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Parks and Playgrounds

The Cambridge Parks and Playgrounds Guide

Cambridge has over 80 parks and open spaces. This guide lists parks and open spaces throughout the city and includes neighborhood maps to help you find them. Explore a new park today!

Download the Guide

View the Guide as an interactive Story Map
Open Space Planning

The City of Cambridge is conducting a planning process to guide its work around parks and open space. Through this work, we will be updating our Open Space and Recreation Plan for submission to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

Open Space Plan Update

Questionnaire: Tell Us How You Use Parks!
New East Cambridge Parks

The City is designing and constructing three new parks in the East Cambridge neighborhood. Find out what will be included in these new parks!

New East Cambridge Parks
Maps and Information

Learn about Cambridge's more than 70 public parks and playgrounds!

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What We Do

CDD's Community Planning Division conducts open space planning throughout the city and oversees major design, construction and renovation projects for Cambridge's parks and playgrounds. Community Planning staff also frequently consult with City departments and other groups on open space projects.

Open space in Cambridge is the collective responsibility of several departments including the Department of Public Works (responsible for park maintenance and operation), the Department of Human Service Programs (responsible for recreation facilities and programs), the Conservation Commission (responsible for environmental permitting and community gardens) the Water Department (responsible for Fresh Pond Reservation) and the Arts Council (responsible for public art installations). CDD collaborates with these departments and others through the work of the Open Space Committee.

Park Maps and Information

Cambridge has more than 70 public parks and playgrounds! Learn more about where parks are located and what features can be found within them.

Parks and Playgrounds Interactive Map »
Park Information »
Park Projects

On an ongoing basis, CDD directs projects to renovate existing parks and playgrounds and occasionally create new public parks. Learn about projects that are currently underway or recently completed.

Cambridgeport Parks »
Open Space Planning

Along with specific park projects, CDD directs a variety of planning initiatives for open spaces in the city. These include the city's comprehensive Seven-Year Open Space Plan and other citywide initiatives.

Eastern Cambridge/Kendall Square Open Space Study »
Off Leash Parks »
Healthy Parks and Playgrounds

This citywide initiative aims to provide a variety of unstructured, imaginative and challenging play opportunities to children and adults of all different age groups and ability levels.