The Halifax Regional Municipality has a number of parks and recreation areas in urban and rural settings.

Urban and suburban parks

* Admiral's Cove Park * Admiral Harry DeWolf Park * Africville Park (formerly Seaview Park) * Albro Lake Park * Arnold Witwork Park * Ashley Cheeseman Memorial Park * Beazley Park * Bedford Lions Sandy Lake Park * Bell Lake Park * Birch Cove * Bissett Lake Park * Brownlow Park (in Manor Park) * Charlie Park * Chocolate Lake * City Waterfront Park, Dartmouth * Halifax Common ''(The Common)'' * Conrose Field ''(The Horsefields)'' * Cornwallis Park * Cyril Smith Golden Acres Park * Crawthorne Park * Dartmouth Common *

Deadman's Island Park Deadman's Island is a small peninsula containing a cemetery and park located in the Northwest Arm of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada. The area was first used as a training grounds for the British military, and later became a burial ground f ...

* Eastern Passage Commons * Findley Community Park * Flinn Park * Forest Hills Commons * Farrell Park * Grahams Cove *

Gorsebrook Park Gorsebrook Park is a 19-acre Canadian urban park located in the South End of Halifax, Nova Scotia. History In the 1800s the South End of Halifax began to be settled with large estates and land grants. One of those was the estate of John Tremaine ...

Graves-Oakley Memorial Park Graves-Oakley Memorial Park is a Canadian urban park and sports field located in Leiblin Park in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. Features *horseshoe *soccer *Nova Scotia Rugby Union The Nova Scotia Rugby Union (ORU) also known a ...

* Hemlock Ravine * Horseshoe Island Park *

J. Albert Walker Sports Field J. Albert Walker Sports Field is a Canadian urban park and sports field located in the Cowie Hill neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The park is located next to the Chebucto Heights Elementary School. Features * soccer pitch * basketball cour ...

* Jason MacCullough Park * Larry O'Connell Field * Mainland Common * Mary Clayton Memorial Park * Maybank Park * Merv Sullivan Park * Millers Mountain Park * Northbrook Park * Old Hill Lake Park * Oleary Drive Park * Owls Nest Island - Little Micmac Park *Penhorn Lake Beach Park * Perrin Road Park * Pinehill Lookoff Park * Point Pleasant Park *

Public Gardens A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...

* Russell Lake Park *

Saunders Park Saunders Park may refer to: *Saunders Park (Nova Scotia) Saunders Park is an urban park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in West End, Halifax on Chebucto Road at the site of the now defunct Halifax Civic Airport (on west side of Con ...

''(Chebucto Park)'' * Schwarzwald Park * Shubie Park * Sir Sandford Fleming Park ''(The Dingle)'' * Sullivan's Pond * Tremont Park * Urban Wilderness Park * Victoria Park * Yetter Park

Wilderness areas

Peggys Cove Preservation Area- Granite Boulders-Sunset-Nova Scotia

* Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area *Boggy Lake Wilderness Area *Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area * Peggys Cove Preservation Area *Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area *Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area *Terence Bay Wilderness Area * Waverley-Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area * White Lake Wilderness Area

Game sanctuaries

*Liscomb Game Sanctuary *Waverley Game Sanctuary

National parks

* Sable Island National Park Reserve

Provincial parks

*Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park *Cleveland Beach Provincial Park *Cole Harbour -Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System **Salt Marsh Trail **Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park **Rainbow Haven Beach Provincial Park *Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park * Dollar Lake Provincial Park *Elderbank Provincial Park * Gibraltar Rock Provincial Park Reserve *Herring Cove Provincial Park Reserve *Laurie Provincial Park *Lewis Lake Provincial Park * Long Lake Provincial Park *Martinique Beach Provincial Park *McCormack Beach Provincial Park *McNabs Island Provincial Park *Moose River Gold Mines Provincial Park *Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park *Oakfield Provincial Park *Porters Lake Provincial Park *Powder Mill Lake Provincial Park *Queensland Beach Provincial Park *Taylors Head Provincial Park *William E. Degarthe Provincial Park

Rural

*Kidstone Lake/ Rockingstone Park *Moser River Seaside Park *Oceanic Drive Park *Second Lake *West River Sheet Harbour Picnic Park

National historic sites

* Halifax Citadel National Historic Site ''(The Citadel)'' *Fort Charlotte National Historic Site * Fort McNab National Historic Site * York Redoubt National Historic Site * Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site of Canada

Trails

*Atlantic View Trail *Beechville Lakeside Timberlea Rails to Trails *Bissett Road Trail *Blueberry Run Trail *

Chain of Lakes Trail The Chain of Lakes Trail is a paved multi-use path that runs from Lake Alfred, Florida, Lake Alfred to Winter Haven, Florida, Winter Haven in Florida, past many of the lakes that compose the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes (Winter Haven), Chain of L ...

*Dartmouth Harbourfront Walkway *DeWolfe Park Boardwalk *Fort Sackville Walkway *Frog Pond Trail *Little Sackville River Greenway * Lake Charles, Nova Scotia Trail *Mainland North Linear Parkway *McCurdy Woodlot Trails *Moser River Interpretive Trail * Musquodoboit Trail System *Nova Scotia Coastal Water Trail *Old Annapolis Road Hiking Trail * Pennant Point Trail *Polly's Cove Trail *Portland Lakes Trail *Salmon River Trail *Salt Marsh Trail * Spider Lake Trail

External links

Halifax Parks and Recreation

Nova Scotia Provincial Parks - Halifax region
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Parks A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

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