Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
has a total parklandincluding city parks, squares, playgrounds, athletic fields, recreation centers and golf courses, plus state and federal parksthat amounts to .
The
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, with ...
system historically encompassed 63 park areas prior to 2010, including six city-owned public golf courses, along with the landscaped areas of the
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Benjamin Franklin Parkway, commonly abbreviated to Ben Franklin Parkway and colloquially called the Parkway, is a boulevard that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia. Named for founding father Benjamin Franklin, the mile-long Parkway c ...
, the
Roosevelt Boulevard and the
Southern Boulevard Parkway, two farms and the
Manayunk Canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...
. Those 63 historic park areas have been included among 378 separate facilities which in turn contain the 7 large watershed parks (Fairmount and
FDR
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Parks, plus the
Wissahickon Wissahickon may refer to the following in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:
*Wissahickon, Philadelphia, a section or neighborhood of Philadelphia
*Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River
**Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, spans the above c ...
,
Pennypack,
Cobbs,
Tacony and
Poquessing Creek
Poquessing Creek is a creek,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 a right tributary of the Delaware River, that forms part of the boundary between Bucks County and ...
parks), 143 neighborhood parks and squares, 156 recreation centers and playgrounds, various playing fields, courts, rinks and swimming pools, 40 community gardens and orchards, as well as the six aforementioned golf courses.
All facilities are administered by the
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR) is the municipal department responsible for managing parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, trails, community gardens, and historic properties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its inventory includes more than 15 ...
department since a merger of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation in 2010.
The new Parks & Recreation department also administers six older adult centers, three environmental education centers, 40 historic sites and 25 KEYSPOT computer labs.
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In terms of total park area to population, Philadelphia is ranked ninth among the most densely populated cities in the United States with 7.2 park acres per 1000 residents, and fourth among the same cities in total acres of parkland, behind New York City
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, Los Angeles
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and Chicago
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.[ Philadelphia has reserved 13.5% of its city acreage for parkland, which is the eighth highest percentage among the most densely populated cities.][
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List of parks
Approximate acres based o
OpenStreetMaps
estimates
Philadelphia acres onlymajority of the wildlife refuge is located in Delaware County
Gallery
File:TinicumNWR.jpg, Tinicum NWR
File:Philadelphia5590.JPG, Eakins Oval
File:Pastorius Park.JPG, Pastorius Park
File:Washington Monument-Philadelphia-27527.jpg, Washington Monument
File:TookanyCreek.JPG, Tookany Creek
References
External links
{{commonscat-inline, Parks in Philadelphia
Philadelphia's Nature, Parks and Gardens
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VisitPhilly.com
History of Philadelphia's public parks
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The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
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 ...
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...