Photo by Shirley Ruhe.
Ninety-eight percent of Arlington residents live within a 10-minute walk to a park. This includes 148 county-owned parks with 127 playgrounds, four spray grounds, three nature centers and 16 reservable picnic shelters. In addition there are four indoor or outdoor public pools. Other park amenities include seven community gardens, eight off-leash dog parks, three outdoor tracks and a new skateboard park.