About Us

Girdwood is a neighborhood of the Muncipality of Anchorage; the Girdwood Valley Service Area self-funds and manages Girdwood Parks and Recreation.

Girdwood Parks and Recreation is responsible for maintaining our community parks, fields, trails, pavilions, community room and tent campground. Girdwood Parks and Recreation secures grants and donations to fund projects, facilitates skate park, tennis committee and other user-group meetings, coordinates volunteer work efforts and assists with recreation programs with local non-profit partners to provide a variety of recreation programs for all ages.

Trail System

Girdwood’s trail system ranges from quiet, primative routes to paved and highly developed trails. All trails are frequented by wildlife, including moose and bear. Many of the local trails connect to land managed by Chugach State Park and the US Forest Service, and private land. Parks and Recreation works with the Girdwood Trails Committee and the various land managers to determine trail projects and to maintain existing trails.

Click here for Summer Trails Map and Winter Trails Map.

Services

Girdwood Parks and Recreation oversees ten parks, a town square, a ball field, a soccer field, a modern children's playground with a separate "tot lot", a tennis court, a newly redesigned skate park with rails and ramps, a disc golf course, and two sheltered park pavilions with picnic tables. During the summer camping season, we also maintain a tent-only campground with eighteen tent spaces.

Girdwood Parks and Recreation organizes and assists with volunteer opportunities, including annual flower planting and spring park spruce-up projects. Girdwood Parks and Recreation hires seasonal staff to assist with projects.

Location

We are located in the Girdwood Community Center at 250 Egloff Drive in Girdwood.