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Ann Arbor has more than 3,600 acres of park land, including public lands maintained by the City of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Public Schools, the University of Michigan and other agencies. While the number of undeveloped parcels continues to decline, the City continues to evaluate and purchase important parcels.
Source: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan, 2006 to 2011 |
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Parkland Totals for Ann Arbor including Schools and other Agencies |
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Planning Area |
Number of City Parks |
City Park Acrage |
Ann Arbor Public Schools Park Acreage |
University of Michigan Park Acreage |
Other
Agency Park Acreage |
Total Park Acreage |
% of Total Park Land |
Area Population |
Park Land Acreage per 1000 persons |
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Central |
24 |
155.04 |
15.08 |
50.4 |
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220.52 |
6.00 |
33,500 |
6.57 |
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Northeast |
52 |
835.48 |
150.81 |
146.61 |
10.68 |
1143.58 |
31.14 |
31121 |
36.74 |
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South |
36 |
328.65 |
270.18 |
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162.75 |
762.58 |
20.76 |
27099 |
28.14 |
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West |
35 |
623.48 |
285.25 |
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11.34 |
920.07 |
25.05 |
22052 |
41.72 |
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Outside AA |
2 |
103.47 |
9.01 |
388.37 |
124.95 |
625.8 |
17.04 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Total |
149 |
2046.12 |
730 |
585.38 |
310.72 |
3672.55 |
100 |
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Source: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan, 2006 to 2011
The plan includes additional acreage statistics for Ann Arbor parks, including neighborhood parkland per 1000 persons, and distribution by park use (neighborhood parks, river park areas, natural areas, active recreation, historic, and urban plaza), etc. For more data, see the plan. |
What are parks, recreation and open areas?
The term "parks" includes all playgrounds, recreation fields, golf courses, cemeteries, swimming pools, ice rinks, and nature areas, whether developed or undeveloped, together with public bodies of water within or adjacent to such lands and buildings and roads, parking areas, and bicycle paths and other facilities serving such property. As subset of parks, open space areas are substantially undeveloped land devoted to (a) the maintenance or enhancement of natural processes (e.g. water quality, plant and wildlife habitat, groundwater recharge), (b) scenic enjoyment of the public. Recreation areas are the subset of the parks that serve resident sports and leisure interests.
How do parks, recreation and open areas affect our environment?
While the impact of parks, recreation and open areas depends on each area's specific use and location, these areas are generally less developed than other land use areas and generally place less pressure on local natural resources such as air, surface water, and wildilfe and vegetation habitat.
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