Remove Ads
4.3
13 votes

New Orleans City Park

1001 Filmore Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 USA

Free
Free to Visit
Closed Now
Opens Fri 10a
  • Independent
Add to Trip
Remove Ads

“a 1,300-acre outdoor oasis that has enchanted New Orleanians since 1854”

City Park is as magical and unique as the city of New Orleans. The 1,300-acre outdoor oasis has enchanted New Orleanians since 1854, making it one of the nation’s oldest urban parks. Each year, millions of visitors stroll under the same historic oaks and picturesque moss canopies that served as the backdrop for dances, concerts and even gentlemanly duels or “affaires d’honneur” for generations. Today’s City Park offers something for everyone. Stop and smell the roses in the Botanical Garden. Enjoy art in the open-air Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Stroll through the sprawling green space or get active on the park’s biking, jogging, and walking paths. Practice your serve on one of 26 tennis courts or hit the links on City Park’s new 18-hole golf course. The park also offers a host of family-friendly activities, including the one-of-a-kind antique wooden carousel in the Carousel Gardens Amusement Park – a hand-carved marvel of “flying horses” that has been a family favorite for nearly 100 years. The crown jewel of City Park: the world’s largest stand of mature live oaks, which includes a grand oak that dates back nearly 800 years. These unique trees are known for their distinctive sculptural shape – some of the oldest trees have limbs that are twice as long as the oak is tall. Take our word for it: there is no better place in New Orleans to take a good book or a great nap than underneath City Park’s famous oaks. The story of City Park was shaped by two major events: the Great Depression and Hurricane Katrina. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Roosevelt Administration invested $12 million in developing the park as part of the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), which employed 20,000 men and women to build roadways, fountains and even Tad Gormley Stadium. Much of the art found throughout the park originated in the W.P.A. era. The failure of the federal levee system following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 left 95 percent of City Park sitting in floodwaters for weeks, inflicting $43 million in damages to the park alone. The public responded with an overwhelming outpouring of support that has funded significant progress in not only repairing, but also improving City Park. Today’s park is home to ancient oaks, modern art and everything in between. Drop by to discover the beauty of a live performance, 160 years in the making. 

Read More >
Add Review
Thanks!
Your Rating
1
2
3
4
5

Reviewed by
toni.m.peck.7

  • 2 Reviews
  • 1 Helpful
July 25, 2014
Rated 5.0

Now it's the place I see the most improvement absolutely amazing dog bark morning call sculpture garden not to mention botanical garden n carousel

1 person found this review helpful

Reviewed by
toni.m.peck.7

  • 2 Reviews
  • 1 Helpful
July 25, 2014
Rated 5.0

After Katrina this park was such a mess

1 person found this review helpful

Reviewed by
Candace

  • 10 Reviews
  • 1 Helpful
January 30, 2021
Rated 5.0

I grew up visiting the park and going to game in the stadium. My first Saints game was in this stadium and my first concert. My son ran track and played soccer in the park. There is also a old Girl Scout cabin, where I taught outdoor skills, that is right near the museum. My daughter and I spent the night the cabin with her troop. It’s very cool old building. The Children’s Museum is also in City Park now and it is one of the nicer ones that I have visited. I didn’t know about any ghost stories so I guess I’ll be heading out that way at night this weekend and then update my review.

Was this helpful?

Reviewed by
Katrina Dykman

  • 5 Reviews
  • 2 Helpful
May 01, 2016
Rated 5.0

What a great place. If you are into Disc golf, there is a course here. Good place to take an afternoon nap on a blanket.

Was this helpful?

Be the first to add a review to the New Orleans City Park.

New Orleans City Park

1001 Filmore Ave
New Orleans, Louisiana
70124 USA
Remove Ads

Hours

Closed Now
  • Sun, Tue - Sat: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

Problem with this listing? Let us know.

Has RV parking changed? Let us know.

Remove Ads
  • Check
    Parking
  • Unknown
    Pets Allowed
  • Unknown
    Restrooms
  • Unknown
    Wifi
  • Unknown
    Wheelchair Accessible
  • Unknown
    Credit Cards Accepted
See More Details (8)

Parking

Remove Ads

Nearby Hotels

New Orleans, Louisiana
FastBook
$$

Click to discover a
great deal!

New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Metairie, Louisiana
Remove Ads

Related Trip Guides

  • Trip Guide

The top things to do on an I-10 road trip

  • 55 Places
  • 56:13
  • 3,026 mi
  • Trip Guide
  • Weekend

Road Trip Down the Blues Highway, U.S. Route 61

  • 17 Places
  • 14:50
  • 826 mi
  • Trip Guide
  • 1 Week

A road trip along the Great River Road

  • 35 Places
  • 37:29
  • 1,907 mi
  • Trip Guide

US 80 - Dixie Overland Highway

  • 61 Places
  • 42:43
  • 2,450 mi
Remove Ads
98950