Project Rock

Project Rock is an indoor rock climbing gym at 3580 N Andrews Ave in Oakland Park, on the city’s western side along the North Andrews Avenue corridor. The gym markets itself with the tagline “Bringing Outdoor Climbing Indoors,” and its facility is built around that idea: sport climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and rappelling are all offered on site, giving climbers access to a range of climbing disciplines without needing to travel to an actual crag or rock formation, which are not exactly common in flat South Florida.

One detail that distinguishes Project Rock from many indoor climbing gyms is that its walls do not rely on auto belay systems. Climbers need to know proper belaying technique to climb most of the routes in the facility, which the gym addresses directly by offering belay certification classes multiple times each day. That structure makes the gym a serious option for climbers who want to build real belaying skills rather than relying on automated safety systems, while still being accessible to newcomers through dedicated first time visitor clinics that require no prior climbing experience at all.

Beyond open climbing sessions, Project Rock offers guided climbing with personal instructors for those who want one on one coaching, along with youth camps and adventure day programs aimed at kids and teens. The gym also hosts group parties and team building events, giving local businesses and families an alternative venue for gatherings that goes beyond the usual party spaces around Oakland Park. Climbing clinics are available across different skill levels, from complete beginners through more advanced climbers looking to refine specific techniques, and the gym maintains a youth climbing team for kids who want to pursue the sport more seriously and potentially compete.

Somewhat unusually for a facility this size, Project Rock also runs yoga and fitness classes alongside its climbing programming, giving members a way to build the flexibility and core strength that climbing performance depends on without needing a separate gym membership elsewhere. The gym operates one other location in Easley, South Carolina, making it a small two location operation rather than a single standalone shop, but the Oakland Park facility functions as its own independently run gym rather than a corporate franchise outlet.

For Oakland Park and greater Fort Lauderdale residents interested in climbing, whether as a serious sport, a way to build functional strength, or simply something different to do on a weekend, Project Rock’s North Andrews Avenue location offers one of the few indoor climbing facilities in this part of Broward County. The combination of real belay based climbing, structured certification classes, youth programming, and supplementary yoga and fitness classes makes it a more complete climbing focused fitness destination than a single bouldering wall bolted onto a regular gym.