# Best Parks in Taipei

Taipei's green spaces, from a colonial-era botanical garden and a giant volcanic national park to a hilltop wetland reserve and a downtown memorial park. · community starter list

7 parks in Taipei, including Daan Forest Park (Da'an, Taipei). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.

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**Updated:** 2026-09-05 21:38:06

1. **[Daan Forest Park](/e/daan-forest-park---1930.md)** (park) — 26-hectare park opened March 29, 1994 on a Japanese-era "Lot 7" park site later occupied by military-dependents' villages demolished from 1992; a dense forest often called Taipei's "lungs." — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://time.udn.com/udntime/story/122392/5958297, https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%89%E6%A3%AE%E6%9E%97%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92
2. **[Yangmingshan National Park](/e/yangmingshan-national-park---1931.md)** (park) — 11,338-hectare park established September 16, 1985; centered on the Datun volcanic group, with fumaroles, sulfur vents and a white, mineral-tinted Milk Lake among its geothermal features. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://storystudio.tw/article/gushi/yangmingshan-national-park, https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%99%BD%E6%98%8E%E5%B1%B1%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92
3. **[Taipei Botanical Garden](/e/taipei-botanical-garden---1932.md)** (park) — Taiwan's first botanical garden, begun as a nursery in 1896 and formally named in 1921; now an 8-hectare garden run by the Forestry Research Institute, holding over 2,000 plant species. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8C%97%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92, https://www.tfri.gov.tw/News_Content3.aspx?n=7511&s=16021
4. **[228 Peace Memorial Park](/e/228-peace-memorial-park---1933.md)** (park) — Taiwan's first European-style urban park, designed 1905 and completed 1908 as Taipei New Park; renamed 228 Peace Memorial Park on February 28, 1996 when its memorial monument was unveiled. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://tcmb.culture.tw/zh-tw/detail?indexCode=Culture_Place&id=613115, https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E4%BA%8C%E5%85%AB%E5%92%8C%E5%B9%B3%E7%B4%80%E5%BF%B5%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92
5. **[Guandu Nature Park](/e/guandu-nature-park---1934.md)** (park) — 55-hectare wetland at the Tamsui-Keelung confluence, made a nature reserve in 1986 and a public nature park by the city in 1996; managed by the Taipei Wild Bird Society as a migratory-bird habitat. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://gd-park.org.tw/, https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%97%9C%E6%B8%A1%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92
6. **[Beitou Park](/e/beitou-park---1935.md)** (park) — 3.98-hectare park opened June 17, 1913 as Taiwan's first hot-spring park; its Victorian-style public bathhouse got 1997 heritage status and reopened in 1998 as the Beitou Hot Spring Museum. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.travelrich.com.tw/news/taiwannews/taiwannews6328.html, https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E5%8C%97%E6%8A%95%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92
7. **[Dajia Riverside Park](/e/dajia-riverside-park---1936.md)** (park) — Riverside park on land made by the 1990s Keelung River straightening project; its landmark Hope Fountain shoots water 75 metres high, and it hosted the 2010 Taipei Flora Expo. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E5%A4%A7%E4%BD%B3%E6%B2%B3%E6%BF%B1%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92, https://heo.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=E65DBD99C91AEAC4&s=0A0218A08C6748A8&sms=3A0FD6D3764BFBA7

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