Fort Worth, Texas

===Parks===
[[File: Fort Worth Water Gardens 1 (4689217353).jpg|thumb|The [[Fort Worth Water Gardens]]]]

Fort Worth has a total of 263 parks with 179 of those being neighborhood parks. The total acres of parkland is 11,700.72 acres with the average being about 12.13 acres per park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortworthtexas.gov/parks/info/ |title=Fort Worth Park Facts |website=City of Fort Worth, Texas |access-date=November 8, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109152601/http://fortworthtexas.gov/parks/info/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 4.3 acre (1.7 hectare) [[Fort Worth Water Gardens]], designed by noted [[New York City|New York]] architects [[Philip Johnson]] and [[John Burgee]], is an [[urban park]] containing three pools of water and terraced knolls; the Water Gardens are billed as a "cooling oasis in the concrete jungle" of downtown. [[Heritage Park Plaza]] is a [[Modernist]]-style park that was designed by [[Lawrence Halprin]].<ref name="nrhpreg">{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Heritage Park Plaza / Heritage Park; Heritage Park Overlook; Upper Heritage Park |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/HeritageParkPlaza.pdf |date=December 16, 2009 |author=W. Dwayne Jones and Michal G. Tincup |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=May 21, 2010 |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529193531/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/HeritageParkPlaza.pdf |url-status=live }} (88 pages, with maps, plans, and 38 photos from 2010)</ref> The plaza design incorporates a set of interconnecting rooms constructed of concrete and activated throughout by flowing water walls, channels, and pools and was added to the US [[National Register of Historic Places]] on May 10, 2010.<ref name="newlistings2010may21">{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100521.htm |title=Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for May 21, 2010 |date=May 21, 2010 |access-date=May 21, 2010 |work=Weekly Listings |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529131613/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100521.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are two off-leash [[dog park]]s located in the city, ZBonz Dog Park and Fort Woof. The park includes an [[Dog agility|agility course]], water fountains, shaded shelters, and waste stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortworthtexas.gov/dogparks/ |title=Fort Worth Dog Parks |website=City of Fort Worth, Texas |access-date=November 8, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109090145/http://fortworthtexas.gov/dogparks/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>