Park (disambiguation)

A park is an area of land with a recreational or other specific purpose.

Park or Parks may also refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Park, County Antrim, a townland in Northern Ireland
• Park, County Londonderry, a village in Northern Ireland
• Park, Merthyr Tydfil, a community in Wales
• Park, Outer Hebrides, an island in Scotland
• Park, Reading, a local government ward in Reading, Berkshire, England
• Park, Tunbridge Wells, a local government ward in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
• The Parks, a parkland area and cricket venue in Oxford, England

United States

• Park, California, former name of Sly Park, California
• Park, Indiana
• Park, Kansas
• Park, Kentucky
• Park, Texas
• Park County, Colorado
• Park County, Wyoming
• Parks, Arizona, a census-designated place
• Parks, Louisiana, a village
• Parks, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
• Parks Junior High School in Fullerton, California

Elsewhere

• Park, Afghanistan
• Park Abbey, Belgium
• Park, Yazd, Iran
• Park, County Laois, a townland in Ireland

• Park, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

People

As a surname

• Park (Korean name), a notable Korean family name
• Alex Parks (born 1984), English musician
• Bert Parks (1914–1992), actor, singer, announcer and longtime host of the Miss America Pageant
• Bobby Parks (1961–2013), American basketball player best known for his play in the Philippines
• Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (born 1993), his son, a Filipino–American basketball player
• Chan-ho Park (born 1973), Korean baseball player for the New York Yankees
• Christopher J. Parks (born 1973), American professional wrestler better known as Abyss
• Dan Parks (born 1978), Scottish rugby player
• Daphne Park (1921–2010), British diplomat and spy
• Dave Parks, American football player
• Francis G. Parks (1824-1902), American politician
• Grace Park (actress) (born 1974), Canadian actress of Korean descent
• Grace Park (golfer) (born 1979), Korean-American golfer
• Gordon Park, convicted murderer in the Lady in the Lake trial
• Park Ji-Sung (born 1981), South Korean footballer
• J. L. Parks, American basketball player
• James Park (disambiguation)
• Keith Park (1892–1975), New Zealand-born senior Royal Air Force commander
• Lena Park (Park Jung-hyun) (born 1976), Korean-American R&B singer
• Limbo Parks (born 1965), American football player
• Linda Park (born 1978), Korean-American actress
• Linda Sue Park (born 1960), American children's writer
• Maria Hester Park (1760–1813), British composer
• Mike Park, founder of Asian-Man Records
• Mungo Park (explorer) (1771–1806), Scottish explorer
• Mungo Park (golfer) (1835–1904), Scottish golfer
• Nick Park (born 1958), British animator and creator of Wallace and Gromit
• Ray Park (born 1974), Scottish stunt man and actor
• Robert E. Park (1864–1944), American urban sociologist
• Romi Park (born 1972) Japanese voice actress
• Rosa Parks (1913–2005), American civil rights activist
• Park Chung-hee (1917–1979), South Korean head of state (1961–1979)
• Park Jae-Sang (born 1982), South Korean baseball player
• Park Jae-sang (born 1977), South Korean entertainer better known as "Psy"
• Park Jung Min (born 1987), South Korean actor, model and singer of SS501
• Park Seo-Bo (born 1931), South Korean painter
• Park Sung-Hyun (born 1983), South Korean athlete
• Tayyiba Haneef-Park (born 1979), American volleyball player
• Thomas W. Parks (born 1939), American electrical engineering professor
• Van Dyke Parks (born 1943), American musician
• Wally Parks (1913–2007), American drag racer
• William Hallock Park (1883–1939), American bacteriologist
• Zane Park, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Yu-Hyan Park, a Japanese singer (of Korean origin) commonly known as Shion

As a given name

• Park Laurie (in full James Park Dawson Laurie, 1846–1928), South Australian politician

Vehicles

• Parking
• Car park or parking lot
• Parking pawl, the park position of an automatic transmission

Other uses

• Park (film), a 2006 American romantic comedy film starring William Baldwin and Cheri Oteri
• Park (album), the sixth album from The Mad Capsule Markets
• Park (band), an American punk rock band
• Park Records, a record label
• Park Tool Company, a manufacturer of professional bicycle tools
• Park, a brand of amplifiers built by Jim Marshall of Marshall Amplification, 1965–1982
• A 6-row malting barley variety
• National park, a reserve of land protected from most human development and pollution
• Landscape park (protected area), a protected area of lower status than a national park
• Business park
• Science park
• 5585 Parks, an asteroid
• Pärk, a game somewhat similar to baseball that has been played for centuries on the island of Gotland in Baltic Sea
• Deer park (England), a protected living space for deer

See also

• Category:Parks
• The Park (disambiguation)
• Park Avenue (disambiguation)
• Park City (disambiguation)
• Park County (disambiguation)
• Park Hotel (disambiguation)
• Park Road (disambiguation)
• Park Township (disambiguation)
• Parke (disambiguation)
• Parkes (disambiguation)