Mpls. Parks Rank #1, but Parts of SW Have 'High Need' for Parks

Minneapolis has the best park system in the United States, according to the annual ParkScore Index by the Trust for Public Land.

See: Patch Site in Brooklyn, NY: 'Great Outrage' That Mpls. Parks Outrank NYC's

Southwest Minneapolis has plenty of those parks, but TPL listed a few areas at greater distance from the nearest parkland as being in "High Need." (See orange areas on TPL maps by clicking thumbnails or by visiting parkscore.tpl.org.)