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Montgomery County, Maryland has awesome parks especially in a mostly urban environment. I am biased - I work there. We have so much diversity - nature centers, lakes, trails, ballfields, ice rinks, playgrounds, tennis courts, light shows, butterfly exhibits, and more. Right outside of the nation's capital.
Montgomery County, Maryland has awesome parks especially in a mostly urban environment. I am biased - I work there. We have so much diversity - nature centers, lakes, trails, ballfields, ice rinks, playgrounds, tennis courts, light shows, butterfly exhibits, and more. Right outside of the nation's capital.
I would call it completely suburban. Very nice parks though, you are correct.
Minneapolis is often cited as having one of, if not THE, best park systems in the country. It's certainly the best of any city we've lived in (although some cities have individual parks that I like better than any one park in Minneapolis). In any case, it's often held up as an example of excellent urban park system design, as well it should. I believe the amount of land dedicated to parks per capita is among the highest in the country, and the system is set up so that everyone has easy access to parks. The bigger park areas are mostly all connected, too, via parkways and biking/walking trails.
Toronto and Hamilton might not have the best park systems, but they are still great.
Hamilton, despite often being known as an industrial port city has some quite nice parks, mostly around the Niagara Escarpment where there are plenty of waterfalls and the waterfront from Burlington to Stoney Creek.
Here are a some pictures I took last summer: Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket
Toronto has a great network of ravines with lots of trails. And while the waterfront is often criticized, it's only the most visible part of it, which consists of a few blocks downtown and the Portlands that isn't that nice (and progress has been made on that front). Beyond downtown though, you have Bluffers Park, Ashbridges Bay Park, Tommy Thompson Park, the Toronto Islands, a few urban parks from HTO park to Coronation Park and a string of parks further west from Marilynn Bell Park to Humber Bay Park.
My favourite parks in Toronto are:
1. Bluffers Park
2. Rouge Park
3. High Park
4. Ashbridges Bay Park
5. Don River Park
There's only one picture from High Park and hardly anything on the West waterfront parks and nothing of the Toronto Islands, Humber River parks, Don River parks and Credit River parks which are all quite nice.
The City of Denver provides over 200 city and mountain parks, and several more rivers and trail areas for the enjoyment of residents and visitors year round.
The system consists of 22 developed parks and 24 conservation/wilderness areas encompassing approximately 14,141 acres of mountain and foothills land owned by the City of Denver.
The City of Denver provides over 200 city and mountain parks, and several more rivers and trail areas for the enjoyment of residents and visitors year round.
The system consists of 22 developed parks and 24 conservation/wilderness areas encompassing approximately 14,141 acres of mountain and foothills land owned by the City of Denver.
Having just visited Red Rocks for the first time, I agree
My daughter is getting married at Red Rocks next fall. (Not at the amphitheater)
It's a very cool place. Capped off my snowboard trip nicely. I'm glad someone had the idea to build it. Gorgeous view - excepting the smog.
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