Mexico City

Parque Lineal Gran Canal

Ubicación Col. Ampliación Venustiano Carranza, Alc. Venustiano Carranza, 15339 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque del Obrero, Venustiano Carranza

Ubicación Avenida del Taller, Col. Aarón Sáenz, Alc. Venustiano Carranza, 15870 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque Aztlán, Chapultepec

Ubicación Av. de los Compositores s/n, Bosque de Chapultepec II Secc, Alc. Miguel Hidalgo, 11800 CDMX

Parks Parks

Embarcadero Nuevo Nativitas

Ubicación Carretera Nativas Tulyehualco-Xochimilco s/n, Santa María Nativas, 16450 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque Manuel Bernal “Tío Polito”

Ubicación Avenida Colonia del Valle 637, Col del Valle Centro, Benito Juárez, 03100 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque José Refugio Ménez (Parque Odesa)

Ubicación Andalucía, cols. Postal/Miguel Alemán, Benito Juárez, 03410 CDMX

Parks Parks

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.