Calgary’s parks are one of the best things about living here. The table below covers every major park in the city: where it is, whether it has public washrooms, and anything worth knowing before you go. Use the filters to narrow it down by quadrant, neighbourhood, or washrooms.
One exception: Fish Creek is included below, but it is not a City park. It sits inside Calgary’s city limits yet runs as a provincial park under Alberta Parks and provincial jurisdiction, not the City of Calgary.
I am turning the most interesting parks into full photo guides over time. Park names that link below have a guide ready.
Showing 74 parks
| Park | Quadrant | Neighbourhood | Washrooms? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Park A riverside family recreation park built on the grounds of a former tuberculosis institution, with landscaped promenades, archways and a grass amphitheatre overlooking the Bow River. Google Maps: Baker Park |
Northwest | Bowness | Yes |
| Barb Scott Park A small Beltline park named for a 24-year alderman, built on a former schoolyard and best known for the Chinook Arc, an interactive light sculpture visitors control with hand gestures. Google Maps: Barb Scott Park |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| Battalion Park A hilltop memorial park commemorating First World War battalions, known for the large regimental numbers (137, 113, 151, 51) formed from stones hauled up the hill by soldiers. Google Maps: Battalion Park |
Southwest | Signal Hill | Unknown |
| Beaulieu Gardens The terraced formal gardens wrapping around the 1891 Lougheed House in the Beltline, with tiered lawns, flower beds and walkways managed as a cultural landscape. Google Maps: 707 13 Ave. S.W. |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| Beaverdam Flats A 43-hectare natural area along the east bank of the Bow River, named for the beaver dams once found on its flats. Good for birdwatching, with ducks, eagles and woodpeckers among the poplars and shrubs. Google Maps: 62 Ave SE and 16 St SE / Lynnview Rd SE |
Southeast | Lynnview | Unknown |
| Big Marlborough Park A large community park bordered by the Marlborough Park Community Centre and several schools, offering outdoor skating, tennis, ball diamonds, soccer fields, playgrounds, disc golf and a toboggan hill. Google Maps: Big Marlborough Park |
Northeast | Marlborough Park | Unknown |
| Bottomlands Park A park just off Deerfoot Trail along the Nose Creek pathway, north of TELUS Spark, with city views, play fields, a playground and an off-leash area. Google Maps: Bottomlands Park |
Northeast | Winston Heights | Unknown |
| Bowmont Park A large natural park of about 164 hectares along the north bank of the Bow River, created in the early 1980s and named for the nearby Bowness and Montgomery communities, known for its riverine forest and Waterfall Valley lookout. Google Maps: Bowmont Park |
Northwest | Silver Springs | Unknown |
| Bowness Park One of Calgary's most popular parks, built before the First World War as a weekend retreat, centred on a shallow lagoon used for paddle boating in summer and free skating in winter. Google Maps: Bowness Park |
Northwest | Bowness | Yes |
| Bridlewood Wetlands A six-hectare constructed wetland in the Bridlewood community, integrated into the neighbourhood's water management system, with a boardwalk, viewing platform and abundant waterfowl. Google Maps: 45 Bridlecreek Park S.W. |
Southwest | Bridlewood | Unknown |
| Carburn Park A 135-hectare natural park along the Bow River built around two man-made ponds. Known for fishing, canoeing, birdlife and a seasonal skating rink. Google Maps: 67 Riverview Dr SE |
Southeast | Riverbend | Yes (year-round, 7 AM to 10 PM) |
| Central Memorial Park Calgary's oldest park, a formal Victorian-style garden in the Beltline holding the cenotaph, Boer War and First World War memorials, and the historic Memorial Park Library. Google Maps: 1221 2 St. S.W. |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| Century Gardens A downtown park created in 1975 for Calgary's centennial, recognizable for its brutalist waterfalls and fountains, plus a splash pad and a 3-on-3 basketball court added in 2023. Google Maps: 826 8 Ave. S.W. |
Downtown | Downtown | Yes (public washrooms listed) |
| Confederation Park A crescent-shaped, 162-hectare park created in 1967 for Canada's centennial, built around a central wetland stream and home to a golf course and the annual Lions Festival of Lights. Google Maps: 24 Ave. & 14 St. N.W. to 30 Ave. & 10 St. N.W. |
Northwest | Collingwood | Yes (year-round, approx 7 AM – 8:30 PM weather pending) |
| Connaught Park A Beltline neighbourhood park dating to 1935 and repeatedly upgraded, now with a fenced off-leash dog area that includes a dedicated space for small dogs. Google Maps: Connaught Park |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| Cowboys Park Downtown's big activity and event park in the west end, home to Canada's largest outdoor skatepark plus basketball, beach volleyball, climbing boulders and the Cowboys Music Festival. Google Maps: 1220 9 Ave. S.W. |
Downtown | Downtown West End | Unknown |
| Crescent Park A historic park developed through the 1920s to 1940s with dense perimeter plantings typical of the era, still offering a skating rink, curling club, tennis courts and ball diamonds. Google Maps: Crescent Park |
Northwest | Crescent Heights | Unknown |
| Dale Hodges Park A park named for Calgary's longest-serving council member that doubles as a working stormwater treatment facility, making the journey of runoff to the Bow River visible alongside public art installations. Google Maps: Dale Hodges Park |
Northwest | Silver Springs | Unknown |
| Devonian Gardens A large indoor botanical garden on 8th Avenue SW, opened in 1977 and overhauled in 2012, filled with tropical plants, koi ponds, waterfalls, a living plant wall and a playground. Google Maps: 8 Ave. S.W. between 2nd and 3rd St. |
Downtown | Downtown | Unknown |
| Douglas Fir Trail A wooded escarpment trail along the Bow River valley known for its rare inland stand of old-growth Douglas-fir trees, dramatic river views, and the leaning 'drunken forest' caused by slope creep. Closed in winter and early spring due to ice. Google Maps: Douglas Fir Trail |
Southwest | Spruce Cliff | Unknown |
| Eau Claire Plaza A Bow River plaza linking Eau Claire to Prince's Island, rebuilt as a year-round gathering space and reopened in summer 2025 with a playground, urban beach, misting fountains and the 1988 Olympic Arch. Google Maps: 139 Barclay Parade SW |
Downtown | Eau Claire | Unknown |
| Edgemont Ravine A network of steep-sided ravines entirely surrounded by the Edgemont community, featuring one of the city's first constructed marshes and trails popular for bird and deer watching. Google Maps: 9401 Edgebrook Blvd. N.W. |
Northwest | Edgemont | Unknown |
| Edworthy Park A large riverfront park along the Bow River with a history as a market garden and sandstone quarry in the 1800s; crossed by active railway tracks with posted safety rules for visitors. Google Maps: Edworthy Park |
Southwest | Spruce Cliff | Unknown |
| Elliston Park A huge 415-hectare park in the southeast, home to a 20-hectare storm water pond. Hosts the annual Globalfest fireworks and has playgrounds, picnic shelters and an off-leash area. Google Maps: 1827 68 St SE |
Southeast | Applewood | Yes (seasonal) |
| Enoch Park A small 0.33-hectare downtown pocket park next to Pixel Park, built for relaxing and community events. Has a seasonal water station with misting features for hot days. Google Maps: 305 11 Ave SE |
Southeast | Beltline | Unknown |
| Fish Creek Provincial Park A huge provincial park woven through Calgary's deep south, with more than 80 km of pathways, the historic Bow Valley Ranche and Sikome Lake. Note: run by Alberta Parks under provincial jurisdiction, not the City of Calgary. Google Maps: Fish Creek Provincial Park |
Southwest / Southeast | Various south Calgary communities | Yes (at major day-use areas) |
| Griffith Woods A 93-hectare protected natural area along the Elbow River with flat, easy trails through sensitive spruce and poplar forest that supports moose, deer and many bird species. Bear-aware precautions advised; fires prohibited. Google Maps: Griffith Woods |
Southwest | Discovery Ridge | Unknown |
| Harmony Park A Chinatown green space given the Chinese name 和園 (Harmony Park), honouring peace and togetherness while acknowledging the racism in the park's past. Google Maps: Harmony Park |
Downtown | Chinatown | Unknown |
| Haskayne Legacy Park A 126-hectare regional park opened in 2023 on the city's northwest edge, evoking traditional ranchlands with native fescue grassland, a pavilion, and pathways linking to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park and Bearspaw Reservoir views. Google Maps: 9000 149 St. N.W. |
Northwest | Tuscany | Yes (open during park hours, east of pavilion) |
| Haultain Park A natural riverside park on the escarpment and river flats, tied to the 1894 Haultain School (Calgary's first sandstone school) and crossed by a 1992 military-built 'sappers bridge.' Google Maps: 225 13 Ave SW |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| Humpy Hollow Park A Beltline park at 17th Avenue and Centre Street, named by schoolchildren in 1976 for its lumpy terrain, with an enclosed synthetic-turf off-leash area, a covered stage and the 1896 McHugh House. Google Maps: 17 Ave. S.W. and Centre St. S. |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Centre A federally designated migratory bird sanctuary on the Bow River with a nature centre, on land first settled in 1883 and later farmed as market gardens. Google Maps: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Centre |
Southeast | Inglewood | Unknown |
| J.H. Woods A small historic park named for publisher and philanthropist James H. Woods, home to Calgary's first public swimming pool (1914, now a historic site), two memorial gardens and a bronze sculpture. Google Maps: J.H. Woods |
Southwest | Elbow Park | Unknown |
| Jack Long Park A small Inglewood green space west of the Alexandra Centre named for architect and community activist Jack Long, redeveloped and reopened in 2022 with a natural play area and picnic spots. Google Maps: 922 9 Ave. S.E. |
Southeast | Inglewood | Unknown |
| Lawrey Gardens A natural garden park built around ponds created from an old slough, known for wildflowers, frogs, garter snakes and shoreline birdlife along the Bow River. Google Maps: Lawrey Gardens |
Southwest | Unknown | Unknown |
| Laycock Park A creekside park along Nose Creek south of 64 Avenue NE, named for a pioneering farming family, with pathways, a playground, a sheltered picnic area and an off-leash section. Google Maps: Laycock Park |
Northeast | Thorncliffe | Unknown |
| Lindsay Park A park named for pioneer rancher Dr. Neville Lindsay, home to the MNP Community and Sport Centre and linked by pedestrian bridge toward 17th Avenue. Google Maps: Lindsay Park |
Southeast | Erlton | Unknown |
| Lois Szabo Commons A pocket commons in the Beltline opened in 2021 to honour LGBTQ2S+ pioneer Lois Szabo, with a concrete ping-pong table, flexible event space and social seating. Google Maps: 936 16 Ave. S.W. |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| McHugh Bluff A grassy bluff park above the Bow River known for dramatic skyline views, especially at night, with a stairway and viewing platform descending the slope. Google Maps: McHugh Bluff |
Northwest | Hillhurst | Unknown |
| Mills Park One of Calgary's first natural play spaces, redeveloped with nature-based play elements like a slackline course, wooden swings, musical instruments and a tree orchard instead of traditional structures. Google Maps: 9 Avenue and 14 Street S.E. |
Southeast | Inglewood | Unknown |
| Munro Park A popular inner-city park established in 1948 that serves as a community gathering place near major transit routes, with a soccer field, playground, looped pathway and fitness equipment. Google Maps: Munro Park |
Northeast | Winston Heights-Mountview | Unknown |
| Nat Christie Park A small park on the south Bow River pathway in the downtown west end, displaying nine sandstone sculptures carved during a 1998 symposium at Prince's Island. Google Maps: Bow River Pathway between 10 St. and 14 St. S.W. |
Downtown | Downtown West End | Unknown |
| North Glenmore Park A busy year-round park on the north shore of the Glenmore Reservoir offering winter activities like a skating ice trail and cross-country skiing plus summer canoeing, tennis courts, picnic sites and fire pits. Google Maps: North Glenmore Park |
Southwest | Lakeview | Unknown |
| Nose Hill Park One of the largest urban parks in Canada, protecting a significant stretch of rough fescue grassland with sweeping vistas of the Rockies, the Bow Valley and the eastern plains, plus roaming deer and coyotes. Google Maps: Nose Hill Park |
Northwest | Borders Edgemont, Hamptons | Unknown |
| Old Refinery Park A remediated former oil refinery site along the Bow River, now a naturalized park of riverine forest and grassland that draws large concentrations of waterfowl. Google Maps: Old Refinery Park |
Southeast | Lynnwood | Unknown |
| Peace Park A quiet memorial park built around a sandstone arch honouring the dead of the First and Second World Wars and Korea, salvaged from a demolished office block and rebuilt here in 1992. Google Maps: 8 St SW and 2 Ave SW |
Downtown | Downtown Core | Unknown |
| Pearce Estate Park A 21-hectare Bow River bend park with a 15-hectare reconstructed wetland, interpretive trails, and the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery and Bow Habitat Station. Google Maps: 1440 17A St. S.E. |
Southeast | Inglewood | Unknown |
| Poetic Park A downtown park opened in 2013 on a former gravel lot, designed as a calm urban plaza for reading, lunch breaks and small gatherings, with public art. Google Maps: Poetic Park |
Downtown | Downtown | Unknown |
| Poppy Plaza A war memorial plaza at Memorial Drive and 10th Street NW pairing a folded wood deck around a heritage tree with a weathering steel wall etched with wartime quotes from world leaders and citizens. Google Maps: Memorial Dr. & 10 St. N.W. |
Northwest | Hillhurst | Unknown |
| Prairie Winds Park A large northeast destination park redeveloped in 2016-2017 with a playscape and upgraded wading pool, set on 16 hectares with a hilltop lookout and seating area. Google Maps: 223 Castleridge Blvd. N.E. |
Northeast | Castleridge | Unknown |
| Prince's Island Park A 20-hectare island park in the Bow River and one of Calgary's busiest green spaces, hosting the Calgary Folk Fest and Canada Day celebrations alongside gardens, pathways, a playground and the River Café. Google Maps: 4 St. and 1 Ave. S.W. |
Downtown | Downtown | Yes (year-round under River Café, plus seasonal) |
| Pumphouse Park A riverside park beside Calgary's historic early-1900s waterworks pumphouse, with picnic tables, barbecues, fire pits, a playground and Bow River pathway access near the Pumphouse Theatre. Google Maps: 2140 Pumphouse Ave SW |
Southwest | Sunalta | Unknown |
| Ralph Klein Park A 30-hectare park built around one of Canada's largest constructed wetlands, with a LEED Platinum environmental education centre, community orchard and natural playground. Dogs not permitted. Google Maps: 12350 84 St. S.E. |
Southeast | Shepard | Yes (year-round (outdoor washrooms available during park hours)) |
| Ranchlands Park A natural parkland set aside to preserve a ranch-like landscape, notable as one of the last remnants of northwest Calgary's glacial knobs-and-kettles terrain with native grassland and wildflowers. Google Maps: Ranchlands Park |
Northwest | Ranchlands | Unknown |
| Reader Rock Garden A historic hillside garden created in 1913 by parks superintendent William Reader, restored and reopened in 2006, with alpine plantings plus a cafe and classroom space. Google Maps: Reader Rock Garden |
Southeast | Erlton | Unknown |
| Riley Park A well-used inner-city park featuring a cricket pitch, wading pool, playground and the Senator Patrick Burns Memorial rock gardens built from 20,000 pieces of flagstone. Google Maps: Riley Park |
Northwest | Hillhurst | Yes (seasonal) |
| River Park A southwest park set on the ridge above Sandy Beach, best known for its large designated off-leash dog area. Google Maps: River Park |
Southwest | Britannia | Unknown |
| Rotary Park A hilltop park north of Memorial Drive with the Jim Fish Ridge viewpoint, offering a spray park, accessible playground, off-leash area, tennis courts and lawn bowling. Google Maps: 617 1 St. N.E. |
Northeast | Winston Heights | Yes (seasonal) |
| Rouleauville Square A small historic square in front of St. Mary's Cathedral in Mission, named for Charles and Edward Rouleau of the original French settlement, with a walkway, interpretive signs and a sculpted brick mural. Google Maps: Rouleauville Square |
Downtown | Mission | Unknown |
| Sandy Beach A popular Elbow River park below River Park with many picnic sites and shelters, inclusive and standard playgrounds, and canoe and raft access to the river. Google Maps: Sandy Beach |
Southwest | Britannia | Yes (seasonal) |
| Shouldice Park A major athletic park on land donated by pioneer James Shouldice, offering bookable soccer and baseball fields, tennis courts and a large accessible playground. Google Maps: Shouldice Park |
Northwest | Montgomery | Unknown |
| Sien Lok Park Chinatown's green space along the Bow River pathway, created in 1982 with a Chinese pagoda, a tai chi area, a playground and a granite sculpture honouring Chinese history in Canada. Google Maps: Sien Lok Park |
Downtown | Chinatown | Unknown |
| South Glenmore Park A major south-shore Glenmore Reservoir park home to the Variety Children's Park inclusive playground and water park, the Glenmore Sailing School, a musical legacy garden, bike pump track and spray park. Google Maps: South Glenmore Park |
Southwest | Lakeview | Unknown |
| St. Patrick's Island Park A 31-hectare island park in the Bow River between East Village and Bridgeland, restored and reopened in 2015 with trails, a plaza and amphitheatre, play areas, wetlands and the Bloom light sculpture. Google Maps: 1300 Zoo Rd. N.E. |
Downtown | East Village | Yes (public washrooms) |
| Stanley Park A 21-hectare Elbow River park that is a favourite for picnicking, with an outdoor swimming pool, lawn bowling club, tennis courts, toboggan hill and the small Princess Obolensky Park within its north end. Google Maps: 330 42 Ave SW |
Southwest | Elbow Park | Yes (year-round (7am-10pm Apr-Oct; 9am-6pm Nov-Mar)) |
| Strathcona Ravine A 23-hectare environmental reserve of two ravines tucked between the Strathcona and Christie Park communities, with trails, a boardwalk over a seasonal wetland stream, and rich birdlife. Google Maps: Strathcona Ravine |
Southwest | Strathcona | Unknown |
| Sue Higgins Park A Bow River natural area with an island, marshes and grasslands that is prime birdwatching habitat, home to waterfowl, songbirds and beavers. Google Maps: Sue Higgins Park |
Southeast | Douglasdale | Unknown |
| Thomson Family Park A historic Beltline green space on 11th Street SW, first developed as a lawn bowling green in 1929 and now a public park threaded with stormwater-filtering soil cells under the sidewalk. Google Maps: Thomson Family Park |
Downtown | Beltline | Unknown |
| Tom Campbell's Hill A small natural park protecting rough fescue grassland, with an interpretive exhibit, an excellent skyline view, and habitat for woodpeckers and Richardson's ground squirrels. Google Maps: Tom Campbell's Hill |
Northeast | Bridgeland | Unknown |
| Tomkins Park A small park established in 1915 on donated land, with walkways, a gazebo and an automated public toilet. Google Maps: Tomkins Park |
Downtown | Beltline | Yes (automated public toilet) |
| Valleyview Park A 10.5-hectare southeast park overlooking downtown with a seasonal spray park, beach volleyball courts, ball diamonds, playgrounds and an artificial pond. Google Maps: 3224 26 St. S.E |
Southeast | Dover | Yes (seasonal) |
| Weaselhead Flats A 237-hectare natural area at the mouth of the Elbow River forming the city's only river delta, with hiking trails, cross-country skiing, one of Calgary's largest conifer stands, and excellent wildlife viewing including bears. Google Maps: 66 Ave. and 37 St. S.W. |
Southwest | Lakeview | Yes (seasonal) |
| West Confederation Park A 164-hectare park in the northwest offering a spray park, sports playfields and a seasonal outdoor skating rink. Google Maps: 2020 Chicoutimi Dr. N.W. |
Northwest | Collingwood | Unknown |
| West Nose Creek Park A 73-hectare park along West Nose Creek known for the Split Rock glacial erratic, beaver dams and lodges, a meandering riparian zone and an off-leash area. Google Maps: 300 Beddington Tr. N.E. |
Northeast | Greenview | Unknown |