Eliot Skate Park
History
Opened in 2002, the Eliot Skate Park was planned, funded and built with the help of a committee formed by a dedicated group of Eliot residents. The skate park features a rectangular bowl, a two-way fun box, hubba ledge, flat bank ramps, quarter pipe, flat rails, multi-level rail, and small box. The park is open to skateboarding and in-line skating only.
Registration Now Required
Beginning in 2009 the ECSD is requiring all skate park users to register for use of the park. All skate park users will be required to complete a Participation Information Form, sign an Eliot Skate Park Rules and Regulation Agreement Form, have a Photo ID taken and pay a $5.00 yearly registration fee. Non-residents are required to pay a $15.00 yearly registration fee. Once paperwork and payment is received you will be issued an Eliot Skate Park sticker to be kept with you at all times when using the park. The idea for this is to better track the the use of the skate park and to generate some revenue for upgrades to the park.
Park Information
When using the park, please keep in mind that both experienced and inexperienced skateboarders and in-line skaters use this facility. Know your abilities, as well as those around you.
The skate park is open from 9:00 am to 6:00pm during the school year and 9:00 am-7:00 pm during the summer. The park may also be closed at the discretion of ECSD. Absolutely no trespassing during closed hours — violators will be prosecuted.
This facility is unsupervised. Use of this park is at your own risk.
Limited parking for the skate park is available in front of the park next to the red barn. Additional parking is available at Town Hall or at the Eliot Elementary School during non-school hours. Please do not park at the ECSD office, Police Department, Fire Department or along Dixon Road.
Skate Park Rules
Helmets and pads may be purchased at the ECSD office.
Helmets: $10.00
Pad set: $12.00
Helmet and pad set: $20.00
E.S.P. T-shirts: $10.00
- It is strongly recommended that protective equipment — helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist supports — is worn.
- No glass containers, food or beverages are allowed inside the park.
- All users are responsible for providing their own equipment and ensuring that it is in proper working order.
- No makeshift items or modification to existing ramps is permitted. Benches, tables, trashcans, etc. should not be used as obstacles.
- Park users should respect the right of way of others. Skating in bowls requires the user to be able to drop in the bowls.
- No weapons, fighting or reckless behavior will be tolerated.
- No drugs, alcohol or tobacco allowed on premises.
- No profanity, loud music or graffiti permitted.
- No animals permitted inside the park.
- Report any loose or broken equipment or any unsafe conditions to the ECSD office.
- All injuries should be reported by witness to the ECSD office.
- The park will be closed for rain, snow, ice, maintenance and any other purposes deemed necessary by the ECSD.
- The park may also be closed at times designated by the ECSD for rentals,
lessons, tournaments, etc. Information will be posted.
Failure to follow these rules may result in loss of individual privileges for use of the facility or the potential closing of the park. Participants should work together to ensure this does not happen.
Directions
Route 95 North
- Take exit 1 in Maine (Eliot, Navy Yard and Dennett Road)
- Bear right off exit onto Dennett Road/State Road
- Follow road approx. 2.5 miles
- Bear left onto Dixon Road (just past the entrance for Eliot Elementary School)
Route 95 South
- Take Exit 2 for Route 236
- Turn left at the end of exit, heading toward South Berwick and Eliot
- Follow Rt. 236 for approx. 2.5 miles
- After the Eliot Commons, turn left at the set of lights onto Beech Road
- Follow Beech Road to the end and turn right onto State Road
- Bear left onto Dixon Road (just past the entrance for Eliot Elementary School)