Mexico City

Bosque de Nativitas

Ubicación Camino a Nativitas 500, Xaltocan, Xochimilco, 16090 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque del Obrero, Venustiano Carranza

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

Parks Parks

Jardín Hidalgo

Ubicación Av. Juárez S/n, Col San Pedro de Cuajimalpa, Alc. Cuajimalpa de Morelos, 05000 CDMX

Parks Parks

Cumbres del Ajusco National Park

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

Parks Parks

Parque Lineal Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca

Ubicación 11310 de Dos Lagos, Miguel Hidalgo 11310 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque Rosendo Arnaiz

Ubicación Av. San Antonio 352, Col Nonoalco, Benito Juárez, 03700 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.