Mexico City

Bosque de Tlalpan Nature Reserve

Ubicación Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, 14738 CDMX

Parks Parks

Yautlica Environmental Culture Center & Park

Ubicación Av. de las Torres Sn, Amp Emiliano Zapata, Iztapalapa, 09638 CDMX

Parks Parks

Plaza de la Soledad

Ubicación Cuadrante de la Soledad s/n, Col. Centro, Venustiano Carranza, 15100 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque de los Olivos

Ubicación División del Nte. S/N, Col. La Loma, Alc. Tláhuac, 13529 CDMX

Parks Parks

Puente de Urrutia

Ubicación Puente de Urrutia s/n, San Gregorio Atlapulco, Xochimilco, 16600 CDMX

Parks Parks

Utopia Libertad

Ubicación Río Nilo, Col. Lomas de San Lorenzo, Alc. Iztapalapa, 09780 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.