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UConn Student Recreation Center

4.3 ★★★★☆ 265 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Storrs, Connecticut

Yoga & fitness

New gym featuring an indoor track, a climbing wall, a weight room and courts.

Plan your visit

  • Gear rental nearly every climbing gym rents shoes (~$5–8 typical) and chalk; harness rental is often bundled with a ropes pass
  • Waiver always required at climbing gyms — sign it online before you go to skip the front-desk line
  • First timer? bouldering needs zero experience — rent shoes and walk in; staff will point you at the easiest problems
  • Yoga & fitness mentioned alongside the climbing — ask about the class schedule and what a pass includes
  • Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
  • Today see hours ·
  • Phone (860) 486-0002
  • Website recreation.uconn.edu

Hours

Monday 6 AM–10 PM
Tuesday 6 AM–10 PM
Wednesday 6 AM–10 PM
Thursday 6 AM–10 PM
Friday 6 AM–10 PM
Saturday 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday 10 AM–5 PM

Hours can shift for holidays, competitions, and youth-team practice — worth a quick check before a special trip.

What's inside

Walls and programs at UConn Student Recreation Center, confirmed by climbers' own reviews.

🪨 Bouldering Gyms 2 mentions

“Even if you never take the top rope orientation the bouldering section is never dull!”

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🧘 Climbing + Yoga & Fitness 2 mentions

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What climbers say again and again

The things reviewers bring up again and again across 265 Google reviews — with their own words as proof.

🧼 spotless & clean 3 mentions

“Everything's pretty clean the equipment is nice, just sometimes you have to wait a bit for certain machines”

From the reviews

The newest building to open up on campus (2019). Has four floors with the best being the gym equipment. Just in front of the stadium. Has card free access till the lobby where you can sit on the sofa and has a small cafe. Post that card access required. Charges 45 USD per month for spouses.

★★★★★ — Archit, Feb 2020

Love the climbing center! Even if you never take the top rope orientation the bouldering section is never dull! They change it up every couple of weeks for variety 😁. Very friendly staff and the ManGo has delicious smoothies!

★★★★★ — Jessica, Nov 2022

gets busiest around 10am and then after 7pm. otherwise, a very nice, new, clean gym with all of the athletic equipment you could ask for!

★★★★☆ — Daniel, Apr 2023

Just used the Rec Center for the first time and took a spin class! It was intense. The instructor was great and the facilities were beautiful. I learned the valuable lesson of stretching before...or else.

★★★★☆ — Benjamin, Sep 2020

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Where to find UConn Student Recreation Center

2060 Hillside Rd, Storrs, CT06269

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