All 161 outdoor basketball courts in Phoenix.

Eastlake Park began around 1890 as a pleasure ground at the end of the Phoenix streetcar line and became a city park in 1914. For decades the surrounding neighbourhood was one of the only places Black families were permitted to live in Phoenix, and the park was the one place they could gather safely.

Booker T. Washington spoke here in 1911. The city's Juneteenth celebration has been held here since 1921. Through the 1940s and after, Eastlake was the site of civil rights rallies and the starting point of the marches to the state Capitol, and it now holds the Phoenix Civil Rights Memorial.

Ahead of the 2024 NCAA Men's Final Four in Glendale, the tournament's legacy project refurbished the park's indoor and outdoor basketball courts. OpenStreetMap places the outdoor court twenty metres from the pin. Play after sunset from May to September; the Phoenix summer does not allow much else.

Steele Indian School Park occupies the grounds of the Phoenix Indian School, the federal boarding school that took Native American children from their families from 1891 until it closed in 1990. Three of the school's historic buildings still stand in the park, and the site's history is presented on the grounds.

The park is the most-reviewed in our Phoenix data at 4,261 reviews and a 4.6 average. OpenStreetMap counts four courts within a short walk of the pin, which makes it the best-supplied outdoor run in central Phoenix.

The Encanto Sports Complex beside Encanto Park is where Phoenix reviewers talk about basketball most, with more court mentions than any other venue in our data. OpenStreetMap confirms three courts fifty metres from the pin, 208 reviews at a 4.6 average. The lit courts make this one of the better options for the late-evening runs Phoenix summers demand.

Pecos Park in Ahwatukee posts 546 reviews at a 4.5 average, and OpenStreetMap places three courts almost exactly at the pin. The Pecos Community Center shares the grounds, so a Pecos day can move indoors when the afternoon heat arrives.

El Oso Park serves Maryvale and west Phoenix with 1,890 reviews at a 4.3 average, and OpenStreetMap counts four courts forty metres from the pin. A large, heavily used neighbourhood park with one of the deepest outdoor setups on the west side.

Verde Park on East Van Buren Street sits just east of downtown, 293 reviews at a 4.3 average, with a court twenty-four metres from the pin in OpenStreetMap. The closest reliable outdoor run to the Phoenix city centre and a short walk from Eastlake.

Roadrunner Park in northeast Phoenix is one of the city's most-reviewed parks at 3,110 reviews and a 4.5 average, and the people who use it mention the basketball. A big park with a lake and a steady evening crowd.

The Fireside community court in north Phoenix is a dedicated basketball listing rated 4.7, the best score of any purpose-listed outdoor court in the city. A neighbourhood court in the Desert Ridge area with a small, loyal crowd.