Chugach State Park
Chugach State Park is the largest urban park in the world, spanning more than 200,000 hectares. In fact, it is almost ten times larger than Table Mountain National Park, the world’s second-largest. Chugach State Park is located in Anchorage, Alaska.
“Chugach” is a tribal name for the local Indigenous people. The park itself contains various different geographical features, including tall mountains, foothills, lakes, and rivers. It also includes hiking trails that are very popular with tourists. Other popular outdoor activities in the park include rafting, biking, riding, kayaking, and fishing. The park also includes campgrounds and cabins that park users can rent.
Table Mountain National Park
The world’s second-biggest urban park is located in Cape Town, South Africa. The park, which measures 22,100 hectares, is named after the iconic, flat Table Mountain, which has a flat summit that makes it look like the top of a table. A cable car at the park can take tourists all the way to the top of the mountain. The park contains around 2,200 different species of plants and 1,470 floral species, many of which are endemic to the region. Another interesting sight to see at Table Mountain National Park is the penguins, who like to flock in an area of the park known as The Boulders.
Margalla Hills National Park
The third-biggest urban park in the world, consisting of 17,386 hectares, is located in the city of Islamabad, which is the capital of the South Asian nation of Pakistan. The park, which was established in 1980, includes the Margalla Hills, Rawal Lake, and the Shakarparian Sports and Cultural complex. The park boasts several species of birds, reptiles, and mammals, and it is an extension of the Islamabad wildlife sanctuary. It also includes several hiking trails that are popular with tourists and locals. In terms of landscape, the Margalla Hills are the rugged foothills of the vast Himalayan mountain range and contain many valleys and steep slopes
