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Government Canyon State Natural Area: San Antonio: United States Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: 12,244.0 4,955.0 Opened to the public in October 2005, the natural area consists of rugged hills, and canyons typical of the Texas Hill Country. — [note 1] Trinity River Project Dallas: United States Government of Dallas: 10,000.0 4,046.9
This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2020 census populations. An urban area is defined by the Census Bureau as a contiguous set of census blocks that are "densely developed residential, commercial, and other nonresidential areas".
Shelby Farms is a public park located in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, in East Memphis.It is one of the largest urban parks in the US and the world, at a size of 4,500 acres (1,800 ha) and covers more than five times the area of Central Park in New York City with 843 acres (341 ha).
White River State Park. Indianapolis This urban state park, one of the nation's largest, brings 250 acres of green space, seven major attractions, and a scenic canal into the heart of downtown.
A map showing major greenspaces in New York City: 1) Central Park, 2) Van Cortlandt Park, 3) Bronx Park, 4) Pelham Bay Park, 5) Flushing Meadows Park, 6) Forest Park, 7) Prospect Park, 8) Floyd Bennett Field, 9) Jamaica Bay, A) Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden, B) Fort Wadsworth, C) Miller Field, D) Great Kills Park Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.
Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2 ).
[3] [4] The park covers 4,310 acres (1,740 ha) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. [5] It is the second-largest city park in California, after Mission Trails Preserve in San Diego, and the 11th-largest municipally-owned park in the United States. [6]
Memorial Park, a municipal park in Houston, Texas, is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. Opened 101 years ago in 1924, the park covers approximately 1,466 acres (5.9 km 2) mostly inside the 610 Loop, across from the neighborhood of Memorial.