# List of parks in Philadelphia

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 km$^2$). The Fairmount Park 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, the Roosevelt Boulevard and the Southern Boulevard Parkway, two farms and the Manayunk Canal. 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. 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. The new Parks & Recreation department also administers six older adult centers, three environmental education centers, 40 historic sites and 25 KEYSPOT computer labs.
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. Philadelphia has reserved 13.5% of its city acreage for parkland, which is the eighth highest percentage among the most densely populated cities.

## List of parks

| Park | Neighborhood / Area | Acres | Ref. |
| Fairmount Park | West | 2052 | |
| Wissahickon Valley Park | Northwest | 2042 | |
| Pennypack Park | Northeast | 1343 | |
| Cobbs Creek Park | West, Southwest | 851 | |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park | South | 348 | |
| Tacony Creek Park | Northeast | 304 | |
| Benjamin Rush State Park | Northeast | 275 | |
| Poquessing Creek Park | Northeast | 189 | |
| Morris Park | Overbrook | 147 | |
| John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum | Southwest | 145 | ‡ |
| Morris Arboretum | Chestnut Hill | 92 | |
| Hunting Park | North | 87 | |
| Burholme Park | Northeast | 85 | |
| Awbury Arboretum | Germantown | 55 | |
| Independence National Historical Park | Center City | 55 | |
| Fernhill Park | Northwest | 50 | † |
| Bartram's Garden | Southwest | 45 | |
| Wissinoming Park | Northeast | 42 | |
| Wister's Woods | North | 33 | † |
| Penn Park | University City | 24 | |
| Fisher Park | North | 23 | |
| Marconi Plaza | South | 23 | † |
| Glen Foerd on the Delaware | Northeast | 18 | |
| Stenton Park | North | 17 | † |
| Pastorius Park | Chestnut Hill | 16 | |
| Makefield Park | North | 15 | † |
| Tacony Park | Northeast | 13 | † |
| Jardel Park | Northeast | 12 | † |
| Bradford Park | Northeast | 9 | † |
| Clark Park | West | 9 | |
| Malcolm X Park | West | 6 | |
| Kingsessing Park | Southwest | 8.4 | |
| Penn Treaty Park | Fishtown | 8 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Cira Green | University City | 1.3 | |
| Columbus Square | Passyunk Square | 4.6 | † |
| Wharton Square | South | 4.6 | † |
| Stephen Girard Park | Girard Estate | 4 | |
| Dickinson Square Park | Pennsport | 3 | |
| Jefferson Square | Southwark | 3 | |
| Mifflin Square | South | 4.6 | † |
| Starr Garden Park | Queen Village | 2.2 | |
| Pier 68 | Pennsport | 0.8 | † |
| Gold Star Park | South | 1 | † |
| 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

## Gallery

* John Heinz NWR at Tinicum
* Eakins Oval
* Pastorius Park
* Washington Monument
* Tookany Creek