Parks Archives - Mexico City

Parque Santa Úrsula, Coyoacán

Ubicación San Benito 347 Pedregal de Sta Úrsula, Coyoacán, 04600 CDMX

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Parque de la Ciudadela

Ubicación José María Morelos, Colonia Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

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Utopia Meyehualco, Iztapasauria

Ubicación Avenida Genaro Estrada, Deportivo Santa Cruz Meyehualco, Alc. Iztapalapa, 09290 CDMX

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Ferrocaril Park, La Magdalena Contreras

Ubicación Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca, Esquina Álvaro Obregón, Col. Barranca Seca, Alc. Magdalena Contreras, 10910 CDMX

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Jardín Santiago Felipe Xicoténcatl (Parque Álamos)

Ubicación Isabel la Católica, Col Álamos, Alc Benito Juárez 03400 CDMX

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Jardín de Santiago, Tlatelolco

Ubicación Av. Ricardo Flores Magón, Tlatelolco, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06900 CDMX

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Mexico City's Parks and Public Plazas start with the Zócalo and extend in a hundred directions. The already massive Bosque de Chapultepec is dwarfed by a good handful of mountainous national parks.

These are flanked by dozens of public parks and city squares, of which the Alameda Central is just the most ornate. There are public spaces of every level of charm, naturalism, and even small town curious-ness.

You'll find sculptures and monuments, churches and cathedrals, and of course, the neighborhood centers - a thousand axes around which the capital turns.

But even some of old Tenochtitlan's canals (rios) and causeways (calzadas) are getting in on the act. As the city evolves, reclaiming green and public spaces has increasingly meant reclaiming natural waterways that haven't flowed freely for generations.

The Canal Nacional is just one such project. Others are simply lining more streets and through ways with more trees so they seem more like parks.

Here's a whole list of new—and re-newed—Mexico City parks, as of 2022.

Some others are squares almost forgotten in the mist of the past. These often serve as important neighborhood meeting points. For international visitors, they're a fascinating glimpse at Mexico City public, vibrant, and welcoming personality.