# Best Parks in Mexico City

From a 430-year-old colonial promenade to a forest of lakes, castles and museums. · community starter list

6 parks in Mexico City, including Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec, Mexico City). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Mexico](/mexico.md) / Mexico City
**Updated:** 2026-08-25 18:28:23

1. **[Bosque de Chapultepec](/e/bosque-de-chapultepec---1378.md)** (park) — One of the largest urban parks in Latin America, split into four sections with a castle, zoo, boating lakes and more than a dozen museums. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/destinos/cuantos-museos-hay-en-el-bosque-de-chapultepec/, https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/bosque-de-chapultepec/?lang=es
2. **[Alameda Central](/e/alameda-central---1379.md)** (park) — Created in 1592 on a former Tenochtitlan marketplace, the oldest public park in the Americas, lined with mythological fountains and statues. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2025/01/31/cual-es-el-parque-publico-ubicado-en-la-cdmx-y-considerado-el-mas-antiguo-de-america/, https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/alameda-central/?lang=es
3. **[Parque México](/e/parque-mexico---1380.md)** (park) — Art Deco park built in 1927 on the old Jockey Club racetrack, its elliptical streets still tracing the vanished hippodrome's oval. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2022/08/12/condesa-en-donde-se-encontraba-el-hipodromo-que-dio-nombre-a-esta-emblematica-colonia-de-la-cdmx/, https://godinchilango.com.mx/parque-mexico-un-rincon-de-historia-arte-naturaleza-y-arquitectura-en-el-corazon-de-la-condesa/
4. **[Viveros de Coyoacán](/e/viveros-de-coyoacan---1381.md)** (park) — A working tree nursery founded in 1901 by conservationist Miguel Ángel de Quevedo, now a shaded 39-hectare park popular with runners. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://matadornetwork.com/es/la-historia-de-los-viveros-de-coyoacan/, https://www.sopitas.com/mientras-tanto/la-historia-de-los-viveros-de-coyoacan/
5. **[Bosque de Tlalpan](/e/bosque-de-tlalpan---1382.md)** (park) — Pine and oak forest on volcanic ground from the Xitle eruption, protected since 1997, with trails for running, cycling and picnics. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.timeoutmexico.mx/ciudad-de-mexico/que-hacer/parque-nacional-bosque-de-tlalpan, https://fbt.org.mx/historia-del-bosque-de-tlalpan/
6. **[Parque Ecológico de Xochimilco](/e/parque-ecologico-de-xochimilco---1383.md)** (park) — 148-hectare wetland reserve next to the canals, a refuge for over 50 migratory bird species including pelicans that fly in from thousands of kilometers away. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://almomento.mx/parque-ecologico-de-xochimilco-un-refugio-clave-para-aves-migratorias/, https://oem.com.mx/la-prensa/metropoli/mas-de-50-especies-de-aves-migratorias-se-refugian-en-el-parque-ecologico-de-xochimilco-22134779

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