Quick Answer
Is Burke Mountain Athletic Park open, and what does it have?
Yes. The City of Coquitlam officially opened Burke Mountain Athletic Park on Friday, September 25, 2026, at 3390/3400 David Avenue. It has a lit 400-metre track, a lit artificial turf field and four lit tennis courts. On-site parking and the washrooms open once construction on the new SD43 secondary school next door is finished, so walk, bike or roll in for now.
It’s official: the City of Coquitlam opened the park on Friday, September 25, 2026, with a free community celebration at 3390 David Avenue. 8.9 acres. A 400-metre rubberized track. A lit, full-size turf field. Four full-sized tennis courts. After years of telling people “the mountain is still building itself,” this is the piece that changes the answer. Here’s what it actually means for your family.
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Open now
400m track, lit turf field and four lit tennis courts
Where
3390 David Avenue
Northeast Coquitlam
Not yet
On-site parking and permanent washrooms — they open with the school
Getting there
Walk, bike or roll in — or park off-site and walk the last stretch
The one thing to plan around: the on-site parking lot and the permanent washrooms are tied to the adjacent Burke Mountain secondary school and open when School District 43 finishes that building. Until then, treat this as a walk-in park. Team and league field time is booked through the City of Coquitlam, not on site.
Facility details from the City of Coquitlam — coquitlam.ca →
Officially opened with a free City of Coquitlam community celebration. Construction began in summer 2025 and finished in summer 2026.
8.9 acres on the central spine of Burke Mountain. Close to most of Burke’s developed streets.
400m rubberized track, lit artificial turf field for soccer/field hockey/lacrosse, four lit tennis courts, viewing areas. Universal washrooms open with the school.
For nearly a decade, every Burke family who plays organized sport has driven off the mountain. The Athletic Park ends that for soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, track, and tennis.
Burke Mountain Athletic Park is the first major sports facility on Burke Mountain. Coquitlam council approved the park design in May 2025, construction began in summer 2025, and the track, turf and courts were finished this summer. It officially opened on Friday, September 25, 2026, marked with a free City community celebration on site. The one piece still to come is the on-site parking lot and the permanent washrooms — both are tied to the school building going up beside the park.
The site is 8.9 acres at 3390 David Avenue. That’s the central spine of Burke Mountain, on the same parcel where School District 43 is building the new Burke Mountain secondary school (SD43 is targeting a Fall 2027 opening and will confirm its grades and catchment). The shared site is intentional: the park and the school were designed together so the field, track and courts are available to community users in the evenings and on weekends, and to students during the school day.
For context on why this is a big deal: until now, Burke families who wanted a lit track, a full-size turf field or lit tennis courts had to drive off the mountain. The Athletic Park puts all three in one place on David Avenue.
For years I’ve told Burke Mountain buyers the same thing: the mountain is still building itself. On September 25, 2026, that sentence stopped being true.
Six-lane rubberized oval plus an eight-lane 100-metre straightaway, with lighting.
LED-lit. Lined for soccer, field hockey and field lacrosse.
The City says the courts have lighting that allows year-round play.
Including players’ shelters, warm-up areas, upper and lower spectator viewing zones, and universal washrooms.
The track is a six-lane, 400-metre rubberized oval with an eight-lane 100-metre straightaway for sprints and hurdles. To put that in plain terms: a high schooler in Burke can train on a real track without their parent driving them anywhere. A casual evening runner gets a measured, lit loop off the road.
The artificial turf is the centerpiece — and the LED lighting matters more than the surface. Through late fall and winter it is dark before most evening practices start. A lit turf field means evening practice is a normal weeknight option, not a thing you give up for six months of the year. The field is striped for three sports: 11-a-side soccer, field hockey, and field lacrosse. Artificial turf generally stays playable in wet weather that can close a grass field, but check City field closures before you go.
Four full-sized lit tennis courts at the northwest end. Four lit courts on a central site make tennis on Burke something families can plan around year-round.
Players’ shelters and warm-up areas are along the field perimeter. Upper and lower spectator viewing zones — the park is built on a gentle grade, which gives you natural amphitheatre seating along one side. Universal accessible washrooms. Path connectivity to David Avenue and into the new school site. It’s a sports facility built for organized play and school use, not a playground park.
The viewing areas are a piece parents will notice. On most local fields the sidelines are level with the play, so you stand the whole game and can’t quite see the far side. Watching from a stepped, slightly elevated platform changes the whole experience. You see formations. You see runs off the ball. You see the game the way the coach is calling it, not the way the touchline is showing it. That sounds small. It is not small for any parent who has spent five years pacing a soccer sideline in the rain.
| Feature | What the City has published |
|---|---|
| Official opening | Friday, September 25, 2026 |
| Address | 3390/3400 David Avenue, Northeast Coquitlam |
| Park size | About 8.9 acres, on a shared site of about 23 acres with the new school |
| Running track | 400-metre, six-lane rubberized track with an eight-lane 100-metre straightaway, with lighting |
| Turf field | Full-size artificial turf field with LED lighting, lined for soccer, field hockey and field lacrosse |
| Tennis | Four full-size courts with lighting for year-round play |
| Parking and washrooms | Open once construction of the adjacent school site is finished |
| Next door | New SD43 secondary school; SD43 is targeting a Fall 2027 opening and will confirm its grades and catchment |
| Questions | City of Coquitlam Parks Customer Service, 604-927-6300 |
Sources: City of Coquitlam, coquitlam.ca/1233 and its May 6, 2025 news release; Tri-Cities Dispatch (May 7, 2025) for size, track and lighting details; Tri-City News (April 17, 2023) for site size; SD43 for the school.
The Athletic Park sits on a parcel shared with the new Burke Mountain secondary school. SD43 is targeting a Fall 2027 opening for the school and will confirm its grades and catchment. The City describes the park as a shared community space designed for year-round community and school use.
What I expect it to mean in practice (the City and SD43 haven’t published the booking rules yet, so check with the City):
Joint community-school sites let the City and the school district share land and facilities.
A lit track and turf field on the mountain itself is the kind of amenity that marks a maturing neighbourhood. Burke Mountain didn’t have one yesterday. It has one now.
I’ve lived on Burke Mountain for more than nine years. Until now, most Burke families in organized sport drove off the mountain for practices and games. Here’s how that calculus shifts:
This is the biggest immediate win. Coquitlam Soccer Club, Coquitlam Field Hockey, and the Tri-Cities lacrosse associations all book community fields for practice and games. Until now there was no lit, full-size turf field on Burke to book. That has changed, although how clubs schedule it is up to them and the City.
For a lot of Burke families, soccer season has meant driving down the mountain in the dark for practice. A lit turf field on David Avenue changes that, for any practices booked there.
Burke now has its own lit 400-metre rubberized track. The track is also a meaningful lifestyle amenity for adults — evening runs on rubberized surface, year-round in the lit hours, on a measured loop. It’s a measured loop off the road.
Four lit courts changes the equation. Since September 25, Burke has four lit tennis courts that the City says allow year-round play. For Burke seniors and retirees who play casually, this is a meaningful expansion of weekly social options.
The presence of regulation facilities changes which sports kids actually try. If track, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, and tennis are all suddenly walkable, you’ll see more Burke kids trying each of them. Having facilities close by makes it easier for kids to try a new sport.
The walkable amenity story is the underrated piece. A lot of the “is Burke isolated when I’m not driving to school anymore” conversation I have with downsizing clients gets easier when there’s a track to walk, lit tennis courts, and a viewing area to bring grandchildren to. It doesn’t solve everything, but it shifts the answer.
The Athletic Park didn’t happen in a vacuum. It landed on top of a neighbourhood that has been adding pieces, year after year, since around 2018. Here’s the rough timeline I share with clients to explain how Burke is graduating from a new subdivision into a mature neighbourhood:
Buyers who bought on Burke in 2018 have watched the amenities arrive one piece at a time. For buyers entering today, the Athletic Park is no longer a rendering on a City web page — it is open, lit, and bookable.
This is also why I’ve been telling move-up buyers — families upsizing from a Port Moody condo or a Coquitlam townhouse into a Burke detached — that the “Burke is too far from everything” objection is increasingly out of date. Burke vs. Westwood Plateau is no longer the trade-off it was three years ago. Burke vs. Heritage Mountain increasingly comes down to lifestyle preference and home age, not amenity gap.
Three things worth flagging, because they come up often:
It’s not. It’s a sports facility shared with a new secondary school — designed for organized sport and school use. There’s no playground equipment, no spray park, no picnic shelter, no off-leash dog area. For toddler-age daily play, Galloway Park, Queenston Park and Riley Park are still your everyday spots. Don’t buy a Burke home expecting the Athletic Park to be your 4-year-old’s weekend playground — that’s not what it is.
The Athletic Park is a community-school shared site. Once the secondary school opens (SD43 is targeting Fall 2027), expect school use during the school day. The City hasn’t published the booking rules yet, so check with the City before you plan around weekday daytime access.
The track, the turf and the four tennis courts opened on September 25 — those are real and usable now. The on-site parking lot and the permanent washrooms are not: the City has tied both to School District 43 completing the new secondary school next door. So for the first stretch, plan on walking, riding, or parking off-site and walking in. If you are weighing a home partly on “we can drive the kids up and park,” that specific piece arrives later than the opening day does.
Greater Vancouver REALTORS® guidelines, the Competition Act, and BC Financial Services Authority rules prohibit me from telling you that the Athletic Park will increase your home value by a specific percentage. I won’t. Nobody who promises you that number is being honest — no one can isolate that variable cleanly from interest rates, broader market cycles, and the dozens of other inputs that move at the same time.
What I can tell you is what I observe in buyer behaviour:
Whether any of that translates into a specific dollar figure on your home depends on your street, your home’s condition, broader market timing, and how the listing is priced and marketed. Which is exactly the conversation I’d rather have on a strategy call than in a blog post — because I can’t reasonably answer it without knowing your address and your timeline.
I’ve lived on Burke Mountain for more than nine years and in the Tri-Cities for more than 47. The notes in this post are written from inside the neighbourhood, not pulled off a brochure. If you’re weighing a Burke Mountain move and want a straight read on how all this changes your decision, you can book a 20-minute strategy call here.
The pages below go deeper on the specific decisions a Burke Mountain buyer or seller is making right now.
The main pillar page — everything Burke Mountain in one place.
What daily life actually looks like up here, by a 9+ year resident.
Where Burke families go on weekends — and the playgrounds that matter most by age.
Smiling Creek, Coast Salish, Leigh, the new secondary school, and how catchments work.
The honest comparison for move-up families weighing both options.
Why choosing a Burke Mountain specialist matters — and how to evaluate one.
The commercial heart of Burke Mountain — build-out timeline, what’s coming.
The boutique 23-townhome collection steps from Smiling Creek and the Athletic Park.
For families moving in from Vancouver, Port Moody, or out of province.
Whether you’re buying into Burke now that the Athletic Park is open, selling into the new amenity story, or just deciding whether Burke fits your family — let’s have a 20-minute call.
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