Parks Archives - Mexico City

Parque Leona Vicario

Ubicación Benito Juárez 12, Col. Centro, Alc. Tlalpan, 14000 CDMX

Parks Parks

Ottoman Clock / Plaza de Colegio de Niñas

Ubicación Calle de Bolívar 37 / esq Venustiano Carranza , Centro Histórico, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque José Refugio Ménez (Parque Odesa)

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

Parks Parks

Las Américas Park (Plaza de las Naciones Unidas)

Ubicación Caleta s/n, Col. Narvarte.

Parks Parks

Lake of the Aztec Kings

Ubicación Laguna de Cd. de Aztecas Ancon de los Reyes Los Reyes Acaquilpan, CDMX

Parks Parks

Cumbres del Ajusco National Park

Ubicación Cerro Pico del Águila km 21, Col. Héroes de 1910.

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.