Discover Goodyear: Parks, Trails, and Sports

Nature Trails and Mountain Bike Trails

The scenic Baseline Trail is located in Goodyear’s Estrella Mountain Regional Park. Rated moderate, it is 2.6 miles long. The park also has four competitive mountain bike loop trails, with difficulty levels ranging from beginner to technical. If you’re weighing the options, the Baseline Trail has one designated difficulty rating, while the loops cover a broader range.

A Walk and Time at the Recreation Campus

The park at the Goodyear Recreation Campus is a 30-acre community park designed as an outdoor space for people of all ages and abilities. The park includes a continuous, one-mile walking path. This provides a shorter option explicitly designated as a walking path alongside the Baseline Trail in the regional park. These two figures help you compare the routes by their stated lengths when planning your time outdoors.

Swimming and Cycling

The Goodyear Aquatic Center features a zero-entry play pool with play features, a leisure pool, a lazy river, and an eight-lane competition pool with diving boards. There are also two 27-foot water slides. Programs offered include swimming and fitness classes, a swim team, lifeguard training, public swimming, and lap swimming; pools and ramadas are also available to rent. Access to the center is restricted to Goodyear residents and their guests. Seasonal operations and program availability may change; check the latest information if you plan to use a particular offering.

Foothills Community Park has a pump track. It is open daily from sunrise to sunset, although temporary closures are possible. If you’re including the track in your day’s plans, take these operating hours into account and check the latest park notices in advance.

Art and History

“Chasing the Stars,” a human-powered kinetic sculpture, stands at the Goodyear Recreation Campus. It weighs approximately 14,000 pounds and is over 26 feet tall. Visitors can activate it in calm weather: pulling the cables at its base sets the kinetic arms in motion. The opportunity to set the sculpture in motion yourself is subject to calm weather.

The Art Plaza at the Goodyear Recreation Campus is open to the public; no pass is required. Another chapter of local history is the Phoenix Trotting Park. It opened in January 1965 near what is now Cotton Lane and Interstate 10 as Arizona’s premier harness racing track.

Baseball and Events

Goodyear Ballpark hosts Major League Baseball’s Cactus League season, which runs from late February through March. The ballpark also hosts the city’s annual signature events. If a game or one of these events is meant to determine your travel dates, check the specific dates when planning your stay.

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