Catoctin Skatepark

Catoctin Skatepark is located in Leesburg, Virginia. The park is owned by Loudoun County and is a free admission skatepark. Built by the Town of Leesburg Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Friends of Ida Lee, it is a 12,000 square-foot lighted skating area for Agro-skaters, skateboarders, and bikes. There used to be tennis courts there before being converted to a skatepark. The park offers a great experience for aggressive-inline skaters, skateboarders, and BMX bikers. BMX bike hours are separate from the normal hours and are only on Saturdays and Sundays for two hours. Helmets are required in the park and there is parking, a water fountain, a porta pottie, and vending machines on site.

Layout

The most popular ramp at Catoctin is the 4 foot spine. It is two 4 foot half-pipes connected with a transfer and there is another 4 foot quarter pipe connected to one side for hip transfers. There is a 6 foot half-pipe with a 7 foot extension located next to the spine. On one side of the half-pipe there is a flat bank ramp with a 6 inch drop off and a 22 inch drop off, with a small 4 foot quarter pipe in the middle of the flat bank. There is a 3 foot pyramid with a rectangular hand rail and a ledge for grinds with a nice flat top. A long 5 foot quarter pipe with two angles stands close to the park entrance, next to the 7 foot "office ramp" quarter pipe. Directly in front of the office ramp is a a 5 foot fly box with a quarter pipe-like ramp with no coping facing the office ramp with a flat bank next to and directly across from the fly. After the fly box is the towering 10 foot "vert wall" quarter pipe that has a 4 foot vertical wall extension as well as two 6 foot quarter pipes on either side. There is a flat bank ramp with a huge top in a corner of the park that has a ledge and a circular hand rail. The final ramp in the park is the fun box with a curved side and a flat bank side with a circular hand rail in the middle, located near the spine hip.