late (9am) for public skatepark especially during Summer time.

What an awesome place. We all loved it. Some of the best kids out there. Great park. Great entertainment! Wish we. Lived closer!

Nice skate park right in H Town. Big fan. This is good place for kids who live in this area. More this place have tennis court. This park has everything.

Awesome concrete park, way too popular. Good luck skating without crushing someonELSES bones, much less your own. Make sure you bring your helmet and I.D.

Sometimes I travel to Houston and I love to Skate so even though Lee and Joe's doesn't have that many stars, I love to shred on it! It's by far one of my favorites, and I've skated many!

Built by Grindline, one of the premiere skatepark builders in the world, this park rocks! I hail from Portland, Oregon-home of the greatest DIY skatepark in the world--Burnside. Additionally, Portland and Oregon itself has many many skateparks built by Grindline and Dreamland (the builders of Burnside) So how does this park rank? Let's break it down. Street section is large and wide open in all four direction. Street section has a ton of transition, some stairs, and plenty of benches and rails to boot. Best of all street section is seamless with rest of park. It flows nicely into a bad ass snake run with hips and pockets that ends in a cradle! The entire park can be circumnavigated on your board and you won't get bored. there are transitions everywhere! Ok, let's take a look at the pools. There are two extremely large pools to skate. First I'll talk about the kidney bowl. It's huge, for better or for worse, you decide. The transition is steep in the shallow but not deadly steep so dropping in is doable for even a beginner. There is a set of stairs you can carve over if you got the speed and the know how. In my opinion it possibly has to much flat in the pool could be slightly tighter for more speed. Plus there was a funky little part to the concrete that didn't get as smooth as should be, but its in the flat section so can be avoided easily. The coping is quit strange also- its made of pebbled concret? you might or might not like it Now for the grand-daddy of all pools- I dont even know how to describe it- it has every feature iv'e ever ridden except for a complete full pipe (Pier Park in POrtland has a beautiful one if your ever up there)--dropping is easy almost anywhere because there is so much withour vert. There is a huge huge wall maybe ten foot with no vert--its kinda the center of the whole bowl. It links the other sections together. There is a super nice square bowl- about 12 foot or so all the way around super fun and fast. You can pump over some huge as hell hips and skate into a bowl that will whip you into another bowl with a split level transition. Come out of that and hit the huge ass wall, bust a trick if you can and gather speed as you come into a huge ass half-pipe with little to no flat that leads you into the biggest craddle( yes another one!) i've ever seen--and I've seen a big one --go to BattleGround in Washington state if your up that way and have a blast! Well. I give this park 4.75 out of 5. Grindline makes killer parks. Just a bit funkier than the Dreamland parks but can accomodate every level skater and make you a better skater for skating there. Thanks for the good times. Now back to the Pacific NOrthwest for me.

great FREE place for people of all ages to come and watch very talented skaters (some even up in their years) perform some pretty impressive tricks. beautiful park. well kept. nice grassy area to chill on. open late and well lit if you don't like the heat. definitely one of Houston's jewels! Big thanks to wealthy Houstonians who give back to the city's youth in a smart and unique way. They need more of these in the inner cities of America. Every Houstonian should come at least once and bring out of town guests. I'm told the best skaters come on weekend evenings.