Richmond City Parks

Tour Abner Clay Park in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward.

Battery Park: A wooded park in north Richmond, with a pool and tennis courts that served as learning grounds for the legendary Arthur Ashe.

Canoe Run Park opened in October 1990 and is located between the eastern boundary of Woodland Heights and Springhill neighborhoods in south Richmond.

Chimborazo Park: Home toLiberty, an 8-foot likeness of the Statue of Liberty, donated by the Boy Scouts of America in 1951.

Festival Park, located between Fifth and Seventh Streets, adjacent to the Richmond Coliseum. The park is home to the “Light Infantry Blues” and “Police Memorial” statues.

Forest Hill Park: More than 100 acres, the park has two miles of nature trails, a lake, scenic stream (Reedy Creek), open parkland, woodlands and more.

Gillies Creek Park in the East End, features amenities uncommon to most parks.

Tour Richmond’s Jefferson Park, home of the legendary Church Hill train tunnel.

Bryan Park is known for its azalea gardens and offers picnic shelters, tennis courts, athletic fields (primarily soccer), walking trails and a lake.

Kanawha Plaza has a large cascading water fountain, a concert stage and open grass area for summer concerts.

Lewis G. Larus Park, a 106.5-acre park, near the western edge of the City of Richmond’s boundary with Chesterfield County. SLIDESHOW

Tour Richmond’s Libby Hill Park in Church Hill, including the Conderate Soldiers and Sailors Monument.

Lombardy Park is a tot lot in The Fan at Lombardy and Park and Hanover Avenues.

Maymont features the carefully preserved Dooley Mansion that overlooks a 100-acre estate with Japanese and formal Italian gardens, Children’s Farm, Robins Nature Center and wildlife habitats.

Monroe Park, adjacent to the VCU campus. Richmond’s oldest park.

Oregon Hill Linear Park: Paved walking paths, vistas of the James River and Downtown Richmond are its claims.

Tour the hardwood forest and the hiking and biking trails of the City of Richmond’s Powhite Park.

Scuffletown Park is a “pocket park” behind buildings that front Stafford and Strawberry streets and Park and Stuart avenues.