Which city has the largest park?

What Is the Largest Urban Park in the World? The largest park in the world contained within a metropolitan area and the largest urban park in the U.S. is Chugach State Park in Anchorage, Alaska. It is the largest city park in America by far, spanning 495,199.2 acres.



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The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km2), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska.

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City Park, a 1,300-acre (5.3 km2) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 87th largest and 20th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. City Park is approximately 50% larger than Central Park in New York City, the municipal park recognized by Americans nationwide as the archetypal urban greenspace.

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Top Ten Largest Parks:
  • Pelham Bay Park Bronx 2,765 acres.
  • Greenbelt, Staten Island 1,778 acres.
  • Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx 1,146 acres.
  • Flushing Meadows/Corona Park, Queens 898 acres.
  • Central Park, Manhattan 843 acres.
  • Marine Park, Brooklyn 798 acres.
  • Bronx Park, Bronx 718 acres.
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Central Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world. However, it is not the largest. The largest urban park in the world is actually Chugach State Park, which is in Anchorage, Alaska. This park covers an area of 495,199 acres.

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Central Park, New York City (42 million visitors) It is the country's most visited city park, and may also be one of the most famous parks in the world.

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The big 3 national parks: Yellowstone, Yosemite and Grand Canyon.

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Thirty states and two U.S. territories have a total of 63 national parks. California has the most with nine, followed by Alaska with eight, Utah with five, and Colorado with four. Here are all of the national parks listed by state.

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Phoenix Park is bigger than Central Park Visitors often wonder which of the two parks is bigger, and the answer is Phoenix Park. At 1,752 acres it positively dwarfs Central Park, which spans a mere 842 acres.

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Located in the farthest reaches of the Bronx, Pelham Bay is New York City's largest public park. It's 2,772 acres, more than three times the size of Central Park. The entire area, with miles of hiking trails and bridle paths, takes hours to explore.

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Most visitors are surprised by the sheer size of Golden Gate Park, which is 20% larger than New York City's Central Park, consisting of over 1,017 acres of land. Golden Gate Park is the city's lungs and is more than just a giant patch of grass destined for picnics and frisbees.

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Central Park. Central Park, probably the world's most famous park, is more than double the size of Hyde Park, at 3.41km2 to Hyde Park's 1.42km2 (that's without including Kensington Gardens). It also has its own zoo — and yes, two of London's parks also have zoos, but Hyde Park isn't one of them.

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