About this directory

skaterinks.net is an independent directory of roller and ice skating rinks in the United States that are open to the public. It’s built for families, teens, adults and beginners looking for a rink near them: a public skate, a birthday party, lessons, an adult night, hockey or figure skating, roller derby, or an outdoor rink in winter. It lists 2,576 skating rinks in 1,786 cities across 50 states and Washington, DC: 1,130 roller rinks and 1,532 ice rinks, some with both.

How a rink gets listed

A map search for “skating rink” turns up plenty of places where the public can’t skate: event venues in old rink buildings, hockey clubs with no public ice, seasonal rinks that may not open anymore and more. So a place is listed only when two things line up:

• Its Google category. Most listed rinks are filed on Google as an ice skating rink, a roller skating rink or a skating rink.
• Proof that people skate there. The rink’s name says so, its customer reviews talk about skating there, or its own website shows a rink.

A few places filed under another category, such as a park or a sports complex, are listed when their name, reviews and website together make clear there’s a rink the public skates on.

Two kinds of places are left out on purpose:

• Hockey-only arenas. When a rink’s reviews are all about games, practices and tournaments and nothing shows public skating, it isn’t listed. You can’t just show up and skate there.
• Seasonal pop-ups with no current information. When a seasonal rink has no website and no review in the last two years, we can’t tell whether it still opens, so it isn’t listed.

Some real rinks are missing because of these checks, usually small ones with few reviews and no website. We’d rather leave a rink out than send you to a place where you can’t skate.

Every claim shows its proof

A listing can say a rink is a roller rink or an ice rink, that it’s outdoor or seasonal, or that it has public skating, lessons, birthday parties, adult nights, skate rental, hockey, figure skating or roller derby. Each of those claims appears only when there’s evidence for it, and the listing shows that evidence next to the claim:

• a sentence quoted word for word from a 4 or 5 star Google review, with the month and year it was written;
• a note that the rink’s own website says it;
• for roller or ice, a note that Google lists it as that kind of rink, or that it’s in the rink’s name; or
• a count of how many reviews mention it.

Right now that covers 1,130 roller rinks, 1,532 ice rinks and 321 outdoor or seasonal rinks, plus 1,601 with birthday parties, 1,322 with public skating, 1,168 with skate rental and 1,147 with hockey. If a rink offers something but no review mentions it and its website doesn’t say so, the listing won’t claim it. Some listings say less than you’d find in person. We’d rather leave something out than guess.

No session times or prices

We never list session times or prices. Rinks change their schedules by season, add and drop sessions, and change prices, and an old time on a listing can send you to a locked door. Review quotes that mention a price or a time are left out too. Listings do show the opening hours from the rink’s Google listing, labeled as opening hours; public sessions are usually shorter than those hours. Always check the rink’s own schedule before you go.

No staff names from reviews

Reviews often thank a coach, a DJ or a party host by first name. We don’t print personal names taken from review text: review sentences that name a person are left out. Staff change, and a name in an old review may no longer be right. Rink names are shown as the business lists itself on Google.

What we don’t check

A listing is not an endorsement. We don’t visit rinks, inspect equipment or judge how a rink is run. We don’t check safety, insurance, staff training or coaching credentials. Rinks set their own rules, ages and gear policies. Ask the rink about anything that matters to you, and see our rink etiquette and safety guide for general advice.

Where the data comes from

• Public business listings for the name, address, phone number, opening hours, Google rating, review count and category.
• Public customer reviews for the evidence behind each claim and the review quotes on listings.
• Rinks’ own websites for the programs and features they describe.

Hours and programs change. The “open now” note on a listing is worked out in your browser from the listed opening hours, so it can be wrong on holidays and doesn’t mean a public session is running.

How rinks are ranked

Wherever rinks are ranked, including the best rinks by state pages and the city guides, the order comes from each rink’s Google rating weighted by its number of reviews (rating × log of reviews). That favors rinks with many good reviews over rinks with a handful of perfect ones. The best-of pages include only rinks with at least 10 reviews. A ranking describes ratings and reviews, not our opinion of a rink. Rinks can’t pay to be listed or ranked.

What you’ll find here

• Skating rinks by state and city.
• Roller skating rinks and ice skating rinks, by state and city.
• Outdoor and seasonal ice rinks, which open and close with the weather.
• Lessons, parties and programs: public skating, lessons, birthday parties, adult nights, skate rental, hockey, figure skating and roller derby.
• Skating rinks by the numbers.
• Guides for first-timers, parents planning a party, and adults getting back on skates.

Corrections

If something on a listing is wrong, such as an address, a phone number, a closed rink or a claim you think isn’t right, email hello@skaterinks.net. Include the rink’s name and city, or the page link, and what should change. Rink owners can update their listing for free; see the contact page.

Independence

skaterinks.net isn’t affiliated with any rink listed here, and it doesn’t take money from rinks. The site doesn’t run ads right now; see the privacy policy for what it does use.