List of parks in Philadelphia

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Philadelphia has a total parkland—including city parks, squares, playgrounds, athletic fields, recreation centers and golf courses, plus state and federal parks—that amounts to 11,211 acres (45.37 km²).^[1] The Fairmount Park system historically encompassed 63 park areas prior to 2010,^[2] including six city-owned public golf courses, along with the landscaped areas of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Roosevelt Boulevard and the Southern Boulevard Parkway, two farms and the Manayunk Canal.^[3] Those 63 historic park areas have been included among 378 separate facilities which in turn contain the 7 large watershed parks (Fairmount and FDR Parks, plus the Wissahickon, Pennypack, Cobbs, Tacony and Poquessing Creek 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.^[4] All facilities are administered by the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation department since a merger of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation in 2010.^[5] The new Parks & Recreation department also administers six older adult centers, three environmental education centers, 40 historic sites and 25 KEYSPOT computer labs.^[4][6]

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, Los Angeles and Chicago.^[1] Philadelphia has reserved 13.5% of its city acreage for parkland, which is the eighth highest percentage among the most densely populated cities.^[1]

Park	Neighborhood / Area	Acres	Ref.
Fairmount Park	West	2052	[7]
Wissahickon Valley Park	Northwest	2042	[7]
Pennypack Park	Northeast	1343	[7]
Cobbs Creek Park	West, Southwest	851	[7]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park	South	348	[8]
Tacony Creek Park	Northeast	304	[7]
Benjamin Rush State Park	Northeast	275	[9]
Poquessing Creek Park	Northeast	189	[7]
Morris Park	Overbrook	147	[10]
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum	Southwest	145	‡[11]
Morris Arboretum	Chestnut Hill	92	[12]
Hunting Park	North	87	[13]
Burholme Park	Northeast	85	[14]
Awbury Arboretum	Germantown	55	[15]
Independence National Historical Park	Center City	55	[16]
Fernhill Park	Northwest	50	†
Bartram's Garden	Southwest	45	[17]
Wissinoming Park	Northeast	42	[18]
Wister's Woods	North	33	†
Penn Park	University City	24	[19]
Fisher Park	North	23	[20]
Marconi Plaza	South	23	†
Glen Foerd on the Delaware	Northeast	18	[21]
Stenton Park	North	17	†
Pastorius Park	Chestnut Hill	16	[22]
Makefield Park	North	15	†
Tacony Park	Northeast	13	†
Jardel Park	Northeast	12	†
Bradford Park	Northeast	9	†
Clark Park	West	9	[23]
Malcolm X Park	West	6	[24]
Kingsessing Park	Southwest	8.4	[25]
Penn Treaty Park	Fishtown	8	[26]
Schuylkill Banks	Center City, South, West	10	†
Franklin Square	Center City	9.6	†
Logan Circle (and surrounding square)	Center City	9.6	†
Rittenhouse Square	Center City	8.3	†
Washington Square	Center City	8.3	†
Eakins Oval	Center City	8	[27]
LOVE Park (JFK Plaza)	Center City	3.4	†
Schuylkill River Park	Center City	3	†
Dilworth Park	Center City	2.8	†
Franklin's Paine Skatepark	Center City	2.5	[28]
Sister Cities Park	Center City	2	†
Matthias Baldwin Park	Baldwin Park	2	†
Race Street Pier	Center City	1	†
John F. Collins Park	Center City	0.1	†
Korean War Memorial Park	Penn's Landing	4	†
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park	Penn's Landing	2.4	†
Spruce Street Harbor Park	Penn's Landing	0.9	†
Drexel Park	University City	2.5	[29]
Cira Green	University City	1.3	[30]
Columbus Square	Passyunk Square	4.6	†
Wharton Square	South	4.6	†
Stephen Girard Park	Girard Estate	4	[31]
Dickinson Square Park	Pennsport	3	[32]
Jefferson Square	Southwark	3	[33]
Mifflin Square	South	4.6	†
Starr Garden Park	Queen Village	2.2	[34]
Pier 68	Pennsport	0.8	†
Gold Star Park	South	1	†
Capitolo Playground	South	4.1	[35]
Palmer Park	Fishtown	0.9	†
Girard Fountain Park	Old City	0.15

† Approximate acres based on OpenStreetMap estimates
‡ Philadelphia acres only—majority of the wildlife refuge is located in Delaware County

 Media related to Parks in Philadelphia at Wikimedia Commons

• Philadelphia's Nature, Parks and Gardens, at VisitPhilly.com
• History of Philadelphia's public parks, at The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia