Park

Park is a type of community lot in The Sims and The Sims 2, and a lot assignment in The Sims 3.

The Sims and The Sims 2
The Sims and The Sims 2 did not allow community lots to be specifically designated as parks, but a community lot could be designed as a park. In The Sims, Downtown and Old Town each had a park. In The Sims 2, parks are a common feature of neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods, though not all will have a park.

The Sims 3
Park lots attract Sims in a similar way to gym and pool lots. Lots can be set as small or large, which dictates how many Sims will gather there. Parks often feature grills and picnic tables.

As a lot assignment, parks provide the Beautiful Park moodlet:

There are two types of lot assignments for park lots: Big Park and Small Park. These influence the boost of the moodlet, and also the number of Sims that will visit the lot. Magician NPCs appear at Big Park lots. Some of the lots listed on this page are actually No Visitors Allowed and Visitors Allowed lots. They generate a park map tag, but do not give the moodlets associated with true parks. The only true park lots added in The Sims 3: World Adventures are the Emperor's Plaza and the Hot Springs.

Central Park
Central Park is a big park in Sunset Valley. It is the most recognisable park in the game, and a place where many Sims gather. There are ponds for fishing, plants to harvest, and butterflies to collect. There are also picnic spawners that do not seem available in either build mode or buy mode. It is Sunset Valley's centerpiece and main park. Sims can play chess here. There are swing sets as well, and a small somewhat hidden bathroom building.

Maywood Glen
Maywood Glen is a small park themed around chess. It is a quiet place where Sims can relax on their time off.

Sunnyside Strand
Sunnyside Strand is a small park situated on the coast below the Wolff family house in Sunset Valley. It looks like a beach, but does not have the beach lot assignment.

Recurve Strand
Recurve Strand is an extremely unremarkable small park situated on the coast of Sunset Valley. It looks like a beach, but does not have the beach lot assignment.

"All the Rave" Warehouse
"All the Rave" Warehouse is a small park in Riverview. It looks like an abandoned warehouse, and relatively few sims gather there. It is very similar to the Twinbrook Industrial Train Center in Twinbrook.

Azalea Acres Community Garden
Azalea Acres Community Garden is a small park in Riverview. It functions as a community garden, growing onions, limes and other uncommon fruit and vegetables.

Dogwood Playland
Dogwood Playland is a small park in Riverview. It functions as a playground, featuring numerous toys like swing sets, slides, and the Rip Co. Little Baker Oven.

Four Bridges Park
Four Bridges Park is a large park in Riverview. It functions as a plaza, where Sims can gather near lots rabbit hole lots. It was the Old Main Road.This is because there is a random intersection on Bridge Parkway and Main Street that can only be explain with this. Plus the park is the same width (10 Sim Units) as a road.

The Gazebo
The Gazebo is a small park in Riverview. It looks like a gazebo that a band might play under, and has a stereo where Sims can dance and a chess table.

Plaza Park
Plaza Park is a small park in Riverview. It links Four Bridges Park to The Gazebo. It was also the Old Main Road. This is because there is a random intersection on Bridge Parkway that can only be explain with this. Plus the park is the same width (10 Sim Units) as a road.

Riverwalk Park
Riverwalk Park is a small park in Riverview. It runs along the riverside in on the central island in Riverview, and features a lot of greenery.

The Watering Hole Juice Bar
The Watering Hole Juice Bar is a small park in Riverview. It looks like a bar, and features the bar object prominently. There is a stereo and two foosball tables, and a grill out back. If a player has Ambitions or Late Night, they can change the lot zoning to Hangout or Dive Bar to make it serve a more realistic purpose.

Note: There aren't any big parks in Riverview. Instead the center of town is divided into several small ones.

Sun, Moon & Earth Camps
No Visiters Allowed)

Camps Earth, Sun, and Moon are all No Visitors Allowed lots in Al Simhara. They all feature tents, fire pits, and toilets. They are resting places for Sims on adventures in The Sims 3: World Adventures. They are very simple and look much the same.

Rose Camps
(No Visitors Allowed)

Camps Rose is No Visitors Allowed lots in Champs Les Sims. They both feature tents, and toilets. They are resting places for Sims on adventures in The Sims 3: World Adventures. They are very simple and look much the same.

Abandoned Barn
(No Visitors Allowed)

The Abandoned Barn is a No Visitors Allowed lot in Shang Simla. It has a few collectible seed spawners and and some koi to fish up. There are three treasure chests on this lot, containing respectively a money bag, a fragment, and gem.

Camps Peony, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Lotus
(Visitors Allowed)

Camps Peony, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Lotus is a Visitors Allowed lot in Shang Simla. They feature tents and toilets so that Sims can rest during adventures. They all look much the same.

Emperor's Plaza
The Emperor's Plaza is a park lot in Shang Simla. It blends in with the lots around it to help give the impression of a fortified-in Asian city. There are swimming pools and chess tables, but not a lot else. It blends in particularly with Shang Simla Market.

Han's Orchard
(Visitors Allowed)

Han's Orchard is a pretty Visitors Allowed lot in Shang Simla. It is a great park for gathering rare fruit like pomelos, and rare types of fish.

Hot Springs
The Hot Springs is a park in Shang Simla. It has a tomb below it, although it is not assigned as a tomb.

Twinbrook Town Center
Twinbrook Town Center is a park in Twinbrook. It is centrally-located in town, in front of Twinbrook Town Hall and adjacent to Twinbrook Esplanade. And is the Main Park for Twinbrook

Twinbrook Esplanade
Twinbrook Esplanade is a park in central Twinbrook. It is set against the lake and is across the road from Twinbrook Town Center and the town hall.

Twinbrook Community Gardens
Twinbrook Community Gardens is a small park in Twinbrook which serves as a garden where fruit and vegetables can be found growing.

Willowglen Ampitheatre
Willowglen Ampitheatre is a small park on the outskirts of Twinbrook, set up as an ampitheatre, with the stage set in the middle below tall columns.

Crowe's Nest Campgrounds
Crowe's Nest Campgrounds is a large park in Barnacle Bay. It features lots of beach umbrellas, tables and chairs.

Founder's Park
Founder's Park is a medium-sized park in Barnacle Bay. It sits in front of the local school building.

Garden of the Forgotten
Garden of the Forgotten is a small park in Barnacle Bay. Its most prominent feature is a pink cherry tree, a rare kind of flora in Barnacle Bay.

Grace's Garden
Grace's Garden is a medium-sized park in Barnacle Bay. It features playground equipment for child Sims.

Jollyboat Plaza
Jollyboat Plaza is a medium-sized park in Barnacle Bay. It features lots of benches and sits behind Barnacle Beach.

Lookout Park
Lookout Park is a small park in Barnacle Bay. Like most parks in Barnacle Bay it has few distinguishing features as a lot, but it does feature a telescope looking out over an island with a lighthouse.

Pirate's Hideaway
Pirate's Hideaway is a small park in Barnacle Bay. It features an underground cavern whose entrance is obscured by vegetation and players may easily fail to spot that there is a lot here. Pirate's Hideway appears to be part of the history of Barnacle Bay, it sits on a rocky outcrop on 0 Wanderer's Way. Some of the the towns residents talk about long lost pirate treasure in their bios, could they be referring to this place? This was once the hide away for a pirate called Cathy Chaterly who died of old age. The basement below the stairs features a maze of rooms, (including Cathy's bedroom which is where you'll find her urn). Other urns with no names are skattered throughout and a skull and cross bones toy chest.

The Wanderer's Watering Hole
The Wanderer's Watering Hole is a small drinking establish in Barnacle Bay that is assigned as a park. It features bars for drinks and would suit being reassigned as a Hangout or Venue.

Hangman's Tree National Historic Landmark
Hangman's Tree National Historic Landmark is a small park in Appaloosa Plains. Next to one of the bushes, there is the gravestone of Yellow-Foot Wild-Hair.

Verde Park
Verde Park is a big park in Starlight Shores.

Tot Spot Playground
Tot Spot Playground is a small park in Starlight Shores.

Starlight Plaza
Starlight Plaza is a small park in Starlight Shores.

Trivia

 * Verde means "green' in Italian, so Verde Park in Starlight Shores is "Green Park"