Port St. Lucie Parks Guide

The City of Port St. Lucie's park directory returns 51 parks and facilities, and Parks and Recreation answers at 772-878-2277 from its offices in the Port St. Lucie Community Center (Port St. Lucie parks list; Parks and Recreation contact block).

The department lists the Community Center at 2195 SE Airoso Blvd. as its location, open Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with 772-871-1775 as an alternate number (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ). Its FAQ says Port St. Lucie programs are open to all, with no residency required, and that registration works through the Parks and Rec web portal, the mobile app, or in person at the Community Center, the MIDFLORIDA Event Center at 9221 SE Event Center Pl. or Minsky Gym at 750 SW Darwin Blvd. (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

The department page also states that Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation earned its first CAPRA accreditation in 2021 and has since been reaccredited, and that CAPRA reflects adherence to 154 national standards (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

For scale, the city's Recreation and Open Space Element counts 1,514.68 acres of developed City recreation facilities and 1,472 acres of county and state public recreation land, and says the city exceeds the park level of service for 2020, providing approximately 7.5 acres of park space for every 1,000 population (Port St. Lucie Recreation and Open Space Element). The element is part of the comprehensive plan adopted October 26, 2020 (Recreation and Open Space Element inventory).

Port St. Lucie lists three city boat launches, and only Veterans Park at Rivergate gives around-the-clock access to the river and the ocean (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

Ramp counts and access come from the department FAQ (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ). The Veterans at Rivergate and Oak Hammock addresses come from the city's Recreation and Open Space Element inventory (Recreation and Open Space Element inventory), and the C-24 Canal Park address from the Port St. Lucie parks list (parks list). The C-24 Canal Park page itself reads differently from the FAQ: four boat ramp lanes with direct river and ocean access, about 74 trailer parking spaces and hours of 8 a.m. to sunset (Port St. Lucie C-24 Canal Park page). The same FAQ notes that Veterans Park at Rivergate has a boardwalk along the St. Lucie River suited to saltwater fishing, and that catch-and-release fishing is allowed at every Port St. Lucie park (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

Whispering Pines Park has 6 lighted tennis and 24 lighted pickleball courts, and Sportsman's Park and the Whispering Pines Racket and Paddle Center each list 4 lighted ball fields (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

Every lighted tennis court in Port St. Lucie has a 9:30 p.m. light curfew, according to the same FAQ (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ). Adult softball is booked through Minsky Gym at 772-344-4142, and the games are played at Sandhill Crane Park, which also has 3 lighted competition sand volleyball courts (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

The Port St. Lucie FAQ names McCarty Ranch Preserve for tent and RV camping, and the parks menu lists dog parks at McChesney, Lyngate and Woodland Trails parks (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

McCarty Ranch Preserve, at 12525 Range Line Rd. west of I-95, has a lake system of more than 300 acres for fishing, canoeing and kayaking, trails for walking, biking and horseback riding, and an 18-hole disc golf course (Port St. Lucie McCarty Ranch Preserve page). The preserve page says it spans 3,107 acres (McCarty Ranch Preserve history), the 2020 Recreation and Open Space Element lists it at 600 acres (Recreation and Open Space Element inventory), and the master plan update says 600 acres are available for public outdoor recreation in a preserve that totals 3,107 acres (Master Plan Update, nature preserves). The things to do guide covers its campsites in more detail.

The McChesney Park dog area in Port St. Lucie covers 3/4 acre in three fenced compounds for small, medium and large dogs, opened on August 3, 2019, and requires current licenses and vaccinations (McChesney Park and Dog Park page). Port St. Lucie has no city public pool; the FAQ points swimmers to Ravenswood Pool, which St. Lucie County operates at 400 SW Ravenswood Lane (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

Port St. Lucie neighborhood and nature parks open from 8 a.m. to sunset and community parks from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., with lighted courts closing at 9:30 p.m. (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

The Port St. Lucie FAQ bans metal detectors and digging under City Code section 96.20(C), allows alcohol in a park only with an approved permit, bars overnight parking unless posted otherwise and limits smoking, including e-cigarettes, to designated areas (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ). With pavilion rentals, water features are not permitted, while bounce houses are allowed through approved vendors (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

Safety problems in a Port St. Lucie park go to onsite staff or Community Center Guest Services at 772-878-2277, with 911 for emergencies, and vandalism or trash goes to 772-871-1775 or the 1PSL service portal (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ). The FAQ also states that a car owner pays for damage when a foul ball hits a vehicle at a city park, and that fields close for scheduled maintenance and rest periods (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ).

The Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update names Whispering Pines, McChesney, Sportsman's, Jessica Clinton and Swan parks, all with athletic fields, as the most visited parks in the system (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update).

The Port St. Lucie plan bases that ranking on Placer.ai visitation data and lists enhancing access to athletic fields as an objective, including work with St. Lucie Public Schools on field improvements such as lighting (Master Plan Update, athletic fields vision).

Tradition Regional Park at 13120 SW Tradition Parkway is listed by the city as under construction, on 110 acres near the Fern Lake Roundabout (Port St. Lucie Tradition Regional Park page). The city calls its PSL BMX track the first fully inclusive BMX facility of its kind in the United States and internationally, built to combine BMX racing with all-wheels adaptive riding, and describes the park as envisioned with baseball, softball, soccer and multi-purpose fields, disc golf, nature trails and a canoe and kayak launch (Tradition Regional Park page).

Each Port St. Lucie park guide below answers one narrower question than this hub, from a single park to the city's indoor centers (Port St. Lucie parks list).

Key facts in the table come from the Recreation and Open Space Element for Oak Hammock Park (Recreation and Open Space Element inventory) and from the department FAQ for the two centers (Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation FAQ). Last verified: October 22, 2026, when the parks hub was checked line by line against the Port St. Lucie parks list, the Parks and Recreation FAQ, the 2020 Recreation and Open Space Element, the master plan update and the McCarty Ranch, McChesney and Tradition Regional Park pages.