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Table 7-3. National Recreation and Park Minimum Standards <br />Activity/Facility <br />Minimum Space <br />Units per <br />Service <br />Location Notes <br />Require ents <br />Population <br />Radius <br />Basketball Court <br />2,400-7980 sq. ft. <br />1 per 5,000-'/z <br />mile <br />In neighborhood and <br />community parks, plus <br />active recreation areas and <br />'/2 - 1 hour <br />other park settings <br />Ice Hockey Rink <br />22,000 sq. ft. <br />Indoor —11 per <br />Best as part of multi - <br />including support <br />100,000 <br />travel time <br />purpose facility <br />area <br />Outdoor — <br />depends on <br />climate <br />Tennis Court <br />7,200 sq. ft. single <br />1 per 2,000 <br />'/4 - % mile <br />Same as other court <br />court or 2 acres for <br />activities (basketball) <br />complex <br />Volleyball Court <br />4,000 sq. ft. <br />1 per 5,000 <br />'/4 - '/z mile <br />Same as other court <br />activities (basketball, <br />tennis <br />Baseball Field - <br />3-3.85 acres <br />1 per 5,000,-'/z <br />mile <br />Part of neighborhood <br />Official <br />Lighted 1 per <br />complex Lighted fields part <br />30,000 <br />of community complex <br />Baseball Field — <br />1.2 acres <br />1 per 5,000 <br />'/4 - '/z mile <br />Same as for official <br />Little League <br />baseball fields <br />Softball Field <br />1.5-2 acres <br />1 per 5,000 <br />'/4 - '/z mile <br />Same as for little league <br />and official baseball fields <br />Field Hockey <br />1.5 acres <br />1 per 20,000 <br />15-30 <br />Usually part of baseball, <br />minutes <br />football, soccer complex in <br />travel time <br />community park or adjacent <br />to high school <br />Same as for field hockey <br />Football Field <br />1.5 acres <br />1 per 20,000 <br />15-30 <br />minutes <br />travel time <br />Soccer Field <br />1.7-2.1 acres <br />1 per 10,000, <br />1-2 miles <br />Youth soccer on smaller <br />depends on <br />fields adjacent to schools or <br />0.65 acres <br />popularity <br />1 per 50,000 <br />neighborhood 2a1rks. <br />Archery Range <br />30 minute <br />Part of regional/metro park <br />travel time <br />complex <br />Combination Skeet <br />30 acres <br />1 per 50,000 <br />30 minute <br />Part of regional/metro park <br />and Trap Field (8 <br />travel time <br />complex <br />stations)_ <br />Golf Course — 9 <br />50 acres <br />1 per 25,000 <br />15-30 <br />In community or district <br />holes <br />minutes <br />park, but not more than 20 <br />travel time <br />miles from population <br />center <br />_ _ <br />Golf Course — 18 <br />100 acres <br />1 per 50,000 <br />15-30 <br />Same as for 9 -hole golf <br />holes <br />minutes <br />course <br />travel time <br />Golf -driving Range <br />13.5 acres <br />1 per 50,000 <br />30 minute <br />Part of golf course complex <br />travel time <br />or as separate private <br />owned unit <br />Swimming Pool <br />0.5-2 acres <br />1 per 20,000 <br />15 to 30 <br />Located in community park <br />minutes <br />or school site <br />travel time <br />Source: NRPA Park, Recreation, Open Space and Greenway Guidelines, 1996 <br />Chapter 7 7-13 <br />Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces <br />H�i�;r� <br />