Your Parks
The Providence parks system currently includes:
- 120 parks
- 1,600 acres
- 31 ballfields (Little League, Cal Ripken and softball)
- 9 soccer/football fields (adult and youth)
- 31 basketball courts
- 20 walking tracks/trails
- 1 tennis court
- 2 handball courts
- 6 Natural Resource Conservation Areas at Mashapaug Park, Riverside Park,
- Wanskuck Park, Blackstone Park and Neutaconkanut Park
- 62 playgrounds
- 5 canoe/boat launches along the Woonasquatucket River, Seekonk River,
- Providence River, Mashapaug Pond, and Roger Williams Park
- 14 community gardens
- 4 cemeteries
- 11 historic buildings
- 3 off-leash dog parks
- 8 skateboard/biking parks
- 52 storm water mitigation features
Explore Our Parks
Any person or organization planning, organizing, conducting, or otherwise promoting any activity to take place in any city park or any portion thereof, which anticipated or desired attendance in excess of twenty-five (25) persons, must obtain a Park Permit for such activity.