Cities with the best parks

If you can't tell by now, I love parks. The main reason that I love parks are because they provide physical activity, which allows individuals to stay and to start becoming healthy. Parks provide economic benefits by improving property values. They provide social interaction that help maintain community cohesion. The leisure activities in parks improve moods, reduce stress and enhance a sense of wellness. More people have come to realize that they achieve the feeling of relaxation and peacefulness when in contact with nature, recreation and exposure to natural open spaces. It's proven that people go to the park to get in a better mood and to decrease the anxieties of daily life. Parks also promote recreational programs which provide organized, structured, enjoyable activities for all ages. One of the goals for public parks is therapeutic recreation. Therapeutic recreation is an outlet that individuals have to be physically active and socially engaged. Overall, parks improve physical and emotional mind sets for people. Americans love their parks, historical sites, national monuments, recreation areas and public open spaces because they bring joy and pleasure. Even if your park isn't on this list or whether it's big or small... go be active and visit a park close by you. Test the theory and see.

The Cities with the BEST parks:

 

 

 

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

 

Minneapolis' parks ranked number one thanks to the services it offers, like its management of community sports leagues, and ease of access for residents. No matter where a person lives in the city, they are no more than six blocks away from one of the city's 197 parks.

 

 

 

New York's Central Park

 

New York's green spaces receive well over 100 million visitors a year, Central Park is the showstopper, hosting 40 million park goers annually. New York devotes nearly 20% -- more than 38,000 acres -- of its land to green use.

 

 

 

San Francisco Golden Gate Park

 

San Francisco's moderate climate and seaside location help make it an exceptional place for recreational activities. The city offers plenty of space for them, too: Nearly 18% of all land in town is park land. Golden Gate Park, which stretches for three miles

 

 

 

Sacramento California State Capitol Park Rose Garden

 

Sacramento's parks made this year's "best city parks" list thanks to the area's strong culture of volunteerism,the city's parks have one of the highest utilization rates in the country.

 

 

 

 

Boston Public Garden

 

Established in 1634, historic Boston Common is the oldest park in the U.S. But it's just one bead in an "Emerald Necklace" of parks, that hopscotches south through the city neighborhoods to Franklin Park.