Parks, Trails and Open Space
There are 136 neighborhood, 8 community, 7 regional parks and 5 sports complexes totally 9,000 acres managed by the city's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. They also manage 500 acres of trails, which are 160 miles of park trails and 105 miles of urban trails. There are 5,000 acres of open spaces in 48 open space areas.
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Famous quotes containing the words trails, open and/or space:
“My noisy denunciation trails off in doubt.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“And now that the end is near
The segments of the trip swing open like an orange.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“The merit of those who fill a space in the world’s history, who are borne forward, as it were, by the weight of thousands whom they lead, shed a perfume less sweet than do the sacrifices of private virtue.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)