Best Parks in Los Angeles
9 parks in Los Angeles, including Griffith Park (Los Feliz, Los Angeles). 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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Griffith Park
parkLos Feliz, Los Angeles
Los Angeles's largest municipal park, 4,310 acres of chaparral wilderness and landscaped grounds donated to the city by Griffith J. Griffith in 1896; home to the Observatory and LA Zoo.
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Elysian Park
parkElysian Park, Los Angeles
The city's oldest public park, created by ordinance in 1886; roughly 600 acres of hillside trails near Dodger Stadium with skyline views from Angel's Point.
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Echo Park Lake
parkEcho Park, Los Angeles
Reservoir built in 1868 turned recreational lake in Echo Park, with swan boats and an annual Lotus Festival; underwent a $45 million renovation completed in 2013.
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Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
160-acre hillside park above Hollywood, popular for steep hiking loops and its off-leash dog areas; part of it burned in the January 2025 Sunset Fire.
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MacArthur Park
parkWestlake, Los Angeles
Westlake park dating to the 1880s, originally called Westlake Park before its 1942 renaming; its lake and 2007 Levitt Pavilion followed a 2000s redevelopment after decades of decline.
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Montecito Heights, Los Angeles
282-acre nature reserve in Montecito Heights with miles of hiking trails; its Audubon Center, opened in 2003, was the first LEED Platinum-certified building in the US.
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Exposition Park, Los Angeles
Sunken rose garden in Exposition Park, planted in 1927 with 15,000 bushes and renamed the next year; now home to more than 20,000 bushes and listed on the National Register since 1991.
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Silver Lake, Los Angeles
2.5-acre passive-recreation lawn on the reservoir's east side in Silver Lake, opened by the city in April 2011 for picnicking and kite-flying; no dogs or team sports allowed.
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Echo Park, Los Angeles
10.5-acre park on a former oil field just west of downtown's Civic Center in Echo Park; run jointly by LAUSD, the city and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority.
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