Boston, Massachusetts has an extensive park and open space network that is managed by several agencies including the city's Department of Parks and Recreation. Parks cover about 17% of the city's area, and all residents are within a 10-minute walk of a park. Boston has 930 parks, according to The Trust for Public Land's ParkScore.

By neighborhood

Allston-Brighton

Brighton Common Cassidy Playground (Walter F. Cassidy Playground) Fidelis Way Park

Beacon Hill

Louisberg Square Phillips Street Park Temple Street Park

Charlestown

Galvin Memorial Park Winthrop Square

Downtown / Back Bay

Back Bay Fens Boston Common Boston Public Garden Clarendon Street Playlot Frieda Garcia Children's Park Jenney Plaza Norman B. Leventhal Park/Post Office Square Rose Kennedy Greenway Rowes Wharf Plaza Union Street Park

Dorchester

Dorchester Shores Reservation Franklin Park

East Boston

American Legion Playground Bremen Street Park East Boston Memorial Park Golden Stairs Terrace Park LoPresti Park McLean Playground Piers Park Putnam Square Park

Fenway/Kenmore

Commonwealth Avenue Mall Edgerly Road Playground Forsyth Park Ramler Park

Harbor Islands

Spectacle Island

Jamaica Plain

Anson Street Garden Arcola Street Community Park Arnold Arboretum Brewer-Burroughs Playground English High School Ball Fields Flaherty Park Forbes Street Playground Forest Hills Station Mall Park Forest Hills Preserve Hall/Boynton Street Garden Jamaica Pond Jefferson Playground Johnson Park Lawndale Terrace Garden Park McBride Garden Mozart Street Playground Murphy Field & Playground Nira Rock Urban Wild Nira Avenue Garden Olmsted Park Paul Gore Beecher Street Community Garden Parkman Memorial Park Rossmore and Stedman Street Park South Street Courts and Mall South Street Community Garden Southwest Corridor Park Train Park

Mission Hill

Back of the Hill Urban Wild Butterfly Garden Evans Way Park Iroquois Woods Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park Lawn Street Garden McLaughlin Playground Mission Hill Community Garden Mission Hill Playground Parker Hilltop/McLaughlin Woodlands Tobin Community Center Garden

Roslindale

Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild Park

South Boston

Carson Beach Castle Island

West Roxbury

Millennium Park

References

External links Popular Playgrounds and Parks In Boston City of Boston website