This graph shows the cities with the most acres of parkland per 1,000 residents in the United States in 2023. In that year, Anchorage, Alaska, had the most parkland per 1,000 residents with approximately 3,022 acres of land.

In 2024, New York City had the highest public park and recreation spending of any city in the United States at approximately *** billion U.S. dollars. Second in the ranking was Chicago, Illinois, which spent around *** million U.S. dollars on parks and rec.

The city in the United States with the largest number of off-leash dog parks per 100,000 residents was Boise, Idaho, with nine off-leash dog parks per 100,000 residents in 2024. This is followed by Portland, Oregon which accounted for 5.7 dog parks per 100,000 residents.

In 2024, the city with the highest spending per capita on parks and recreation in the United States was Irvine, California. The city spent around 643 U.S. dollars per resident on parks and recreation that year.

As of 2024, Chugach State Park in Anchorage, Alaska, was the largest city park in the United States by a long shot, spanning 464,318 acres. Second in the ranking was the Great Dismal Swamp in the Coastal Plain Region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, at 113,000 acres. A wide variety of park authorities Most parks in the U.S. are owned by the municipality, state, county, regional agency, or the federal government. Both McDowell Sonoran Preserve and South Mountain Preserve are part of the state park system along with most of the parks in the ranking. One of the more well-known park authorities is the National Park Service (NPS) – an agency of the federal government. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area was the most visited NPS park in 2024 alongside many other well-known U.S. parks. What defines a park? Parks in the U.S. are often called a variety of names, just a few of which are: forest, reserve, preserve and wildlife management area. Sometimes the differences between parks in the U.S. can vary massively from monuments to expansive woodland. In 2024, Central Park in New York, topped the ranking of the most visited city parks in the U.S.

City of Pittsburgh Parks NOTE: The data in this dataset has not updated since 2021 because of a broken data feed. We're working to fix it. This parks dataset, also published by the City, has been updated more recently: https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/parks1

This dataset identifies property managed partially or solely by NYC Parks. This data has been produced in whole or part using secondary data. Data accuracy is limited by the scale and accuracy of the original sources. Site-specific conditions should be field-verified.

Records are added as more land is designated under NYC Parks’ jurisdiction. Each record represents an acquisition.

User Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NExNJF5YKID04oOopi0fHainRuGG3Pz_jKSrMujPsPk/edit?usp=sharing

Data Dictionary: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q4DBWu7riNFxWvy1vnTJHoOI3r2L9oW6eCN56jCNyCw/edit?usp=sharing

This map data layer represents the parks and recreations facility areas owned or maintained by the City of Bloomington, Indiana. It contains features such as city neighborhood parks, community parks, nature preserves, recreational sports parks, cemeteries, and more.

In 2024, there were almost seven park playgrounds for every 10,000 residents in Cincinnati, Ohio, making it the city with the most playgrounds per 10,000 residents. Madison, Wisconsin followed behind, with roughly 6.5 park playgrounds for every 10,000 residents.

The Austin Parks and Recreation System's ranking on the Trust for Public Land ParkScore Index. This index ranks the park systems of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. based on park acreage, park size, park funding, park access, and a variety of other factors.

This data set supports HE.C.2 of SD23.

Data Source: Trust for Public Land (TPL) ParkScore Analysis

Calculation Method: The ParkScore is assessed by the Trust for Public Land Survey and Analysis. The areas that make up the ParkScore categories include adequate acreage in proportion to a city’s population, services/amenities and investment, and parkland access. The ParkScore Ranking is based on a comparison of 100 participating cities in the United States, and a city’s ranking is based on a composite of their raw score in each category. The higher the score, the lower the ranking number you are on the list of 100 cities. The most desirable ranking on the list is one, currently Austin is ranked 43 out of 100.

Measure Time Period: Annually (Calendar Year)

Automated: No

Date of last description update: 4/1/2020

Locations of Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) responsibilities within the city limits. SPR location responsibilities may include: ownership, leases, maintenance, temporary transfer of jurisdiction, life estate, crew quarters, headquarters, storage facilities, tidelands, joint use agreements. This is the detailed transactions level park GIS layer. It is the most current Parks GIS layer. Park uses can be sorted using the "Park Use" field. If you just want the Park outlines (boundaries) then use DPR.ParksBND.

The City of Irvine has once again been recognized for its outstanding park system, ranking second in the nation and first in California in the Trust for Public Land’s annual ParkScore Index. This recognition marks the 10th consecutive year the City has been ranked in the top 10.The ParkScore index is a national comparison of park systems across the 100 most populated cities in the United States and is recognized as the national gold standard comparison of park systems.Published annually, the index measures park systems according to five categories reflective of an excellent city park system: access, investment, amenities, acreage, and equity. While the rankings provide fodder for friendly competition, the goal each year of publishing the index is to help leaders advocate for needed park resources and provide relevant data to inform local park improvement efforts. To facilitate a fair comparison across cities, the index aggregates across all public and private organizations supporting parks in each city.

Data consisting of Parks and Recreation Statistics from Franklin, Tennessee - including parks acreage, Healthy City rankings, and Tree City USA.

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.

Phoenix provides residents and visitors more than 41,000 acres of desert parks and mountain preserve land with more than 200 miles of trails; 185 parks; 32 community and recreation centers; eight golf courses; 29 pools where thousands cool off and learn to swim each summer; and classes, programs and sports leagues where kids and adults learn, stay active and have fun.

In order to appropriately manage City parks and allocate resources, NYC Parks has implemented three tiers of management [below the Borough level]. These three tiers can be represented as administrative geographic boundaries and are defined below:

District - One or more parks that are combined and generally align with New York City Community Boards.

Sector - One or more Park Districts that are combined in order share resources for daily maintenance.

Region - One or more Park Sectors that are combined and assigned a regional managers who provides high-level, strategic planning and support for Parks managers, including maximizing resources between Districts and Sectors.

Data Dictionary: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-FS_NDOUx0-OfKploVC0fIJrwOSdNmh1HKpkfyeoD1E/edit?usp=sharing

Official City of Cleveland Parks and Recreation Centers viewing application. This app contains information on the following:Recreation CentersOutdoor Recreation AmenitiesCity ParksCity Park AmenitiesMultiuse TrailsCleveland MetroparksClick here to use or download the underlying data for this application. Instructions Click on any feature to learn more about it.Use the icons on the upper left hand corner to do the following:Present a legend of viewable features.Toggle layers.Search for a specific feature.Get directions to a location on the map. Update Frequency⚠️This dataset is not currently being updated. Maintenance is temporarily paused until City staff are onboarded in Fall 2025. (Update as of 8/28/25) This application uses the following dataset(s):Cleveland Parks and Recreation System ContactsJay Rauschenbach, Parks & Recreation Planning Manager, jrauschenbach@clevelandohio.gov

City-owned and leased facilities maintained in the City's Facility System of Record (FSR). This dataset was developed through a process involving some of the primary stewards for the facility data and their stakeholders. It is meant to be a living reference and will be maintained and updated through established workflows and processes over time. You can access the attached User Guide for more detail by clicking the red About button and scrolling to attachments.

Description -There polygons represent known public and private parklands throughout the city of Baltimore. Attribute information includes details about park location, acreage, ownership,    managing entity, and park category. Parks are categorized as:Citywide parks: Parks that serve residents across the entire city and host a variety of permitted and non-permitted recreational activities or facilities. They tend to be the larger parks in the city ranging from ten acres to over 990 acres in size. While this represents a wide range in size, several of the smaller parks are part of a larger contiguous park network.Neighborhood parks: These parks serve as basic units of the park system for users within a quarter to half-mile distance. They range between 1 and 28 acres in size and typically offer two or more amenities such as a playground, basketball court, athletic field, and green spaces. Many of the Neighborhood parks are informal in design, are clearly visible and located along well trafficked streets.Mini parks: Small parks that may include one or two amenities such as a pavilion, seating area, playground, or basketball court. Many of the Mini Parks are sited off the beaten path, some are located behind houses or bordered by less trafficked streets. These parks are typically less than 3 acres in size.Green spaces: Open lawn spaces without amenities and of varied size. These spaces serve as flexible spaces for active or passive use. Some include community gardens.Special use: Stand-alone park spaces that have a specific use or role associated with them.Forested spaces: Wooded or forested areas that may or may not be accessible to the public.Civic spaces: Spaces that are significant to the City’s history, host monuments or contain paved plazas that are used for citywide events and gatherings related to recreation and parks or other non BCRP related activities.Data updates on a rolling basis as new parks are constructed or old parks decommissioned. Last updated 01/12/2024. Metadata Contact : jason.chang@baltimorecity.gov To leave feedback or ask a question about this dataset, please fill out the following form: Parks feedback form.

Since PARD's eCOMBS measure #3033 - Number of City Park Acres per 1,000 Population is one of the items the department is asked about the most, the Planning and Development Division decided to post a story page and the fiscal year actuals.

This table contains data on access to parks measured as the percent of population within ½ a mile of a parks, beach, open space or coastline for California, its regions, counties, county subdivisions, cities, towns, and census tracts. More information on the data table and a data dictionary can be found in the Data and Resources section. As communities become increasingly more urban, parks and the protection of green and open spaces within cities increase in importance. Parks and natural areas buffer pollutants and contribute to the quality of life by providing communities with social and psychological benefits such as leisure, play, sports, and contact with nature. Parks are critical to human health by providing spaces for health and wellness activities. The access to parks table is part of a series of indicators in the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project (HCI) of the Office of Health Equity. The goal of HCI is to enhance public health by providing data, a standardized set of statistical measures, and tools that a broad array of sectors can use for planning healthy communities and evaluating the impact of plans, projects, policy, and environmental changes on community health. The creation of healthy social, economic, and physical environments that promote healthy behaviors and healthy outcomes requires coordination and collaboration across multiple sectors, including transportation, housing, education, agriculture and others. Statistical metrics, or indicators, are needed to help local, regional, and state public health and partner agencies assess community environments and plan for healthy communities that optimize public health. The format of the access to parks table is based on the standardized data format for all HCI indicators. As a result, this data table contains certain variables used in the HCI project (e.g., indicator ID, and indicator definition). Some of these variables may contain the same value for all observations.