Bocce Ball Court Near Me in Burbank: McCambridge Park on Glenoaks

McCambridge Park, at 1515 North Glenoaks Boulevard in Burbank, is one of the few public parks in the eastern San Fernando Valley with a bocce court on its official amenity list, between the lighted ball fields, the tennis courts, the pool and a war memorial. If your bocce ball court near me search lands you in Burbank, this is the city-run option: a quiet outdoor court in a neighborhood park, plus an indoor boccia drop-in on Sunday afternoons inside the recreation center.

The park has carried three names. The Burbank Public Library's Burbank in Focus archive records that it was known as Civic Center Park in the late 1930s, was renamed Glenoaks Park in 1942, and became McCambridge Memorial Park in 1953. The name honors James H. McCambridge, who ran the city's Public Service Department from 1925 to 1952 and served as city manager in 1952.

The memorial side of the park goes back further than the name. The same archive holds a 1950 plaque for the Burbank Memorial Rose Garden, dedicated to Gold Star families of the First and Second World Wars, and the city still lists a War Memorial among the park's features. A game here is played a short walk from that history, which gives an ordinary weekday match a little more weight than a bar court would.

The City of Burbank's park page names a Bocce Ball Court on its list of amenities and shows a photo of it in the page slider; the landscape architect's project page for the park describes two bocci ball courts. Either way, this is a public court in a city park, not a bar lane with an hourly fee, and no bocce reservation fee appears on the city's 2025-26 park permit schedule.

Treat it as a neighborhood court. Bring your own set of eight balls and the small pallino, a tape measure for close frames, and a towel to wipe grit from the balls between games. The city lists lights only for the ball fields and tennis courts, so the bocce court is a daytime game. Mornings before the tennis crowd arrives and late afternoons on weekdays are the quietest times to find it free.

Burbank's park permit rules matter if you are planning a party around the court. The city says a permit is required for any group of 25 or more people, or for any gathering that hires outside services such as a caterer or a bounce house, under Burbank Municipal Code 3-3-801. Smaller groups with no hired services can use any picnic area that is not already permitted on a first-come basis.

If you do need a permit, reservations open three months in advance and close ten business days before the date, and a picnic permit covers a four-hour block. In the 2025-26 fee schedule a four-hour park reservation costs $90 for up to 50 people, plus a $32 non-refundable application fee. The Parks and Recreation reservation office at 150 N.

The busiest ball game at McCambridge is indoors. Since July 2025 the city has run boccia, a precision ball sport similar to bocce and designed for athletes with physical disabilities, as part of its adaptive recreation program ahead of the LA28 Paralympic Games. The 2026 adaptive recreation page lists it on Sunday afternoons, from 2:30 to 5 pm, at the McCambridge Recreation Center, open to all skill levels.

All equipment is provided, which makes the session a good first look at the game for anyone without a set of balls. Boccia is played seated or standing on a hard indoor floor, with players throwing, rolling or using a ramp to send leather balls toward a white jack. Families who come for outdoor bocce on a Sunday can step inside afterward to watch.

Two city pages give different hours. The McCambridge Park page says the park is open from 6 am to 10 pm under Burbank Municipal Code 5-3-410, while the recreation center page says the park is open from sunrise to sunset under the same section. Because the bocce court has no lights, the daylight window is the one that matters for a game.

The rest of the park fills a full afternoon. The recreation center has a gymnasium, community rooms and recreation classes, the McCambridge Pool sits beside it, and the Burbank Tennis Center at 249 East Amherst Drive anchors the north side, next to picnic benches and shade structures added near the courts in August 2024. A new playground was completed in February 2025, so younger kids have something to do between frames.

Metro Line 92 runs along Glenoaks Boulevard past the park, according to the city's Burbank Transit Map effective January 2026, with stops along the edge of the park. The BurbankBus routes do not run on this stretch of Glenoaks, so the Metro bus is the transit choice.

Drivers will find surface parking lots off Andover Drive, next to the recreation center and the tennis courts, shown on the city's site map of the park. On a weekday the lots are easy, but weekend afternoons with games on the ball fields and swim sessions at the pool bring more cars, so arriving before noon is the simplest way to park close to the court.

Exotic Thai Cuisine at 1212 North San Fernando Boulevard, a few minutes' drive south, has been cooking in Burbank since 1996 and is open daily, from 11 am on weekdays and noon on weekends until 9:30 pm. Pad thai and pad see ew are $14.95 each, pineapple fried rice is $15.95, and crab fried rice is $19.95.

For grilled meat, The Aleppo Grill at 2128 North Glenoaks Boulevard, Suite 101, stays on the same boulevard and is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm. The chicken shish kabob plate is $17.99, the beef kafta plate is $18.99, the falafel plate is $14.99 and hummus with meat is $13.49. A plate of falafel and hummus shared on a picnic bench is a good end to a morning game.

Address: McCambridge Park, 1515 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA 91504. Bocce: outdoor public court with no fee listed, bring your own balls, daylight play only. Boccia: Sunday afternoons in the recreation center, equipment provided. Permits: required for 25 or more people, $90 for four hours plus a $32 application fee. Transit: Metro Line 92 on Glenoaks. Parking: lots off Andover Drive.

Best for: Burbank and Glendale locals who want a free game in a calm park, and families mixing bocce with a swim or a playground stop. Less suited to: groups wanting drinks, a staffed court or evening play under lights. Ask the Karpo APP for a kebab dinner on Glenoaks or a Sunday plan that pairs the boccia drop-in with lunch.