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2017 City park facts This report was made possible through the generous support of: 2017 City park facts April 2017 Printed on 100% recycled paper. © 2017 The Trust for Public Land. The Trust for Public Land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. Our Center for City Park Excellence helps make cities more successful through the renewal and creation of parks for their social, ecological, and economic benefits to residents and visitors alike. tpl.org Table of contents Why city park facts? ................................................................................................................................................................3 infographics: City park facts at a glance ........................................................................................................................16 reference map: The 100 most populous cities ..............................................................................................................18 2017 tables 1.       Parkland by city and agency .......................................................................................................................................4 2.       Parkland as percentage of adjusted city area .......................................................................................................11 3.       Parkland per 1,000 residents by city.......................................................................................................................12 4.       Parkland per 1,000 daytime occupants by city ....................................................................................................13 5.       Parks per 10,000 residents by city...........................................................................................................................14 6.       Percent of city population with walkable park access ........................................................................................15 7.       Total spending on parks and recreation per resident by city ............................................................................20 8.       Spending on parks and recreation by city, reflecting primary agency spending and price of living ......22 9.   Designed and natural parkland by city .................................................................................................................24 10. Playgrounds per 10,000 residents .........................................................................................................................26 11. Basketball hoops per 10,000 residents .................................................................................................................26 12. Off-leash dog parks per 100,000 residents..........................................................................................................27 13. Recreation and senior centers per 20,000 residents .........................................................................................27 14.   Snapshot tables ..........................................................................................................................................................28 Ball diamonds per 10,000 residents ......................................................................................................................28 Beaches per 100,000 residents ..............................................................................................................................28 Community garden plots per 1,000 residents .....................................................................................................28 Disc golf courses per 100,000 residents ..............................................................................................................28 Nature centers per 100,000 residents ...................................................................................................................28 Pickleball courts per 20,000 residents ..................................................................................................................29 Skateboard parks per 100,000 residents ..............................................................................................................29 Swimming pools per 100,000 residents ...............................................................................................................29 Tennis courts per 10,000 residents ........................................................................................................................29 15.  Spending by selected urban park conservancies ...............................................................................................30 16.   Largest city parks .......................................................................................................................................................31 17.   Oldest city parks .........................................................................................................................................................32 18.   Most-visited city parks by city ..................................................................................................................................33 19.   Most-visited city parks per acre ..............................................................................................................................33 2017 city park facts 1 The 2017 City Park Facts report was created by: Peter Harnik, Founder, Center for City Park Excellence Charlie McCabe, Director, Center for City Park Excellence Alexandra Hiple, Research Associate, Center for City Park Excellence 2 2017 city park facts Why city park facts? The Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence works to make cities more successful through the renewal and creation of parks for their social, ecological, and economic benefits to residents and visitors alike. To achieve this mission, we believe that residents, advocates, park professionals, planners, members of the media, decision-makers, and all those who love parks need solid data that elucidates the realities of urban park and recreation systems. Data is knowledge, and knowledge is power. The 2017 edition of City Park Facts includes photos for the first time, as well as an infographic spread to further highlight some of the data collected herein. It also features an expanded table (Table 6) showing the percentage of residents within a 10-minute (half mile) walk of a park, up from 75 cities in 2016 to 100 cities this year. This metric is generated by the Trust for Public Land’s ParkScore analysis, which evaluates how large cities are meet- ing the need for parks and recreation. The latest rankings are available at parkscore.tpl.org, and are updated each year in May. Additional datasets not included in the printed version of City Park Facts are available at tpl.org/cityparkfacts. The Center for City Park Excellence has an extensive library of reports on best practices and trending topics in urban park systems; for a full bibliography, visit tpl.org/CCPE. How to use this booklet When we say “city,” we mean only the municipality, not the metropolitan region. Thus, “Los Angeles” means the city of Los Angeles, not greater Los Angeles, nor Los Angeles County. However, several cities that are included in greater Los Angeles—Long Beach, Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Irvine—happen to be large enough to merit separate inclusion in this booklet and are listed under their own names. When we say “park” we are referring to publicly owned and operated parks. In Table 1, we count every kind of park within the municipal boundary of the city, including federal, state, county, regional, and municipal parks. We do not include parks in corporate plazas, private clubs, or homeowner association parks in gated communities. In most reports we combine the data from all the different park agencies in the city. In a few reports we sepa- rate parks by their managing agency, sometimes omitting the various smaller, specialized agencies in a city. When we say “operating spending” we mean year-in, year-out work such as landscape and tree maintenance, facility maintenance, trash removal, recreational programming, planning, administration, policing, lighting, marketing, etc. “Capital spending” refers to one-time items such as land acquisition, construction, and major road or structural repairs. In order to provide greater uniformity between agencies, we do not count the expenses associated with zoos, aquariums, professional sports stadiums, museums, and cemeteries, which exist in some cities’ parks but not others’. In Table 7 and Table 8, total spending includes both operational spending and capital spending. As in 2016, we have included separate information (Table 15) on spending by the largest city park conservancies, a growing category of nonprofit groups that support public parks. For certain tables, we group cities by their average population density (population divided by municipal land area). We exclude airports, railyards, and parkland—the uninhabited portions of a city—from land area when calculating density. The four density categories are based on standard deviations from the mean. We want to hear from you. City Park Facts is a collaboration between the many city, county, state and nonprofit parks agencies and conser- vancies that work with us to submit their data. The staff of the Center for City Park Excellence works to present this information in a thorough yet easy-to-use format, and your feedback is important for future editions. You can contact us at ccpe@tpl.org or 617-367-6200. 2017 city park facts 3 Land area (acres) PoPuLation Park acres WitHin city Limits 1. Parkland by city and agency 2016 city albuquerque, new mexico Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department National Park Service (within Albuquerque) Bernalillo County Parks and Recreation Department (within Albuquerque) anaheim, california Orange County Parks (within Anaheim) Anaheim Community Services Department California Department of Parks and Recreation (within Anaheim) anchorage, alaska Alaska Department of Natural Resources (within Anchorage) U.S. Forest Service (within Anchorage) National Park Service (within Anchorage) Anchorage Parks and Recreation Department Alaska Fish and Game (within Anchorage) arlington, texas Arlington, Texas Parks and Recreation Department arlington, Virginia Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation National Park Service (within Arlington) Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (within Arlington) atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs National Park Service (within Atlanta) Centennial Olympic Park aurora, colorado Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space austin, texas Austin Parks and Recreation Department Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (within Austin) Bakersfield, california Bakersfield Department of Recreation and Parks Kern County Parks and Recreation Department (within Bakersfield) North of the River Recreation and Park District (within Bakersfield) Baltimore, maryland Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks National Park Service (within Baltimore) Baton rouge, Louisiana Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge Boise, idaho Boise Parks and Recreation State of Idaho (within Boise) Boston, massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (within Boston) Boston Parks and Recreation Department Boston Conservation Commission National Park Service (within Boston) Massachusetts Port Authority (within Boston) Buffalo, new york Buffalo Division of Parks and Recreation Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry (within Buffalo) National Park Service (within Buffalo) chandler, arizona Chandler Community Services Department 120,147 31,895 1,090,997 61,364 16,623 85,217 99,030 190,653 90,985 51,804 49,246 50,793 30,897 25,846 41,224 562,215 353,741 305,439 378,442 227,517 455,045 357,801 903,753 376,151 620,610 231,222 220,918 648,251 260,347 257,235 27,438 21,555 5,164 719 2,618 1,283 687 648 914,138 464,318 245,653 192,192 11,454 521 4,714 4,714 1,787 952 700 135 4,991 4,806 164 21 10,504 10,504 20,714 19,982 732 5,362 4,999 185 178 4,917 4,874 43 1,252 1,252 4,193 3,878 315 5,093 2,807 2,104 114 35 33 1,913 1,842 70 1 1,544 1,544 4 2017 city park facts 1. Parkland by city and agency (cont.) city Land area (acres) PoPuLation Park acres WitHin city Limits charlotte, north carolina Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation chesapeake, Virginia U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within Chesapeake) Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (within Chesapeake) Chesapeake Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism chicago, illinois Chicago Park District Forest Preserve District of Cook County (within Chicago) Illinois Department of Natural Resources (within Chicago) Illinois International Port District (within Chicago) chula Vista, california Chula Vista Public Works Department - Parks Section U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within Chula Vista) San Diego County Parks and Recreation (within Chula Vista) cincinnati, ohio Cincinnati Park Board Cincinnati Recreation Commission Great Parks of Hamilton County (within Cincinnati) National Park Service (within Cincinnati) cleveland, ohio Cleveland Metroparks (within Cleveland) Cleveland Department of Public Works colorado springs, colorado Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Colorado Parks and Wildlife (within Colorado Springs) El Paso County Parks (within Colorado Springs) columbus, ohio Columbus Recreation and Parks Department Columbus and Franklin County Metro Park District (within Columbus) corpus christi, texas Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (within Corpus Christi) Corpus Christi Parks and Recreation Department Nueces County Coastal Parks (within Corpus Christi) dallas, texas Dallas Park and Recreation Department Trinity Watershed Management Division denver, colorado Denver Parks and Recreation detroit, michigan Detroit Recreation Department Michigan Department of Natural Resources (within Detroit) durham, north carolina Durham Parks and Recreation Department North Carolina State Parks (within Durham) el Paso, texas Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (within El Paso) El Paso Parks and Recreation Department El Paso County Department of Parks and Recreation (within El Paso City) National Park Service (within El Paso) Fort Wayne, indiana Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department Fort Worth, texas Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department 335,259 218,112 145,686 31,764 49,883 49,726 124,506 138,988 102,791 217,932 97,920 88,800 68,717 163,351 70,796 217,484 1,042,120 240,740 2,772,357 263,540 304,833 383,989 445,948 843,731 325,942 668,681 656,161 257,245 692,213 261,136 827,741 1,283,763 13,990 13,990 56,254 49,246 4,558 2,450 12,917 8,773 3,089 613 442 2,185 2,107 71 7 6,891 5,076 1,347 465 3 3,002 1,509 1,493 11,037 9,085 1,407 545 15,155 11,633 3,522 8,610 4,774 3,536 300 27,038 23,147 3,891 6,222 6,222 5,543 5,512 31 2,623 1,915 708 29,872 26,530 2,848 439 55 2,400 2,400 11,878 11,878 2017 city park facts 5 1. Parkland by city and agency (cont.) city Land area (acres) PoPuLation Park acres WitHin city Limits Fremont, california U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within Fremont) East Bay Regional Park District (within Fremont) Fremont Recreation Services Division Fresno, california Fresno Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department San Joaquin River Conservancy Garland, texas Garland Parks and Recreation Dallas County Planning and Development Department (within Garland) Gilbert, arizona Gilbert Parks and Recreation Glendale, arizona Glendale Parks and Recreation Department Greensboro, north carolina Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department National Park Service (within Greensboro) Greensboro Downtown Parks Henderson, nevada Bureau of Land Management (within Henderson) Henderson Department of Public Works, Parks and Recreation Clark County Parks and Recreation Department (within Henderson) Hialeah, Florida Hialeah Parks and Recreation Department Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife (within Urban Honolulu) Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation (within Urban Honolulu) Hawaii Division of State Parks (within Urban Honolulu) Houston, texas Houston Parks and Recreation Department Harris County Parks (within Houston) Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (within Houston) Fort Bend County Parks and Recreation Department (within Houston) Discovery Green Conservancy (within Houston) indianapolis, indiana Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation White River State Park Development Commission (within Indianapolis) irvine, california Irvine Community Services Department Orange County Parks (within Irvine) irving, texas Irving Parks and Recreation Dallas County Planning and Development Department (within Irving) Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department Florida Forest Service (within Jacksonville) National Park Service (within Jacksonville) Florida Park Service (within Jacksonville) St. Johns River Water Management District (within City of Jacksonville) Jersey city, new Jersey New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry (within Jersey City) Hudson County Division of Parks (within Jersey City) Jersey City Division of Parks and Forestry 49,574 73,004 36,534 43,496 38,385 80,970 68,948 13,728 38,720 383,737 231,317 42,308 42,891 478,082 9,468 225,815 520,772 238,784 246,336 241,019 282,215 281,647 227,656 351,720 2,268,295 852,380 241,102 232,637 867,227 265,718 24,089 17,996 5,243 850 1,921 1,329 592 2,639 2,440 199 1,308 1,308 2,149 2,149 7,582 7,328 250 4 9,173 6,167 2,975 31 204 204 12,006 10,054 1,055 897 53,134 33,651 14,565 2,883 2,023 12 11,464 11,214 250 9,427 9,082 345 1,920 1,865 55 64,603 33,382 9,781 8,400 8,195 4,845 1,677 1,188 283 206 6 2017 city park facts 1. Parkland by city and agency (cont.) city city Park acres Land Land WitHin city Limits PoPuLation area (acres) area (acres) PoPuLation WitHin city Limits Park acres kansas city, missouri Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Jackson County Parks and Recreation (within Kansas City) Laredo, texas Laredo Parks and Leisure Services Department Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (within Laredo) Las Vegas, nevada Bureau of Land Management (within Las Vegas) Las Vegas Department of Parks and Recreation Privately operated public parks Nevada Division of State Parks (within Las Vegas) Lexington, kentucky Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Parks and Recreation Kentucky Department of Parks (within Lexington) 181,536 Lincoln, nebraska Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department Long Beach, california Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine Los angeles, california Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks California Department of Parks and Recreation (within Los Angeles City) Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (within Los Angeles City) U.S. Forest Service (within Los Angeles City) Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation (within Los Angeles City) Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (within Los Angeles City) Port of Los Angeles 299,949 Louisville, kentucky Louisville Metro Parks 21st Century Parks (within Louisville) Kentucky State Parks (within Louisville) Waterfront Development Corporation Lubbock, texas Lubbock Parks and Recreation madison, Wisconsin Madison Parks Division University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum Dane County Parks Division (within Madison) memphis, tennessee Memphis Division of Parks and Neighborhoods Shelby Farms Park Conservancy Tennessee State Parks (within Memphis) Riverfront Development Corporation mesa, arizona Mesa Parks, Recreation and Commercial Facilities Department miami, Florida Miami Department of Parks and Recreation Miami-Dade County Park and Recreation Department (within Miami) Virginia Key Beach Park Trust Bayfront Park Management Trust milwaukee, Wisconsin 61,518 Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture (within Milwaukee City) Milwaukee Recreation Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (within Milwaukee City) Milwaukee Department of Public Works 201,568 56,901 86,921 57,033 32,188 243,466 78,343 49,145 201,635 87,330 22,957 479,367 259,051 627,249 312,390 276,654 476,253 3,937,901 759,909 246,435 243,967 666,723 475,274 435,622 592,535 17,683 12,293 5,390 1,412 1,041 371 16,700 11,596 4,775 326 3 4,434 4,415 19 3,657 3,657 3,124 3,124 37,405 16,150 10,465 5,960 3,696 659 288 187 17,608 13,010 4,000 513 85 2,228 2,228 6,372 4,547 935 890 9,145 4,552 3,200 1,143 250 2,480 2,480 1,500 958 405 82 55 6,116 5,406 315 307 88 2017 city park facts 7 Land area (acres) PoPuLation Park acres WitHin city Limits 1. Parkland by city and agency (cont.) city minneapolis, minnesota Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board nashville, tennessee Nashville/Davidson Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (within Nashville/Davidson) Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (within Nashville/Davidson) Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (within Nashville/Davidson) 322,581 new orleans, Louisiana U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within New Orleans) New Orleans City Park Improvement Association New Orleans Recreation Development Commission Audubon Nature Institute New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority (within New Orleans) Louisiana Office of State Parks (within New Orleans) Municipal Yacht Harbor French Market Corporation new york, new york New York City Department of Parks and Recreation National Park Service (within New York City) New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (within New York City) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (within New York City) 193,692 8,567,986 newark, new Jersey Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs (within Newark) Newark Department of Parks and Grounds 15,480 34,543 108,431 34,637 64,861 35,703 388,103 81,337 65,533 408,326 653,352 388,540 279,660 246,062 237,252 414,215 649,058 441,703 272,010 1,571,860 1,555,635 309,111 5,064 5,064 33,966 15,144 11,599 4,303 2,920 27,689 24,293 1,300 576 528 482 351 105 30 24 39,859 29,921 7,726 1,300 912 847 758 89 1,781 1,781 16,731 15,872 859 3,865 1,940 1,664 261 26,004 25,987 17 10,648 10,648 2,947 2,923 24 10,830 10,169 300 282 55 24 49,254 47,612 1,642 3,683 3,647 36 norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Department of Recreation, Parks and Open Space north Las Vegas, nevada Bureau of Land Management (within North Las Vegas) North Las Vegas Department of Neighborhood and Leisure Services oakland, california Oakland Office of Parks and Recreation East Bay Regional Park District (within Oakland) Port of Oakland oklahoma city, oklahoma Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department Myriad Botanical Gardens omaha, nebraska Omaha Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Property orlando, Florida Orlando Families, Parks and Recreation Department Orange County Parks and Recreation Division (within Orlando) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within Philadelphia) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (within Philadelphia) National Park Service (within Philadelphia) University of Pennsylvania — Penn Park 85,825 Phoenix, arizona Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department (within Phoenix) 330,690 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Departments of Public Works and Parks & Recreation Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (within Pittsburgh) 35,435 8 2017 city park facts 1. Parkland by city and agency (cont.) city Land area (acres) PoPuLation Park acres WitHin city Limits Plano, texas Plano Parks and Recreation Department Portland, oregon Portland Parks and Recreation Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces (within Portland) Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (within Portland) raleigh, north carolina Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department North Carolina State Parks (within Raleigh) Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space (within Raleigh) reno, nevada Reno Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space (within Reno) richmond, Virginia Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities riverside, california Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District California Department of Parks and Recreation (within Riverside) sacramento, california Sacramento Department of Parks and Recreation Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks (within Sacramento City) California Department of Parks and Recreation (within Sacramento City) san antonio, texas San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (within San Antonio) National Park Service (within San Antonio) San Antonio River Authority Bexar Heritage Department (within San Antonio) san diego, california San Diego Park and Recreation Department San Diego County Parks and Recreation (within San Diego City) California Department of Parks and Recreation (within San Diego City) San Diego Unified Port District National Park Service (within San Diego City) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within San Diego City) san Francisco, california San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department Presidio Trust (within San Francisco) National Park Service (within San Francisco) California Department of Parks and Recreation (within San Francisco) san Jose, california U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within San Jose) Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation (within San Jose) San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority santa ana, california Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services Orange County Parks (within Santa Ana) scottsdale, arizona Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Division seattle, Washington Seattle Parks and Recreation The Port of Seattle 45,812 85,393 91,458 65,926 38,278 51,930 62,666 294,997 208,120 29,999 112,977 17,453 117,709 53,723 280,326 620,564 444,271 243,942 222,071 315,146 485,187 1,417,364 1,370,646 847,576 1,017,232 338,961 231,829 670,511 4,275 4,275 14,504 11,712 2,330 462 13,619 7,365 5,579 225 3,382 2,630 752 2,027 2,027 3,531 2,984 297 250 4,959 3,183 1,746 30 29,692 15,544 11,992 990 935 231 47,817 41,743 4,094 1,508 252 160 60 5,888 3,669 1,104 863 252 16,085 6,143 3,910 3,503 2,529 746 515 231 28,817 28,817 6,591 6,411 180 2017 city park facts 9 1. Parkland by city and agency (cont.) city Land area (acres) PoPuLation Park acres WitHin city Limits st. Louis, missouri St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Tower Grove Park Commission National Park Service (within St. Louis) The Great Rivers Greenway District (within St. Louis) st. Paul, minnesota St. Paul Parks and Recreation Department Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department (within St. Paul) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (within St. Paul) st. Petersburg, Florida Pinellas County Parks & Conservation Resources (within St. Petersburg) St. Petersburg Parks & Recreation Department stockton, california Stockton Public Works Department tampa, Florida Tampa Parks and Recreation Department Hillsborough County Conservation and Environmental Lands Management (within Tampa) Tampa Sports Authority Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation Department (within Tampa) 72,582 toledo, ohio Toledo Division of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Metroparks of the Toledo Area tucson, arizona Tucson Parks and Recreation Department Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Department (within Tucson) Kino Sports Complex 145,094 tulsa, oklahoma Tulsa Park and Recreation Department River Parks Authority Tulsa County Parks (within Tulsa City) Virginia Beach, Virginia U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (within Virginia Beach) Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (within Virginia Beach) Virginia Beach Department of Parks and Recreation Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (within Virginia Beach) Washington, d.c. National Park Service (within Washington, D.C.) District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation National Arboretum Smithsonian’s National Zoo (within Washington, D.C.) Architect of the Capitol Wichita, kansas Wichita Park and Recreation Department Winston-salem, north carolina Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks 39,622 33,266 39,515 39,469 51,643 125,923 159,370 39,071 101,949 84,767 318,722 297,110 252,408 305,721 361,564 279,217 537,532 411,880 453,947 659,110 395,358 241,804 3,721 3,254 289 91 87 4,937 3,471 1,232 234 6,159 3,190 2,969 1,157 1,157 5,212 3,543 1,161 453 55 3,128 2,177 951 4,687 3,776 753 158 9,401 8,035 1,066 300 24,916 9,997 7,211 6,162 1,546 8,525 6,852 924 446 163 140 4,737 4,737 3,688 3,688 total 11,455,651 63,576,249 2,055,324 Many city agencies, such as Denver Parks and Recreation and Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department, have parkland that falls outside the limits of their city. A table detailing this external acreage can be found at tpl.org/cityparkfacts. 10 2017 city park facts 2. Parkland as percentage of adjusted city area 2016 City Parkland includes city, county, metro, state, and federal parkland within the city limits. Adjusted city area subtracts airport and railyard acreage from total city land area. adJusted city Area (acres) ParkLand (acres) Percent ParkLand City adJusted city Area (acres) ParkLand (acres) Percent ParkLand HiGH-density cities 38,955 Washington, D.C. 187,946 New York 29,980 San Francisco 9,261 Jersey City 29,175 Boston 33,958 Minneapolis 82,913 Philadelphia 295,015 Los Angeles 52,765 Seattle 33,181 Oakland 15,878 Arlington, Virginia 31,066 Long Beach 51,318 Baltimore 136,796 Chicago 22,949 Miami 14,054 Newark 17,453 Santa Ana 13,666 Hialeah median, HiGH-density cities: medium-HiGH-density cities 8,525 39,859 5,888 1,677 5,093 5,064 10,830 37,405 6,591 3,865 1,787 3,124 4,917 12,917 1,500 847 746 204 Honolulu St. Paul San Jose Pittsburgh Milwaukee St. Louis Denver Anaheim Buffalo Chula Vista Cleveland Stockton median, medium-HiGH-density cities: 36,329 32,363 111,953 35,349 59,126 39,090 74,797 31,890 25,308 31,764 46,880 38,918 12,006 4,937 16,085 3,683 6,116 3,721 6,222 2,618 1,913 2,185 3,002 1,157 medium-LoW-density cities Fremont Albuquerque San Diego Irvine Las Vegas Portland St. Petersburg Phoenix Raleigh Houston Cincinnati Omaha Madison Dallas Columbus Austin San Antonio Plano Boise Sacramento 49,516 116,051 205,918 42,308 86,921 81,625 39,375 327,729 91,399 370,271 48,724 78,087 47,519 215,676 133,309 186,902 292,298 45,812 48,343 61,972 24,089 27,438 47,817 9,427 16,700 14,504 6,159 49,254 13,169 53,134 6,891 10,648 6,372 27,038 15,155 20,714 29,692 4,275 4,193 4,959 21.9% 21.2% 19.6% 18.1% 17.5% 14.9% 13.1% 12.7% 12.5% 11.6% 11.3% 10.1% 9.6% 9.4% 6.5% 6.0% 4.3% 1.5% 12.1% 33.0% 15.3% 14.4% 10.4% 10.3% 9.5% 8.3% 8.2% 7.6% 6.9% 6.4% 3.0% 8.9% 48.6% 23.6% 23.2% 22.3% 19.2% 17.8% 15.6% 15.0% 14.4% 14.4% 14.1% 13.6% 13.4% 12.5% 11.4% 11.1% 10.2% 9.3% 8.7% 8.0% medium-LoW-density cities continued Arlington, Texas Tampa Garland Oklahoma City Lincoln Riverside Detroit Toledo Atlanta Glendale Orlando Norfolk Richmond Irving Chandler Gilbert Mesa Fresno Baton Rouge Laredo median, medium-LoW-density cities: 60,876 70,089 36,520 378,472 53,666 51,568 87,844 51,169 84,250 38,196 54,494 33,186 38,278 37,060 40,580 43,496 83,578 71,486 48,353 55,391 4,714 5,212 2,639 26,004 3,657 3,531 5,543 3,128 4,991 2,149 2,947 1,781 2,027 1,920 1,544 1,308 2,480 1,921 1,252 1,412 LoW-density cities 1,086,019 Anchorage 63,941 North Las Vegas 216,639 Chesapeake 107,655 New Orleans 117,089 Scottsdale 159,763 El Paso 159,341 Virginia Beach 467,298 Jacksonville 68,542 Henderson 318,562 Nashville 98,788 Aurora 80,844 Greensboro 118,043 Colorado Springs 195,245 Kansas City 100,553 Corpus Christi 123,993 Tulsa 240,264 Louisville 90,527 Bakersfield 214,065 Fort Worth 63,001 Reno 225,965 Indianapolis 98,973 Wichita 196,098 Memphis 83,917 Winston-Salem 332,295 Charlotte 68,678 Durham 69,318 Fort Wayne 144,488 Tucson 76,929 Lubbock 180,899 Lexington median, LoW-density cities: median, aLL cities: 914,138 16,731 56,254 27,689 28,817 29,872 24,916 64,603 9,173 33,966 10,504 7,582 11,037 17,683 8,610 9,401 17,608 5,362 11,878 3,382 11,464 4,737 9,145 3,688 13,990 2,623 2,400 4,687 2,228 4,434 7.7% 7.4% 7.2% 6.9% 6.8% 6.8% 6.3% 6.1% 5.9% 5.6% 5.4% 5.4% 5.3% 5.2% 3.8% 3.0% 3.0% 2.7% 2.6% 2.5% 7.9% 84.2% 26.2% 26.0% 25.7% 24.6% 18.7% 15.6% 13.8% 13.4% 10.7% 10.6% 9.4% 9.3% 9.1% 8.6% 7.6% 7.3% 5.9% 5.5% 5.4% 5.1% 4.8% 4.7% 4.4% 4.2% 3.8% 3.5% 3.2% 2.9% 2.5% 8.1% 9.3% 2017 city park facts 11 3. Parkland per 1,000 residents by city 2016 city Parkland includes city, county, metro, state, and federal acres within city limits. ParkLand (acres) Park acres Per 1,000 residents city ParkLand (acres) Park acres Per 1,000 residents Population Density: HiGH HiGH-density cities Washington, D.C. Minneapolis Seattle Los Angeles Oakland Baltimore Boston Arlington, Virginia San Francisco Philadelphia Long Beach Jersey City Chicago New York Miami Newark Santa Ana Hialeah Median, HiGH-DENSity CitiES: 8,525 5,064 6,591 37,405 3,865 4,917 5,093 1,787 5,888 10,830 3,124 1,677 12,917 39,859 1,500 847 746 204 medium-HiGH-density cities Honolulu St. Paul San Jose Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Denver Chula Vista Cleveland Anaheim Buffalo Stockton Median, MEDiUM-HiGH-DENSity CitiES: 12,006 4,937 16,085 3,683 3,721 6,116 6,222 2,185 3,002 2,618 1,913 1,157 medium-LoW-density cities 24,089 27,438 26,004 9,427 47,817 49,254 13,169 16,700 6,372 6,159 10,648 53,134 14,504 20,714 6,891 27,038 29,692 4,193 15,155 4,275 Fremont Albuquerque Oklahoma City Irvine San Diego Phoenix Raleigh Las Vegas Madison St. Petersburg Omaha Houston Portland Austin Cincinnati Dallas San Antonio Boise Columbus Plano 12 12.9 12.4 9.8 9.5 9.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.3 4.7 4.7 3.4 3.0 2.2 0.9 6.9 34.1 16.6 15.8 11.9 11.7 10.3 9.3 8.3 7.8 7.4 7.3 3.8 9.8 106.7 48.8 40.1 39.1 34.9 31.7 29.6 26.6 26.1 24.4 24.1 23.4 23.4 22.9 22.6 21.1 20.9 19.0 18.0 15.3 medium-LoW-density cities continued Tampa Lincoln Arlington, Texas Riverside Toledo Garland Atlanta Orlando Sacramento Richmond Glendale Detroit Irving Norfolk Chandler Laredo Baton Rouge Gilbert Mesa Fresno median, medium-LoW-density cities: 5,212 3,657 4,714 3,531 3,128 2,639 4,991 2,947 4,959 2,027 2,149 5,543 1,920 1,781 1,544 1,412 1,252 1,308 2,480 1,921 LoW-density cities Anchorage Chesapeake Scottsdale Jacksonville New Orleans North Las Vegas Virginia Beach Nashville El Paso Kansas City Henderson Aurora Greensboro Corpus Christi Colorado Springs Louisville Tulsa Winston-Salem Fort Worth Bakersfield Lexington Reno Memphis Indianapolis Charlotte Wichita Durham Fort Wayne Lubbock Tucson median, LoW-density cities: 914,138 56,254 28,817 64,603 27,689 16,731 24,916 33,966 29,872 17,683 9,173 10,504 7,582 8,610 11,037 17,608 9,401 3,688 11,878 5,362 4,434 3,382 9,145 11,464 13,990 4,737 2,623 2,400 2,228 4,687 median, aLL cities: 14.4 13.2 12.5 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.8 10.2 9.1 8.9 8.4 8.3 7.2 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.2 3.7 14.8 2,992.9 233.7 124.3 74.5 71.3 70.5 54.9 52.0 43.2 36.9 32.6 29.4 26.9 26.4 24.7 23.2 22.8 15.3 14.3 14.3 14.2 13.9 13.7 13.4 13.4 12.0 10.2 9.2 9.0 8.7 24.0 13.1 2017 city park facts 4. Parkland per 1,000 daytime occupants by city Daytime occupants are people present in a city during normal business hours, including workers. This is in contrast to the resident population present during the evening and nighttime hours. acres Per 1,000 residents Percent daytime PoP. GroWtH acres Per 1,000 daytime occuPants city acres Per 1,000 residents Percent daytime PoP. GroWtH acres Per 1,000 daytime occuPants 2016 city Albuquerque Anaheim Anchorage Arlington, Texas Arlington, Virginia Atlanta Aurora Austin Bakersfield Baltimore Baton Rouge Boise Boston Buffalo Chandler Charlotte Chesapeake Chicago Chula Vista Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs Columbus Corpus Christi Dallas Denver Detroit Durham El Paso Fort Wayne Fort Worth Fremont Fresno Garland Gilbert Glendale Greensboro Henderson Hialeah Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Irvine Irving Jacksonville Jersey City Kansas City Laredo Las Vegas Lexington 48.8 7.4 2992.9 12.5 7.9 11.0 29.4 22.9 14.3 7.9 5.4 19.0 7.9 7.3 6.0 16.2 233.7 4.7 8.3 22.6 7.8 24.7 18.0 26.4 21.1 9.3 8.4 10.2 43.2 9.2 14.3 106.7 3.7 11.1 5.3 8.9 26.9 32.6 0.9 34.1 23.4 13.4 39.1 8.3 74.5 6.3 36.9 5.5 26.6 14.2 8% 16% 4% -8% 25% 59% -16% 15% -1% 17% 28% 24% 40% 19% -8% 16% -9% 3% -21% 38% 28% 8% 16% 3% 19% 25% 13% 18% 3% 13% 5% 4% 11% -15% -20% -4% 24% -12% -8% 40% 33% 20% 50% 34% 9% -3% 20% 1% -5% 10% 45.2 6.4 2,890.1 13.6 6.3 6.9 34.9 19.9 14.5 6.8 4.2 15.3 5.6 6.2 6.6 14.0 256.5 4.5 10.5 16.3 6.1 22.9 15.5 25.8 17.7 7.5 7.5 8.6 42.1 8.2 13.6 102.3 3.3 13.1 6.7 9.3 21.7 37.0 1.0 24.4 17.6 11.2 26.1 6.2 68.5 6.5 30.8 5.4 27.9 13.0 Lincoln Long Beach Los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Madison Memphis Mesa Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Newark Norfolk North Las Vegas Oakland Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Plano Portland Raleigh Reno Richmond Riverside Sacramento San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Ana Scottsdale Seattle St. Louis St. Paul St. Petersburg Stockton Tampa Toledo Tucson Tulsa Virginia Beach Washington Wichita Winston-Salem 13.2 6.6 9.5 23.2 9.0 26.1 13.7 5.2 3.4 10.3 12.4 52.0 71.3 4.7 3.0 7.2 70.5 9.3 40.1 24.1 10.8 6.9 31.7 11.9 15.3 23.4 29.6 13.9 9.1 11.2 10.2 20.9 34.9 6.9 15.8 2.2 124.3 9.8 11.7 16.6 24.4 3.8 14.4 11.2 8.7 22.8 54.9 12.9 12.0 15.3 5% -5% -1% 12% 6% 28% 15% -10% 12% 5% 23% 23% 14% 7% 17% 27% -14% -3% 7% 19% 52% 7% 7% 41% 11% 20% 19% 15% 32% 4% 20% 10% 13% 20% -4% 2% 54% 20% 38% 14% 4% -4% 44% 6% 9% 22% -8% 74% 9% 20% 12.6 6.9 9.6 20.8 8.5 20.4 11.9 5.8 3.1 9.8 10.1 42.4 62.4 4.3 2.6 5.7 81.8 9.6 37.4 20.2 7.2 6.5 29.7 8.5 13.8 19.5 24.8 12.1 6.9 10.7 8.5 19.1 30.7 5.8 16.5 2.2 80.8 8.2 8.5 14.5 23.5 3.9 10.0 10.5 8.0 18.8 59.4 7.4 11.0 12.8 median, aLL cities: 13.1 12% 11.6 2017 city park facts 13 5. Parks per 10,000 residents by city 2016 Parks include all city, county, metro, state, and federal parkland within city limits. Parks Parks Per 10,000 residents city Parks Parks Per 10,000 residents 282 210 272 405 218 512 208 223 228 214 168 457 188 421 298 419 178 203 409 239 133 384 248 334 192 122 440 291 218 108 232 229 115 412 307 114 222 130 207 123 291 179 166 92 337 95 136 224 261 97 city Madison Arlington, Virginia Cincinnati Atlanta St. Petersburg Las Vegas Buffalo St. Paul Anchorage Pittsburgh Norfolk Seattle Lincoln Baltimore Virginia Beach Boston Greensboro Corpus Christi Washington, D.C. New Orleans Boise Denver Omaha Portland Tampa Irving Columbus Albuquerque Raleigh Richmond Sacramento Kansas City Chesapeake Jacksonville Detroit Reno Mesa Toledo Colorado Springs Orlando Nashville Minneapolis Oakland Baton Rouge San Francisco Glendale Honolulu Milwaukee El Paso Laredo total median 14 11.6 9.2 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.2 8.0 7.5 7.5 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 Austin St. Louis Newark Long Beach Miami Lexington Wichita Tulsa Fort Worth Fort Wayne San Diego Lubbock Aurora Cleveland Winston-Salem Riverside Memphis Tucson Dallas Plano Charlotte Chicago Garland Irvine Durham Jersey City New York Fremont Houston Chandler Indianapolis Oklahoma City San Jose Arlington, Texas Philadelphia Henderson Chula Vista Stockton North Las Vegas San Antonio Bakersfield Anaheim Scottsdale Louisville Los Angeles Gilbert Phoenix Santa Ana Fresno Hialeah 330 113 99 168 153 106 133 137 274 86 451 81 116 122 76 98 205 165 388 84 243 767 66 66 70 71 2,263 59 580 65 211 160 248 92 371 66 60 67 50 291 73 66 42 126 604 37 231 46 69 28 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 22,764 3.7 2017 city park facts 6. Percent of city population with walkable park access 2016 city Park access is the ability to reach a publicly owned park within a half mile walk on the road network, unobstructed by freeways, rivers, fences, and other obstacles. For methodology, detailed analysis, and maps of cities’ park-poor areas, visit parkscore.org. residents WitHin 1/2 miLe oF a Park residents Beyond 1/2 miLe oF a Park Percent oF PoPuLation WitH WaLkaBLe Park access city residents WitHin 1/2 miLe oF a Park residents Beyond 1/2 miLe oF a Park Percent oF PoPuLation WitH WaLkaBLe Park access cities with 90–99% access San Francisco Boston Arlington, Virginia Washington, D.C. New York St. Paul Minneapolis Philadelphia Seattle Chicago Jersey City Newark St. Louis Madison 836,769 634,333 222,562 641,696 8,312,489 286,004 388,359 1,464,502 623,877 2,549,099 243,023 253,229 286,694 218,899 10,807 13,918 4,955 17,414 255,497 11,106 19,967 107,358 46,634 223,258 22,695 26,431 32,028 25,068 cities with 80–89% access Milwaukee Lincoln Aurora Denver Baltimore Buffalo Oakland Portland Pittsburgh Honolulu Albuquerque Long Beach 519,292 237,469 306,911 572,658 528,958 221,165 351,147 525,463 259,449 294,059 461,286 382,388 73,243 39,185 50,890 96,023 91,652 39,182 63,068 95,101 49,662 57,661 100,929 93,865 cities with 70–79% access Miami Cleveland Sacramento Omaha San Diego Detroit New Orleans Toledo Irvine Richmond Plano St. Petersburg Corpus Christi Glendale San Jose Cincinnati Norfolk Reno Anchorage Stockton Santa Ana Las Vegas 345,570 304,565 381,803 344,603 1,065,979 509,955 297,132 211,998 181,608 164,197 206,746 183,165 235,467 173,970 729,315 217,843 175,799 173,396 216,990 217,105 238,917 437,199 90,052 79,424 103,384 97,100 304,667 146,206 91,408 67,219 59,494 57,874 73,580 69,243 90,475 67,049 287,917 86,990 70,263 70,546 88,449 88,616 100,044 190,050 2017 city park facts 99% 98% 98% 97% 97% 96% 95% 93% 93% 92% 91% 91% 90% 90% 88% 86% 86% 86% 85% 85% 85% 85% 84% 84% 82% 80% 79% 79% 79% 78% 78% 78% 76% 76% 75% 74% 74% 73% 72% 72% 72% 71% 71% 71% 71% 71% 70% 70% 136,072 155,216 167,721 172,895 86,282 87,047 138,437 88,040 146,249 114,839 189,418 99,843 540,695 114,712 99,624 234,762 105,473 183,089 114,362 170,647 1,775,875 373,882 240,503 205,551 115,768 127,364 409,083 154,108 196,105 115,213 309,876 299,829 311,646 302,379 139,533 140,609 215,304 132,878 215,315 167,376 264,529 137,409 743,068 157,298 133,013 302,770 133,311 228,791 142,873 207,795 2,162,026 453,859 280,269 238,720 130,667 136,176 434,648 158,282 199,253 116,009 cities with 50–69% access Colorado Springs Atlanta Kansas Mesa Fremont Hialeah Anaheim Boise Tampa Greensboro Virginia Beach North Las Vegas Dallas Orlando Irving Tucson Garland Tulsa Chandler Arlington, Texas Los Angeles Fort Worth Fresno Raleigh Lubbock Chula Vista Columbus Lexington Wichita Baton Rouge cities with less than 50% access 142,933 Henderson 351,644 El Paso 132,375 Laredo 1,176,928 Houston 470,901 Austin 134,369 Durham 169,508 Riverside 850,621 Phoenix 216,862 Bakersfield 376,434 Oklahoma City 152,511 Fort Wayne 390,160 Memphis 403,203 Nashville 149,134 Chesapeake 145,336 Scottsdale 905,922 San Antonio 158,328 Winston-Salem 241,978 Louisville 575,425 Indianapolis 587,512 Jacksonville 600,681 Charlotte 181,303 Gilbert 138,714 340,569 126,676 1,091,367 432,852 122,876 145,638 705,014 159,289 272,624 108,625 276,563 250,149 91,606 86,493 511,442 83,476 125,357 276,955 279,715 224,181 65,033 69% 66% 65% 64% 62% 62% 61% 60% 60% 59% 58% 58% 58% 58% 57% 56% 56% 56% 56% 55% 55% 55% 54% 54% 53% 52% 52% 51% 50% 50% 49% 49% 49% 48% 48% 48% 46% 45% 42% 42% 42% 41% 38% 38% 37% 36% 35% 34% 32% 32% 27% 26% 15 city park facts at a glance Total spending on parks in the 100 largest US cities Total off-leash dog parks $7,091,697,899 Total community garden plots Total miles of bikeway managed by park agencies 23,883 7,453 Total acres of parkland in the 100 largest US cities Total basketball hoops 17,555 AK Anchorage WA Seattle ID MT Portland OR CA NV Boise WY Sacramento Reno San Francisco Oakland Stockton San Jose Fremont UT CO Fresno Bakersfield Las Vegas North Las Vegas Henderson AZ NM Los Angeles Long Beach Anaheim Riverside Santa Ana Irvine San Diego Chula Vista Glendale Phoenix Chandler Scottsdale Mesa Gilbert Tucson 2,055,324 acres ND MN M E V T N Y N H Buffalo PA Newark Boston M A C T R I New York Jersey City SD NE WI Minneapolis St. Paul MI IA Madison Detroit Milwaukee Denver Aurora KS Colorado Springs MO Kansas City Omaha Lincoln Wichita Albuquerque TX OK Tulsa AR Oklahoma City Lubbock El Paso Plano Irving Fort Worth Garland Dallas LA Arlington Chicago IL IN Fort Wayne Toledo Cleveland Philadelphia OH Columbus W V Pittsburgh Baltimore M D Arlington N J D E Washington, D.C. Indianapolis Cincinnati Richmond VA Norfolk Chesapeake Virginia Beach Winston- Salem Durham Raleigh Greensboro Charlotte St. Louis Louisville Lexington KY TN Nashville Memphis MS AL N C S C Atlanta GA Honolulu HI Houston Baton Rouge New Orleans Orlando Austin San Antonio Laredo Corpus Christi FL Jacksonville St. Petersburg Tampa Hialeah Miami 16 2017 city park facts city park facts at a glance Median size of a city park Total playgrounds 3.8 acres 13,554 Percent of people living in the 100 largest US cities that are within a 10-minute walk to a park Total pickleball courts 69% 420 Total skate parks Total number of parks in the 100 largest US cities 365 22,764 2017 city park facts 17 the 100 most populous cities l e f e i k y c r a d AK Anchorage Waterfront Park in Portland, OR San Francisco CA NV Sacramento Reno Oakland Stockton San Jose Fremont Fresno r e t s i e m r e h c s l i h p Honolulu HI m o c . r k c i l f , z e r i m a r l e i n a d Bakersfield Las Vegas North Las Vegas Henderson AZ NM Los Angeles Long Beach Anaheim Riverside Santa Ana Irvine San Diego Chula Vista Glendale Phoenix Chandler Scottsdale Mesa Gilbert Tucson e b a c c m e i l r a h c Ala Moana Regional Park in Honolulu, HI Butler Park in Austin, TX 18 2017 city park facts A woman walks her dogs along Erie Park in Chicago, IL WA Seattle ID MT Portland OR ND MN Boise WY UT CO SD NE WI Minneapolis St. Paul MI IA Madison Detroit Milwaukee M E V T N Y N H Buffalo PA Newark Boston M A C T R I New York Jersey City Denver Aurora KS Colorado Springs MO Kansas City Omaha Lincoln Wichita Albuquerque TX OK Tulsa AR Oklahoma City Lubbock El Paso Plano Irving Fort Worth Garland Dallas LA Arlington Chicago IN Toledo Cleveland IL Fort Wayne Pittsburgh OH Philadelphia Baltimore M D N J D E Columbus W V Arlington Washington, D.C. Indianapolis Cincinnati Richmond VA Norfolk Virginia Beach Chesapeake Winston- Salem Durham Raleigh Greensboro Charlotte St. Louis Louisville Lexington KY TN Nashville Memphis MS AL N C S C Atlanta GA Houston Baton Rouge New Orleans Orlando Austin San Antonio Laredo Corpus Christi FL Jacksonville St. Petersburg Tampa Hialeah Miami m o c . r k c i l f , s k c i h l e a h c m i e r i u g a m n i r e AK Anchorage Honolulu HI WA Seattle ID MT Portland OR CA NV Boise WY Sacramento Reno San Francisco Oakland Stockton San Jose Fremont UT CO Fresno Bakersfield Las Vegas North Las Vegas Henderson AZ NM Los Angeles Long Beach Anaheim Riverside Santa Ana Irvine San Diego Chula Vista Glendale Phoenix Chandler Scottsdale Mesa Gilbert Tucson Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, MN Children play basketball at Jesse Allen Park in Newark, NJ ND MN M E V T N Y N H Buffalo PA Newark Boston M A C T R I New York Jersey City SD NE WI Minneapolis St. Paul MI IA Madison Detroit Milwaukee Denver Aurora KS Colorado Springs MO Kansas City Omaha Lincoln Wichita Albuquerque TX OK Tulsa AR Oklahoma City Lubbock El Paso Plano Irving Fort Worth Garland Dallas LA Arlington Chicago IL IN Fort Wayne Toledo Cleveland Philadelphia OH Columbus W V Pittsburgh Baltimore M D Arlington N J D E Washington, D.C. Indianapolis Cincinnati Richmond VA Norfolk Chesapeake Virginia Beach Winston- Salem Durham Raleigh Greensboro Charlotte r e t s i e m r e h c s l i h p St. Louis Louisville Lexington KY TN Nashville Memphis MS AL N C S C Atlanta GA Houston Baton Rouge New Orleans Orlando FL Jacksonville St. Petersburg Tampa Austin San Antonio Laredo Corpus Christi People kick a ball in Seward Park in the Miami River Greenway in Miami, FL Hialeah Miami 2017 city park facts 19 7. spending on parks and recreation per resident by city most recentLy rePorted FiscaL year Total spending includes both operating and capital spending of all park agencies in the city, but excludes professional stadiums, zoos, museums, aquariums, and cemeteries. If a city has more than one agency, expenditures are combined. For a more detailed listing of fiscal year data by city, visit tpl.org/cityparkfacts. totaL sPendinG oPeratinG sPendinG Per resident caPitaL sPendinG Per resident totaL sPendinG Per resident city St. Louis Irvine Raleigh Seattle Long Beach San Francisco Arlington, Virginia Minneapolis Washington, D.C. St. Paul Cincinnati Plano Virginia Beach Portland Chicago New York* Boise New Orleans* Oakland Milwaukee Fremont* Aurora San Jose Atlanta St. Petersburg Henderson Miami San Diego Madison Sacramento Kansas City Anchorage Dallas Nashville Orlando Las Vegas Denver Scottsdale Tampa* San Antonio Columbus Pittsburgh* Cleveland Austin Colorado Springs Chesapeake Fort Wayne Lincoln Gilbert Arlington, Texas $152,346,599 63,821,241 114,444,690 168,833,508 119,089,218 204,544,270 54,763,324 98,011,172 156,754,222 65,739,838 63,615,728 53,349,348 85,656,248 109,500,536 479,537,059 1,430,320,643 36,497,258 60,747,440 63,789,085 88,161,012 32,941,523 51,885,286 145,671,531 61,319,669 33,847,909 36,269,046 55,556,652 173,221,629 30,277,947 59,566,563 58,214,300 36,565,914 149,488,193 76,054,310 31,625,502 72,845,787 77,379,491 26,200,000 39,533,786 149,783,488 84,324,879 30,484,661 37,332,315 85,182,254 40,974,890 21,467,896 22,651,197 23,984,829 20,689,566 31,354,312 $96 215 114 204 134 196 205 190 169 165 142 104 141 158 139 120 126 108 119 98 116 103 72 123 134 124 53 112 91 108 92 89 93 57 110 88 90 113 86 70 56 73 81 72 54 77 75 62 66 70 $382 50 144 47 116 46 36 50 69 56 67 86 48 19 34 47 40 49 35 51 30 42 71 12 0 5 74 14 34 15 29 31 23 59 7 28 26 0 24 36 44 26 16 22 38 12 11 25 18 13 $478 265 258 252 250 241 241 240 238 221 209 190 189 176 173 167 166 156 154 149 146 145 143 135 134 129 128 126 124 123 121 120 116 116 116 116 116 113 109 106 100 99 97 94 92 89 87 87 84 83 20 2017 city park facts 7. spending on parks and recreation per resident by city (cont.) oPeratinG sPendinG Per resident caPitaL sPendinG Per resident totaL sPendinG Per resident city Boston Anaheim Lexington Omaha Oklahoma City Los Angeles Bakersfield Phoenix Richmond* Chandler Fort Worth Garland Corpus Christi Norfolk Mesa Baltimore Durham Greensboro Tucson Riverside Irving Baton Rouge Tulsa Albuquerque North Las Vegas* Louisville Wichita Philadelphia* Memphis* Indianapolis* Reno Buffalo Charlotte Fresno* Hialeah Lubbock Santa Ana Honolulu Toledo Chula Vista Winston-Salem Stockton Jacksonville Houston El Paso Detroit Newark Glendale Jersey City Laredo totaL sPendinG $ 53,605,173 28,597,483 24,844,066 34,783,264 50,844,757 305,987,230 28,366,679 116,275,049 16,489,444 18,985,474 60,853,844 17,227,197 23,379,351 17,637,239 33,601,000 41,909,871 16,631,925 18,139,667 33,851,752 19,059,275 13,500,000 13,014,955 22,793,093 30,640,515 12,775,731 40,656,663 21,020,887 82,215,849 34,499,101 42,843,767 12,235,141 11,977,478 46,437,562 22,801,309 9,812,101 10,600,550 14,107,952 14,451,797 11,415,747 10,680,841 9,496,295 11,187,336 31,605,219 74,624,150 21,747,063 19,177,000 7,641,876 5,500,417 4,950,000 n.a. $56 61 73 62 54 62 63 60 74 53 44 45 67 67 63 67 56 63 62 57 56 39 48 47 54 39 46 52 46 41 47 30 35 24 43 43 37 40 38 41 39 33 33 30 31 29 8 23 14 n.a. $26 20 7 17 24 16 13 14 0 21 29 27 5 5 7 1 9 1 1 3 2 18 7 8 0 15 7 0 6 9 3 16 10 20 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 19 0 5 n.a. $83 81 80 79 78 78 75 75 74 74 74 72 72 72 71 68 65 64 63 60 58 56 55 54 54 54 53 52 52 50 50 46 45 44 43 43 42 41 41 41 39 37 36 33 31 29 27 23 19 n.a. total, all cities median, all cities $7,091,697,899 $66 $16 $83 n.a.= not available *Cities for which some spending is calculated based on prior-year information. 2017 city park facts 21 8. spending on parks and recreation by city, reflecting primary agency spending and price of living most recentLy rePorted FiscaL year Total spending includes both operating and capital spending by all park agencies in the city, but excludes professional sports stadiums, zoos, museums, aquariums, and cemeteries. If a city has more than one agency, expenditures are combined. For a more detailed listing of fiscal year data by city, visit tpl.org/cityparkfacts. The adjusted spending reflecting price of living is calculated using the Center for Neighborhood Technology Housing and Trans- portation Affordability Index. Price of living is based on median housing and transportation costs. Boston, Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C. have two primary city park agencies. Primary aGency sPendinG as Percent oF totaL Park sPendinG totaL sPendinG Per resident sPendinG Per resident, adJusted to reFLect Price oF LiVinG city St. Louis Raleigh Cincinnati Minneapolis St. Paul Seattle Long Beach Washington, D.C. San Francisco Arlington, Virginia Boise Milwaukee Irvine New York* Chicago Portland New Orleans* Plano Virginia Beach Aurora St. Petersburg Miami Oakland Atlanta Cleveland Kansas City Pittsburgh Madison Orlando Nashville Dallas Denver Sacramento San Antonio Columbus Las Vegas Tampa* Henderson Fort Wayne Lincoln San Diego San Jose Fremont* Anchorage Colorado Springs Austin Scottsdale 16% 100% 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 87% 82% 100% 82% 95% 92% 98% 88% 34% 100% 96% 100% 100% 84% 85% 87% 68% 96% 96% 98% 98% 96% 65% 100% 85% 90% 95% 100% 91% 100% 100% 100% 90% 79% 67% 100% 97% 99% 100% $478 258 209 240 221 252 250 238 241 241 165 149 265 167 173 176 156 190 189 145 134 128 154 135 97 121 99 124 116 116 116 116 123 106 100 116 109 129 87 87 126 143 146 120 92 94 $113 $590 248 244 241 227 217 210 208 194 179 174 174 174 174 173 167 161 157 154 141 138 137 133 131 130 128 124 122 119 119 119 115 114 111 110 109 107 106 102 95 95 94 93 92 90 87 $86 22 2017 city park facts 8. spending on parks and recreation by city, reflecting primary agency spending and price of living (cont.) Primary aGency sPendinG as Percent oF totaL Park sPendinG totaL sPendinG Per resident sPendinG Per resident, adJusted to reFLect Price oF LiVinG city Lexington Oklahoma City Arlington, Texas Omaha Boston Richmond* Baltimore Corpus Christi Phoenix Tucson Fort Worth Greensboro* Chesapeake Mesa Norfolk Garland Durham Bakersfield Gilbert Chandler Los Angeles Buffalo Philadelphia* Anaheim Baton Rouge Tulsa Irving Wichita Albuquerque Louisville Indianapolis* Memphis* Riverside Toledo North Las Vegas* Reno Lubbock Hialeah Winston-Salem Fresno* Charlotte Jacksonville Santa Ana Detroit El Paso Stockton Honolulu Houston Newark Chula Vista Jersey City Glendale Laredo median 99% 92% 100% 100% 81% 100% 91% 96% 100% 89% 100% 85% 95% 100% 100% 100% 100% 81% 100% 100% 91% 98% 70% 100% 100% 65% 100% 100% 67% 75% 97% 84% 100% 96% 100% 86% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 87% 95% 100% 96% 100% 96% 99% 100% 97% 11% 100% n.a. 80 78 83 79 83 74 68 72 75 63 74 64 89 71 72 72 65 75 84 74 78 46 52 81 56 55 58 53 54 54 50 52 60 41 54 50 43 43 39 44 45 36 42 29 31 37 41 33 27 41 19 23 n.a. 85 83 83 81 80 77 75 74 73 72 72 72 71 71 71 71 69 68 68 65 64 63 63 62 61 60 59 59 58 57 56 56 50 49 49 49 47 45 44 43 43 36 36 35 35 34 34 33 32 30 18 18 n.a. *Cities for which some spending is calculated based on prior-year information. $83 $83 2017 city park facts 23 9. designed and natural parkland by city 2016 Designed areas are parklands that have been created, constructed, planted, and managed primarily for human use. They include playgrounds, neighborhood parks, sports fields, plazas, boulevards, municipal golf courses, municipal cemeteries, and all areas served by roadways, parking lots, and service buildings. Natural and undeveloped areas are either pristine or reclaimed lands that are left largely undisturbed and managed for their ecological value (i.e., wetlands, forests, deserts). While they may have trails and occasional benches, they are not developed for any recreation activities beyond walking, running, and cycling. city DesigneD ParklanD (acres) 0 Percent DesigneD/Percent natural 50 75 25 natural ParklanD (acres) 100 Hialeah Newark Richmond Detroit Stockton Baton Rouge Minneapolis Winston-Salem Norfolk Orlando St. Louis Seattle Lubbock Buffalo Lincoln Omaha Chandler Long Beach Irving Tucson Atlanta Laredo Denver Mesa Santa Ana Fresno Baltimore Fort Wayne Fort Worth Greensboro Plano Toledo Lexington Wichita Chicago Durham Garland Columbus Boston Cleveland Milkwaukee San Francisco New York Miami Cincinnati Austin Glendale 204 847 2,027 5,512 1,129 1,171 4,530 3,266 1,553 2,538 3,154 5,567 1,877 1,609 3,069 8,613 1,242 2,424 1,475 3,532 3,687 1,041 4,572 1,624 479 1,213 3,079 1,500 7,308 4,574 2,552 1,727 2,440 2,601 7,083 1,430 1,397 7,943 2,549 1,493 3,038 2,795 18,715 701 3,209 9,330 964 0 0 0 31 28 81 534 422 228 409 567 1,024 351 304 588 2,035 302 700 445 1,155 1,304 371 1,650 856 267 708 1,838 900 4,570 3,008 1,723 1,401 1,994 2,136 5,834 1,193 1,242 7,212 2,544 1,509 3,078 3,093 21,144 799 3,682 11,384 1,185 24 2017 city park facts 9. designed and natural parkland by city (cont.) city DesigneD ParklanD (acres) 0 Percent DesigneD/Percent natural 50 25 75 natural ParklanD (acres) 100 Indianapolis Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Madison Dallas Arlington, Virginia Tampa Corpus Christi Sacramento Kansas City St. Paul Boise Arlington, Texas Oklahoma City St. Petersburg Oakland Gilbert Memphis Louisville San Antonio Los Angeles Tulsa Pittsburgh Chula Vista Portland Aurora Reno Riverside Jersey City Houston Irvine Colorado Springs Raleigh Charlotte San Diego Anaheim Bakersfield Las Vegas Nashville San Jose Virginia Beach Jacksonville Henderson Phoenix Albuquerque Honolulu El Paso New Orleans Fremont Chesapeake Scottsdale North Las Vegas Anchorage 4,997 4,455 3,499 2,612 10,974 701 2,036 3,310 1,886 6,673 1,761 1,438 1,654 8,793 2,069 640 423 2,661 4,977 8,209 10,100 2,438 921 540 3,539 2,557 790 809 383 11,506 1,944 2,212 2,474 2,612 8,893 456 911 2,798 5,410 2,082 3,181 8,116 1,096 5,644 3,094 1,055 1,927 1,058 850 1,982 974 441 2,417 6,467 6,375 5,026 3,760 16,064 1,086 3,176 5,300 3,073 11,010 3,176 2,650 3,060 17,211 4,090 1,300 885 6,484 12,631 21,483 27,305 6,963 2,762 1,645 10,965 7,947 2,592 2,722 1,294 41,628 7,483 8,825 10,695 11,378 38,924 2,162 4,451 13,902 28,556 14,003 21,735 56,487 8,077 43,610 24,344 10,951 27,945 26,631 23,239 54,272 27,843 16,290 911,721 2017 city park facts 25 10. Playgrounds per 10,000 residents Park playgrounds do not include school playgrounds. If a city has more than one park agency, their playgrounds are combined. Park PLayGrounds PLayGrounds Per 10,000 residents Park PLayGrounds PLayGrounds Per 10,000 residents 2016 city Madison Cincinnati Detroit Omaha Norfolk Virginia Beach Corpus Christi Pittsburgh Glendale Sacramento Greensboro Cleveland Arlington, Virginia Boise Jacksonville Lincoln Irving Baltimore St. Petersburg Henderson Colorado Springs Atlanta 2016 city Madison Norfolk St. Paul Richmond Buffalo Cleveland Milwaukee Honolulu Raleigh Omaha Baton Rouge Cincinnati Orlando Tampa Glendale St. Petersburg Arlington, Virginia Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Colorado Springs Chicago Lexington 173 152 309 193 103 189 135 128 97 193 104 141 80 77 285 90 75 200 78 86 136 138 239 203 220 146 165 230 339 200 243 234 117 152 134 176 112 107 94 640 265 178 1,076 121 7.1 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 9.8 8.2 7.4 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 city Bakersfield Chula Vista Boston Albuquerque Baton Rouge Las Vegas Richmond Toledo Irvine Anchorage Minneapolis Milwaukee Tulsa El Paso St. Paul San Jose Plano New Orleans Orlando Lubbock Louisville Kansas City city Reno Portland New York Pittsburgh Henderson Stockton Minneapolis Boston Virginia Beach Lincoln Chandler Miami Detroit Hialeah Nashville Riverside Memphis Atlanta San Diego Mesa Corpus Christi Sacramento 111 77 187 161 66 179 63 79 67 84 112 162 112 187 78 267 70 97 67 60 185 116 94 237 3,110 112 100 108 143 219 151 92 84 142 208 71 202 96 188 128 385 130 89 129 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 11. Basketball hoops per 10,000 residents Basketball hoops do not include hoops on school grounds. If a city has more than one park agency, their basketball hoops are combined. BasketBaLL HooPs HooPs Per 10,000 residents BasketBaLL HooPs HooPs Per 10,000 residents 26 2017 city park facts 12. off-leash dog parks per 100,000 residents 2016 If a city has more than one park agency, their dog parks are combined. oFF-LeasH doG Parks oFF-LeasH doG Parks Per 100,000 residents oFF-LeasH doG Parks oFF-LeasH doG Parks Per 100,000 residents city Boise Henderson Portland Norfolk Las Vegas Madison San Francisco Arlington, Virginia Tampa St. Petersburg Albuquerque Anchorage Sacramento Pittsburgh Jersey City Bakersfield Seattle Chesapeake Long Beach Colorado Springs Minneapolis Washington, D.C. 2016 city Baton Rouge Minneapolis Washington, D.C. Cincinnati Philadelphia Norfolk Tampa Honolulu Chicago St. Paul Richmond Pittsburgh Raleigh Hialeah Miami Orlando Arlington, Virginia Atlanta Irvine Jacksonville Winston-Salem Baltimore 15 15 33 12 26 10 32 8 12 6 13 7 11 7 6 8 14 5 9 8 7 11 33 51 75 34 163 25 34 33 245 26 19 26 37 18 34 21 17 34 18 61 17 41 6.8 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 city Lexington St. Louis Chandler New York Denver Tucson Lincoln St. Paul Austin Cincinnati Scottsdale Riverside Glendale San Diego Durham Fresno Chula Vista Orlando Atlanta Boston Nashville San Jose city St. Petersburg Oakland Cleveland Riverside Long Beach Los Angeles Albuquerque San Jose Boise Sacramento Jersey City San Diego Boston Memphis Milwaukee Denver Santa Ana Irving Newark Greensboro Chesapeake Nashville 5 5 4 133 10 8 4 4 12 4 3 4 3 16 3 6 3 3 5 7 7 10 16 26 22 18 27 219 30 54 11 24 13 67 31 31 27 30 15 10 12 12 10 27 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 13. recreation and senior centers per 20,000 residents If a city has more than one park agency, their recreation and senior centers are combined. recreation and senior centers centers Per 20,000 residents recreation and senior centers centers Per 20,000 residents 2017 city park facts 27 14. snapshot tables 2016 If a city has more than one agency, their facilities are combined. For the full tables, visit tpl.org/cityparkfacts. Ball diamonds per 10,000 residents community garden plots per 1,000 residents BaLL diamonds BaLL diamonds Per 10,000 residents community Garden PLots PLots Per 1,000 residents Ball diamonds include both baseball and softball diamonds. Beaches per 100,000 residents BeacHes BeacHes Per 100,000 residents disc GoLF courses courses Per 100,000 residents 159 195 128 119 120 142 158 86 86 125 12 14 12 7 5 26 9 12 9 5 city St. Paul Minneapolis Pittsburgh Cincinnati St. Louis Cleveland Omaha Chesapeake Norfolk Tampa city Madison Virginia Beach Minneapolis Corpus Christi St. Petersburg San Diego Long Beach Boston Seattle Cleveland i t n w e n i r e h t a c 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.9 3.1 2.9 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.3 Washington, D.C. city Portland Madison Milwaukee Seattle San Francisco Arlington, Virginia Long Beach San Jose Baltimore 2,246 2,300 739 1,078 1,113 1,384 301 574 1,014 550 disc golf courses per 100,000 residents city Tulsa Durham Charlotte Lexington Fort Wayne Orlando Kansas City Cincinnati Anchorage Richmond city Cincinnati Fremont Colorado Springs Arlington, Virginia Irvine St. Petersburg Anaheim Portland Raleigh Virginia Beach 14 7 4 4 3 3 5 3 3 2 6 4 6 3 3 3 4 7 5 5 3.6 3.5 3.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 2.0 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 nature centers per 100,000 residents nature centers nature centers Per 100,000 residents Sherman Avenue Community Garden in the Bronx, NY 28 2017 city park facts 14. snapshot tables (cont.) Pickleball courts per 20,000 residents swimming pools per 100,000 residents PickLeBaLL courts PickLeBaLL courts Per 20,000 residents sWimminG PooLs PooLs Per 100,000 residents Washington, D.C. city Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Atlanta Omaha Philadelphia Tucson Henderson Denver tennis courts per 10,000 residents city Richmond Norfolk Winston-Salem Omaha Greensboro Atlanta Arlington, Virginia Boise St. Louis Virginia Beach 42 24 19 35 23 22 74 25 13 29 136 143 109 189 111 175 87 81 116 161 Swimming pools include both indoor and outdoor pools, four-foot minimum depth. tennis courts tennis courts Per 10,000 residents 10.9 7.9 6.1 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.3 6.1 5.8 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 city St. Paul Madison Omaha Chesapeake Albuquerque Baton Rouge Minneapolis Virginia Beach Colorado Springs Cincinnati 30 21 31 16 37 12 19 18 16 10 m o c . r k c i l f , n i t r a m . d l e a h c m i A pickleball tournament skateboard parks per 100,000 residents city Chula Vista Sacramento Henderson Las Vegas Long Beach Seattle Reno El Paso Colorado Springs Minneapolis 8 13 7 11 8 11 4 11 7 6 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 3.0 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 skateBoard Parks skateBoard Parks Per 100,000 residents e r i u g a m n i r e A boy does tricks at a skate park in Jesse Allen Park, Newark, NJ 2017 city park facts 29 15. spending by selected urban park conservancies 2016 Conservancies, nonprofit organizations that financially support public parks, are an increasingly popular park management model. Spending data for this sample is taken from a Trust for Public Land survey and the organizations’ 2016 IRS filings. It includes both operating and capital expenditures. PriVate GrouP Parks acres sPendinG Piedmont Park Conservancy Historic Fourth Ward Park Conservancy Mount Vernon Place Conservancy Emerald Necklace Conservancy Friends of Post Office Square Friends of the Public Garden Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Boston city Atlanta Atlanta Boston Boston Boston Baltimore Buffalo Chicago Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Houston Houston Houston Memphis Memphis New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Portland San Antonio San Diego San Jose St. Louis Washington, D.C. 14 10 1 2 1 5 1 3 6 6 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 163 12 62 185 835 17 6 2 82 15 12 25 5 12 850 100 12 445 13,000 280 184 3,200 11 640 20 843 30 7 6 585 25 1,146 17 2,250 1,957 7 5,171 246 1,200 240 500 146 $2,567,799 $26,000 $4,508,108 $1,343,395 $680,213 $1,848,578 $2,553,879 $3,507,795 $1,187,696 $1,750,005 $3,904,961 $521,847 $4,300,000 $6,629,612 $13,772,477 $3,237,407 $459,999 $380,725 $18,970,769 $404,634 $893,513 $2,435,482 $63,539,143 $72,407 $15,772,710 $4,290,932 $9,324,014 $2,388,362 $285,666 $3,176,841 $1,570,780 $13,136,902 $771,559 $498,906 $84,398 $1,950,796 $44,586,622 $527,612 $3,657,665 $7,120,167 Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy* Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance Millennium Park Foundation Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation* Civic Center Conservancy Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Discovery Green Conservancy Herman Park Conservancy Katy Prairie Conservancy* Overton Park Conservancy Shelby Farms Park Conservancy Broadway Mall Association Bronx River Alliance Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Central Park Conservancy Fort Greene Park Conservancy Friends of the High Line* Madison Square Park Conservancy* Prospect Park Alliance The Battery Conservancy* Van Cortlandt Conservancy* Myriad Gardens Foundation Fairmount Park Conservancy Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Western Pennsylvania Conservancy The Forest Park Conservancy Brackenridge Park Conservancy Balboa Park Conservancy Guadalupe River Park Conservancy Forest Park Forever Trust for the National Mall* * Indicates 2015 expenditures Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy* San Francisco 37 80,600 30 2017 city park facts These are the largest parks located within the boundaries of the 100 largest U.S. cities. Most are owned by the munici- pality, but some are owned by a state, a county, a regional agency, or the federal government. If a park extends beyond the boundary of the city, only the acreage within the city is noted here. 16. Largest parks 2016 the largest city parks Park McDowell Sonoran Preserve South Mountain Preserve Sonoran Preserve Cullen Park Mission Trails Regional Park Jefferson Memorial Forest Lake Stanley Draper Forest Park Lake Houston Wilderness Park Shooting Range Park Eagle Creek Park Griffith Park Loblolly Mitigation Preserve Mission Bay Park Far North Bicentennial Park Piestewa Peak Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge Rio Grande Valley State Park Park George Bush Park Longview Lake Park Shelby Farms Park Bear Creek Park Calero County Park Mission Creek Regional Preserve Percy Warner Park Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area American River Parkway Tijuana River Valley Regional Park Park Chugach State Park Franklin Mountains State Park Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve Topanga State Park Cary State Forest William B. Umstead State Park False Cape State Park Mustang Island State Park Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve Cavalier Wildlife Management Area 2017 city park facts the largest regional and county parks within a city the largest state parks located within a city city Scottsdale Phoenix Phoenix Houston San Diego Louisville Oklahoma City Portland Houston Albuquerque Indianapolis Los Angeles Jacksonville San Diego Anchorage Phoenix Fort Worth Albuquerque city Houston Kansas City Memphis Houston San Jose Fremont Nashville Portland Sacramento San Diego city Anchorage El Paso Honolulu Los Angeles Jacksonville Raleigh Virginia Beach Corpus Christi Jacksonville Chesapeake acres 30,500 16,306 9,487 9,270 6,932 6,218 6,190 5,172 4,787 4,596 4,284 4,282 4,201 4,108 3,924 3,766 3,630 3,186 acres 8,043 3,308 3,200 3,067 2,474 2,086 1,978 1,837 1,746 1,710 acres 464,318 25,809 9,951 8,873 8,322 5,571 4,321 4,219 3,994 3,770 31 17. oldest city parks These are the oldest U.S. city parks within the 100 largest cities. The date refers to the year of initial creation or acquisition; in the case of parks whose names have changed, the modern name is given. For a longer list of oldest parks, visit tpl.org/cityparkfacts. Park city year estaBLisHed 16. Largest parks (cont.) the largest federal parks located within a city Park Chugach National Forest Lake George Natural Landmark Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Gateway National Recreation Area Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Petroglyph National Monument Angeles National Forest city Anchorage Anchorage Chesapeake Jacksonville New Orleans Virginia Beach New York San Jose Albuquerque Los Angeles Boston Common Military Park Washington Park Franklin, Logan, Rittenhouse, Washington Squares Jackson Square San Pedro Springs Park Main Plaza Bowling Green Columbus, Pittman-Sullivan Parks El Pueblo De Los Angeles Historical Monument National Mall Garfield Park, Lafayette Square Public Square, Settlers Landing Park Duane Park Hamilton, Paulus Hook Park Tribeca Park Gravois, Laclede, Mount Pleasant Parks Battle Monument, Mount Vernon Square Park Centennial Regional Park Jackson Place Park Brinkley Park, Colonial Park, Confederate Park, Court Square Unity Island Broderick Park Ahearn Park Franklin Square, Patterson Parks Washington Square Park Cooper Triangle Market Square Abingdon Square Palmer Park Union Square Park Boston Newark Newark Philadelphia New Orleans San Antonio San Antonio New York City San Antonio Los Angeles Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Cleveland New York City Jersey City New York City St. Louis Baltimore Santa Ana St. Louis Memphis Buffalo Buffalo New York City Baltimore New York City New York City Buffalo New York City New Orleans New York City acres 245,653 192,192 50,469 31,486 25,361 9,180 7,683 6,800 5,164 3,696 1634 1667 1669 1682 1721 1729 1731 1733 1733 1781 1791 1792 1796 1797 1804 1810 1812 1815 1816 1816 1819 1823 1825 1825 1827 1827 1828 1830 1831 1833 1833 32 2017 city park facts 18. most-visited city parks by city This list includes only the most heavily visited park in a city. For a longer list of most-visited parks, including other parks within these cities, visit tpl.org/cityparkfacts. city Park acres annuaL Visitation Atlanta Austin Boston Chicago Colorado Springs Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee Minneapolis New York Oakland Orlando Phoenix San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle St. Louis St. Paul Washington, D.C. San Francisco New York Detroit Boston San Antonio Dallas Chicago Atlanta Pittsburgh Houston Philadelphia Oakland Milwaukee Orlando Washington, D.C. Piedmont Park Zilker Park Boston Common Lincoln Park Garden of the Gods Fair Park City Park Belle Isle Park Hermann Park Drew Field Swope Park Griffith Park Veterans Park Chain of Lakes Regional Park Central Park Lakeside Park Lake Eola South Mountain Park/Preserve San Antonio Riverwalk Mission Bay Park Golden Gate Park Green Lake Park Forest Park Como Regional Park National Mall and Memorial Parks Union Square High Line Campus Martius Park Norman B. Leventhal Park San Antonio Riverwalk Klyde Warren Park Millennium Park Centennial Olympic Park Point State Park Discovery Green Independence National Historical Park Lakeside Park/Lake Merritt Veterans Park Lake Eola Park National Mall and Memorial Parks 185 255 47 1,216 1,327 263 263 981 445 26 1,805 4,282 104 1,557 843 75 46 16,306 15 4,232 1,032 324 1,293 384 725 3 7 3 2 15 5 24 21 20 12 55 75 104 46 725 4,000,000 3,500,000 2,980,000 20,000,000 2,000,000 5,515,000 2,000,000 2,600,000 5,364,715 2,500,000 2,339,213 12,000,000 5,000,000 5,476,400 42,000,000 4,000,000 2,260,000 3,000,000 11,500,000 17,000,000 14,500,000 3,650,000 15,000,000 4,350,000 33,500,000 1,776,923 1,129,272 800,000 235,294 200,000 192,308 166,667 152,381 124,062 100,000 64,836 53,333 48,297 48,288 46,207 19. most-visited city parks per acre This list includes only the most heavily visited park per acre in a city. For a longer list of popular parks, including other parks within these cities, visit tpl.org/cityparkfacts. city Park acres annuaL Visitors Per acre 2017 city park facts 33 The Trust for Public Land 101 Montgomery St., Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94104 415.495.4014 Front top: Tom Evers; Front Bottom: Tegra Stone Nuess; Back: J. Avery Wham Photography. tpl.org