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Urbana Boulders
4.8 ★★★★★ 268 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Urbana, Illinois
Clean rock climbing gym with color-coded routes for all skill levels, as well as a workout room.
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
- Kids programs classes, camps, or youth teams mentioned — check the current schedule
- Ages 0–14 — the gym's own stated range
- Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (217) 634-6729
- Website urbanaboulders.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–9 PM |
What's inside
“I was first introduced to bouldering at this gym a few years ago and totally fell in love with it thanks to the great routes and community here.”
“For taller people the hangboard is quite low now but assume its nicer for shorter people.”
What climbers say again and again
“Great staff and welcoming community atmosphere, and lots of fun and creative route setting!”
“Creative route setting that is fun for both beginners and experienced climbers.”
“They have a good variety of routes for newish climbers like myself and the staff are friendly and helpful.”
“Great staff and welcoming community atmosphere, and lots of fun and creative route setting!”
From the reviews
Great climbing! All bouldering. Prices are very good here. The staff is extremely helpful and friendly. This is a very welcoming gym with a great community. They have a variety of difficulty for all of the climber abilities. Weekends tend to have a bunch of kids running around.
What a fun place. We took the grandkids for a couple of hours. The staff were super helpful and kind. The place has different routes up the walls for different skill levels. There was also a chess board we used with one of the grandkids while the others continued to climb. The whole place had a great atmosphere.
Such a great climbing/bouldering gym. It beats any other big climbing gym i’ve been too and its pricing is very fair. There is always some new fun climbs to try and it’s overall such a great place with great people.
I’ve been to many climbing gyms over the last few years all across the eastern part of the US and this is by far my favorite one yet. The gym has an awesome mix of difficult and easy problems, problems that may be easy but add and element to it that make it really fun, etc.
Kids classes & camps at Urbana Boulders
Reviews and the gym's own info mention kids programs at Urbana Boulders — climbing classes, school-break camps, or a youth team where kids learn technique from coaches instead of just scrambling around. Program schedules and age groups change each season, so check the current lineup before you plan around one.
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