Park It Here
Three of America’s 15 largest city parks are in Southern California:
No. 3: Griffith Park, L.A., 4,218 acres.
No. 6: Mission Bay Park, S.D., 2,300 acres.
No. 14: Balboa Park, S.D., 1,203 acres.
No. 1: Cullen Park, Houston, 10,534 acres.
Comparison: Central Park, N.Y., 843 acres.
Source: “Urban Parks and Open Space,” Urban Land Institute and the Trust for Public Land, 1997
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