Court Map USA maps over 25,000 tennis and pickleball courts across the United States — all of them free to explore, no account required. If you've used the site and wondered where all those court pins come from, how accurate the data is, or what the different filters do, this article explains how the whole thing works.
The primary source for Court Map USA's court data is OpenStreetMap (OSM). OpenStreetMap is the world's largest open-source geographic database, built and maintained by millions of volunteer contributors worldwide. It's the same data source used by Apple Maps, Facebook, Snapchat, and thousands of other applications. OSM is available under the Open Database License (ODbL), which means it can be freely used and shared with attribution.
When someone maps a new park on OpenStreetMap and tags the tennis or pickleball courts correctly, those courts eventually sync into Court Map USA's database. This means the map benefits from the collective efforts of thousands of OSM mappers who document their local areas with extraordinary detail.
The second source is community submissions directly through Court Map USA. Users who find a court that's missing can click "+ Add a court," drop a pin on the map, and submit details like the sport, surface, and access type. These submissions are reviewed and added to the database when verified. This layer is especially useful for newly built courts that haven't made it into OSM yet.
The data is generally very accurate for established courts at public parks and recreation centers, which are well-documented in OpenStreetMap. Accuracy decreases for private courts (club courts, HOA courts, hotel courts) and for very recently built or renovated facilities. OSM data also has a known issue with duplicate entries in some areas — multiple nodes mapped at the same location — which can show the same court twice. We're actively working to clean these up.
If you find a court that's wrong — closed, moved, or listed with incorrect information — the best fix is to correct it in OpenStreetMap, which will flow back into our database. You can also use the submission form to flag it.
The map has three filters that let you narrow results quickly.
Sport lets you toggle between Tennis, Pickleball, or both. Since many public courts serve both sports (especially converted tennis courts with pickleball lines), filtering by sport is the fastest way to find courts specifically set up for what you're playing.
Setting filters by Outdoor or Indoor. Most public courts are outdoor, but filtering for Indoor is useful if you're looking for year-round options or playing in cold weather.
Access filters by Public, Private, or Unknown. Public courts are open to anyone without a membership or fee. Private courts typically belong to clubs, HOAs, or hotels. Unknown means the access data wasn't recorded in the source data — when in doubt, it's usually worth a quick search to verify before making a trip.
💡 Tip: The "Near me" button centers the map on your current location instantly. Your browser will ask permission to share your location — this data stays in your browser and is never sent to our servers.
In addition to the interactive map, Court Map USA has a directory of courts organized by state and city — useful for planning ahead when you're traveling or moving somewhere new. The Cities page lists every state, and each state page links to individual cities with their court counts. City pages show a table of all mapped courts with type, setting, access, and directions links.
The directory covers 25,530 cities and towns across all 50 states — from major metro areas with thousands of courts to small rural towns with one or two facilities. If you search for your hometown and find courts you didn't know existed, that's the point.
The map improves when players contribute. If you know of a court that isn't on the map — a newly built facility, a school court that's recently opened to the public, or a private club that should be marked as such — use the "+ Add a court" button on the homepage. The process takes about a minute: drop a pin, select the sport, fill in any details you know, and submit. An optional email field lets us follow up if we have questions; it's never shown publicly.
Submissions are spam-protected and reviewed before being published. The more accurate data the community adds, the more useful the map becomes for everyone.
Court Map USA is free to use because finding a place to play shouldn't require a subscription. The site is supported by Google AdSense ads and Amazon affiliate links in the Gear section. Neither influences which courts appear or how they're ranked — the map is purely data-driven. Full details are in the Privacy & Affiliate Disclosure.
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