Largest city parks in the U.S. 2023|城市公园数据集|自然保护区数据集

As of 2023, Chugach State Park in Anchorage, Alaska, was the largest city park in the United States by a long shot, spanning 464,318 acres. Second in the ranking was the Great Dismal Swamp in the Coastal Plain Region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, at 113 thousand acres. A wide variety of park authoritiesMost parks in the U.S. are owned by the municipality, state, county, regional agency, or the federal government. Both McDowell Sonoran Preserve and South Mountain Preserve are part of the state park system along with most of the parks in the ranking. One of the more well-known park authorities is the National Park Service (NPS) – an agency of the federal government. Blue Ridge Parkway was the most visited NPS park in 2023 alongside many other well-known U.S. parks. What defines a park?Parks in the U.S. are often called a variety of names, just a few of which are: forest, reserve, preserve and wildlife management area. Sometimes the differences between parks in the U.S. can vary massively from monuments to expansive woodland. The Lincoln Memorial made the ranking of the most visited city parks in the U.S., while this may not seem like it comes under the classification of a ‘park’, it is cared for by the National Park Service.

截至2023年，阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市的丘格阿奇州立公园，无疑是美国最大的城市公园，其面积达4,643,180英亩。排名第二的是位于弗吉尼亚州东南部和北卡罗来纳州东北部的海岸平原地区的伟大沼泽，面积约为113,000英亩。美国大部分公园的管辖权归属市政、州、县、地区机构或联邦政府。麦克道尔山松保留区和南山保留区均属于州立公园系统，与排名中大多数公园一样。国家公园管理局（NPS）是联邦政府的一个机构，是较为知名的公园管理机构之一。2023年，布鲁斯里奇公园大道成为国家公园管理局最受欢迎的公园，与许多其他知名的美国公园并列。何为公园？美国的公园通常有多种称呼，其中仅举数例：森林、保护区、保留地和野生动物管理区。美国公园之间的差异有时可能极为悬殊，从纪念碑到广阔的林地。林肯纪念堂位列美国最受欢迎的城市公园排行榜，尽管这看似不属于“公园”的分类，但它同样受到国家公园管理局的照料。