Mexico City

Parque Pascual Ortiz Rubio

Ubicación Avenida Félix Cuevas, Col del Valle V, Alc. Benito Juárez, 03100 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque La Loma

Ubicación Av. de los Fresnos, Col. Torres de Potrero, Alc. Álvaro Obregón, 01770 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque José Refugio Ménez (Parque Odesa)

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

Parks Parks

Parque Azcatl Paqui

Ubicación Cam. a Sta. Lucía, Col San Miguel Amantla, Azcapotzalco, 02750 CDMX

Parks Parks

Sierra de Guadalupe (Nisperos Entrance)

Ubicación Calle Nísperos, Zona de Conservación Ecológica, Gustavo A. Madero, 07140 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque de la Paz, Tlatelolco

Ubicación Av. Ricardo Flores Magón s/n, Col. Nonoalco Tlatelolco.

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.