Parks & reserves in Forrest ACT

Forrest has 31 parks within reach, spread across 24 streets. The closest sits 500 m south-west of the suburb centre, the furthest 2.9 km north, with a typical trip of about 1.9 km. At the 1,827 residents counted here in 2021, that is roughly one for every 59 people. The suburb sits in Unincorporated ACT.

Most of them are on Parkes Place W (3), State Circle (2), Queen Victoria Terrace (2), Eastlake Parade (2), Parkes Place E (2).

• Collins Park
  Empire Circuit · 500 m south-west of the centre
• Formal Gardens
  State Circle · 800 m north of the centre · in Capital Hill
• Bass Gardens park
  Durville Crescent · 1000 m south of the centre · in Griffith
• Telopea Park
  Telopea Park · 1000 m east of the centre · in Barton
• Griffith Park
  Flinders Way · 1 km south-east of the centre · in Griffith
• York Park
  Blackall Street · 1.1 km north of the centre · in Barton
• Surveyors Park
  State Circle · 1.4 km north of the centre · in Yarralumla
• Latrobe Park
  Bedford Street · 1.4 km west of the centre · in Deakin
• Constitution Place
  Queen Victoria Terrace · 1.4 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Bowen Park
  Eastlake Parade · 1.5 km north-east of the centre · in Kingston
• Jack Ross Park
  Eastlake Parade · 1.7 km north-east of the centre · in Kingston
• Magna Carta Place
  Queen Victoria Terrace · 1.7 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Norgrove Park
  Mundaring Drive · 1.7 km east of the centre · in Kingston
• Lawns of Old Parliament House
  King George Terrace · 1.8 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Alf Stafford Park
  Trevillian Quay · 1.8 km east of the centre · in Kingston
• Fern Garden
  Parkes Place E · 1.9 km north-east of the centre · in Parkes
• John Dunmore Lang Place
  King Edward Terrace · 2 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Sculpture Garden
  Parkes Place E · 2 km north-east of the centre · in Parkes
• Lennox Gardens
  Coronation Drive · 2.1 km north of the centre · in Yarralumla
• Commonwealth Place
  Queen Elizabeth Terrace · 2.2 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Patrick White Terrace
  Parkes Place W · 2.3 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Patrick White Lawns
  Parkes Place W · 2.3 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Queen Elizabeth II Island
  Wendouree Drive · 2.3 km north-east of the centre · in Parkes
• Canberra Peace Park
  Parkes Place W · 2.3 km north of the centre · in Parkes
• Knobby Rock Hill
  Mosman Place · 2.4 km south-east of the centre · in Narrabundah
• Rosemary Dobson Park
  Lawley Street · 2.5 km west of the centre · in Deakin
• Voyager Park
  La Perouse Street · 2.5 km south of the centre · in Narrabundah
• Grevillea District Park
  Menindee Drive · 2.5 km north-east of the centre · in Barton
• Kings Park
  Wendouree Drive · 2.6 km north-east of the centre · in Parkes
• Yarralumla Bay District Park
  Hopetoun Circuit · 2.6 km north-west of the centre · in Yarralumla
• Henry Rolland Park
  Barrine Drive · 2.9 km north of the centre · in Parkes