{"id":5486,"date":"2026-08-03T17:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/high-park-toronto"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:20:24","slug":"high-park-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto","title":{"rendered":"High Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 10 parks in Toronto with high ratings \u2014 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Toronto<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.5\/10 \u00b7 27302 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-03 23:54:21<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>1873 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M6R 2Z3, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1416-338-0338\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=43.6465479,-79.4636903\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aae59af5dc1c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aae59af5dc1c\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#High_Park_%E2%80%94_161_hectares_of_savannah_ravine_and_cherry_blossom_in_the_middle_of_the_city\" >High Park \u2014 161 hectares of savannah, ravine and cherry blossom in the middle of the city<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/high-park-toronto\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"High_Park_%E2%80%94_161_hectares_of_savannah_ravine_and_cherry_blossom_in_the_middle_of_the_city\"><\/span>High Park \u2014 161 hectares of savannah, ravine and cherry blossom in the middle of the city<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>High Park is not a landscaped city square that grew large. It is a genuine fragment of pre-settlement Ontario \u2014 black oak savannah, spring-fed ravine, a kilometre-long pond with beavers in it \u2014 that the city grew around instead of over. An architect named John George Howard bought the land in 1836, built a cottage on the high ground above the lake, and in 1873 handed it to Toronto on the condition that it remain free to everyone, forever. A century and a half later the condition still holds: the gates never close, the zoo never charges, and on the right morning in early May roughly a hundred thousand people come to look at trees that were a gift from Tokyo.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grenadier Pond<\/strong> \u2014 14.2 hectares (35 acres) of open water, about a kilometre long, with a shoreline trail, lookouts and a marsh at its northern end. Beavers work the banks; largemouth bass, black crappie, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, bluegill and brown bullhead live in it. Since a 2015 City Council vote it is the only open body of water in Toronto where skating is officially permitted, on the days ice thickness is measured and posted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The black oak savannah<\/strong> \u2014 roughly 23 hectares of tallgrass savannah, prairie and open woodland, the largest such remnant in Toronto. Less than three per cent of this ecosystem survived European settlement anywhere in its range. Scattered black oaks, many over 150 years old, stand above wild lupine, big bluestem and butterfly milkweed. The City burns sections on a prescribed schedule, continuing the cultural burning by which Indigenous peoples kept the canopy open here for some four thousand years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Sakura cherry grove<\/strong> \u2014 Somei-Yoshino trees first planted in 1959, part of a gift of about 2,000 cherry trees from the citizens of Tokyo, presented by the Japanese ambassador to Mayor Nathan Phillips. Thirty-four more were added in 2001 and sixteen in 2006. Peak bloom usually falls in late April or early May and lasts four to ten days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colborne Lodge<\/strong> \u2014 the Regency cottage Howard designed and built for himself in 1837, named for his patron Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. It is now a City museum furnished to the later nineteenth century, hung with Howard&#8217;s own watercolours of a Toronto that no longer exists.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High Park Zoo<\/strong> \u2014 a free animal display established in 1893 and billed by the City as Canada&#8217;s oldest animal attraction, with eleven paddocks holding bison, llamas, capybaras, reindeer, Highland cattle, wallabies, emus, peacocks, yaks, mouflon and Barbary sheep. Two capybaras escaped in May 2016, were nicknamed Bonnie and Clyde by the press, and were recaptured on 12 and 28 June; their 2017 offspring were named Geddy, Alex and Neil after the members of Rush.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dream in High Park<\/strong> \u2014 Canadian Stage&#8217;s outdoor Shakespeare in the hillside amphitheatre, one of the largest and longest-running outdoor professional theatre events in Canada, drawing more than 30,000 people a summer. The 2026 season, its forty-third, was <em>Twelfth Night<\/em>, directed by Gregory Prest with Caroline Toal as Viola, running from 12 July to 6 September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park is really four landscapes stitched together: the dry savannah uplands, the wet ravine system draining east, the pond basin in the west, and the built recreation belt through the middle. You can cross all four in about forty minutes of walking, which is why so many people who come once for the cherry trees end up coming back for the rest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hillside Gardens<\/strong> \u2014 formal ornamental planting on the slope above Grenadier Pond, with a rock garden, a hanging garden, sunken beds and a flowerbed cut in the shape of a maple leaf. Nine interconnected greenhouses have been raising annuals and perennials for the city&#8217;s parks on this site since 1956.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The eastern ravine chain<\/strong> \u2014 Howard Pond, Ridout Pond and the Upper and Lower Duck Ponds, strung along Spring Creek, with boardwalk and trail sections. Wendigo Pond and Wendigo Creek lie at the northern end of the Grenadier basin; the creek once ran out to a sandbar on Lake Ontario.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allotment gardens<\/strong> \u2014 109 rented plots worked by residents, one of the older community gardening operations in the city and a good place to see what actually grows in Toronto&#8217;s climate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jamie Bell Adventure Playground<\/strong> \u2014 a wooden castle complex that burned in an arson attack in March 2012 and was rebuilt by volunteers over two days, 7 and 8 July 2012. It remains one of the busiest playgrounds in Toronto.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grenadier Caf\u00e9<\/strong> \u2014 a 300-seat restaurant and patio at the centre of the park, open since May 1958. No alcohol is served here or anywhere else in High Park: Howard&#8217;s 1873 deed forbade it, and the condition has never been lifted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sports and water<\/strong> \u2014 an outdoor swimming pool, a wading pool and splash pads, an artificial ice rink from November to March, three tennis courts, three baseball diamonds, two soccer fields, plus pickleball and ball hockey. A trackless train runs daily from mid-morning to dusk in spring, summer and autumn, weather permitting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Families with small children<\/strong> \u2014 the zoo, the adventure playground, the trackless train and the splash pads sit close enough together that a whole afternoon can happen inside a few hundred metres, with the caf\u00e9 and washrooms in the same cluster.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naturalists and birders<\/strong> \u2014 the savannah, the pond marsh and the ravine ponds give three different habitats within a single walk; spring and autumn migration bring warblers to the oak canopy and waterfowl to Grenadier Pond, and the High Park Nature Centre has run guided walks and programs from the Forest School building since 1999.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Runners and long walkers<\/strong> \u2014 the paved park roads make a continuous circuit with real elevation change, and on weekends they are closed to cars entirely, which is rare in a Toronto park of this size.<\/li>\n<li><strong>History-minded visitors<\/strong> \u2014 Colborne Lodge, the Howard family tomb, the buried pre-glacial river channel and the Indigenous burial mounds turn an ordinary walk into a layered site; Colborne Lodge takes about an hour on its own.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theatre and music audiences<\/strong> \u2014 the amphitheatre seats a few hundred on a grassy slope, and Canadian Stage now programs themed evenings around the run, including a dog-friendly night, a zoo night and a queer night.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winter visitors<\/strong> \u2014 the hiking trails are maintained for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, the artificial rink runs all season, and in a hard winter the pond itself opens for skating once the City posts it as safe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park sits in Toronto&#8217;s west end, wedged between the Roncesvalles, Swansea and Bloor West Village neighbourhoods, with Parkdale just beyond its eastern side. Line 2 Bloor\u2013Danforth runs along the northern edge: High Park station is the closest and is fully accessible, with Keele station and Dundas West station both within an easy walk of other entrances. The 501 streetcar passes the southern edge, the 506 streetcar terminates at a loop by the park, and the 30 and 80 buses serve nearby stops. From spring through early autumn the seasonal 203 bus runs from High Park station into the park itself, with a stop near Grenadier Caf\u00e9 \u2014 during the cherry bloom it is effectively the only motor vehicle allowed in, alongside Wheel-Trans. Entry to the park, the zoo, the gardens and the savannah is free; Colborne Lodge charges museum admission, Dream in High Park sells tickets, and the pool and rink follow City recreation schedules. Under the High Park Movement Strategy adopted by City Council, all park roads are closed to cars every Saturday, Sunday and statutory holiday, some interior roads are car-free at all times, and visitor vehicles are admitted only Monday to Friday outside the peak bloom period; roughly 276 parking spaces exist inside the park on those weekdays, with far more in commercial lots nearby. Grounds are open daily from dawn until dusk and the animal display opens early in the morning. Allow two to three hours for a first visit and half a day if you want the pond circuit, the savannah and the lodge in one go.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Spring<\/strong> is the park&#8217;s loudest season and the cherry bloom is the reason. Peak bloom \u2014 the point at which about seventy per cent of the blossoms are open \u2014 usually arrives in the last days of April or the first days of May; in 2026 it began on 1 May. It then lasts between four and ten days, longer in cool calm weather, shorter if it turns warm and windy. Be honest with yourself about what this means on the ground: during peak bloom the park is closed to all visitor vehicles for the duration, there is no parking, crowd fencing and staff manage the flow around the grove, and on a sunny weekend the paths near the trees move at a shuffle. The High Park Nature Centre&#8217;s Cherry Blossom Watch and the volunteer-run Sakura Watch both track bud development day by day, so you can time it rather than guess. If you want the trees without the crush, go at first light on a weekday, or accept that the blossoms are lovely but the savannah in late May \u2014 when the wild lupine comes up \u2014 is the better walk. <strong>Summer<\/strong> is for the pool, the shade of the ravine, the allotment gardens at full height and Shakespeare in the amphitheatre after sunset. <strong>Autumn<\/strong> is arguably the park&#8217;s best-kept secret: black oak and maple turn late and hold colour into November, migration fills the pond, and the crowds are gone. <strong>Winter<\/strong> strips the park back to its bones \u2014 the ravine goes silent, the trails take skis and snowshoes, the artificial rink runs from November to March, and in a cold year Grenadier Pond opens for skating once the ice is measured and posted, which is a genuinely unusual thing to be able to do inside a North American city.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The savannah here is roughly four thousand years old and was not an accident of nature alone. Indigenous peoples maintained it with deliberate seasonal burning that kept the canopy open and encouraged food plants, and a long-used trail ran along the eastern side of Grenadier Pond toward the Humber crossing. In 1836 the City surveyor and architect John George Howard and his wife Jemima Frances Meikle bought a 66-hectare wooded lot on the lakeshore west of town for about a thousand dollars; Jemima is credited with the name High Park, for the high ground above the Humber Bay shoreline. Howard built Colborne Lodge the following year. In 1873 the Howards deeded the property to the city as a &#8220;Public Park for the free use benefit and enjoyment of the citizens of the City of Toronto forever,&#8221; attaching conditions that included a permanent ban on alcohol. The city added about 172 acres from the Ridout family in 1876, the year the park was formally established, and took the remaining Howard acreage, the lodge and the tomb after John Howard&#8217;s death in 1890 at the age of 87. The Howards are buried in the park beneath a monument ringed by wrought iron that once fenced St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral in London \u2014 a 1714 railing from Christopher Wren&#8217;s building, shipped to Toronto in 1875. Grenadier Pond came last: in 1930 the city bought roughly 71 acres including the whole pond from the Chapman estate for 150,000 dollars. The pond&#8217;s name comes from the Town of York garrison, whose grenadiers fished it; the often-repeated story of soldiers drowning through the ice during the War of 1812 has no historical support. An expressway extension in 1972 shaved about eleven acres off the southern end, and in the mid-1970s the province designated High Park an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest. Two later discoveries deepened the record: in 1921 eight burials were found in seated position with red hematite powder, a practice associated with much older Great Lakes cultures, and the Taiaiako&#8217;n Historical Preservation Society has identified burial mounds within the park, including a Snake Mound eroded by BMX riding and restored in 2011. In 2003 drilling for artesian wells confirmed that a pre-glacial river channel, the buried Laurentian, runs some fifty metres beneath the park.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cycling is prohibited on the unpaved trails to prevent erosion of the savannah soils \u2014 ride the paved roads, and walk the savannah and ravine paths. Staying on marked routes matters here: the rare prairie flora is fragile and volunteers replant what gets trampled.<\/li>\n<li>Plan around the car ban rather than fighting it. Weekends and statutory holidays are fully car-free, so arrive by subway or streetcar; on cherry-bloom days the 203 bus and Wheel-Trans are the only vehicles that get in at all.<\/li>\n<li>Bring your own drinks other than alcohol. There is no bar anywhere in High Park and no exception for picnics or the caf\u00e9 \u2014 the ban is a legal condition of Howard&#8217;s 1873 gift, and it is enforced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is there any charge to get into High Park?<\/strong> No. The grounds, the trails, the gardens, the savannah and the zoo are all free and always have been \u2014 Howard&#8217;s deed required it. Colborne Lodge charges museum admission, Dream in High Park sells tickets, and the pool, rink and registered programs follow City of Toronto recreation pricing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When do the cherry blossoms bloom, and can I drive in to see them?<\/strong> Peak bloom normally falls in late April or early May and lasts four to ten days; in 2026 it began on 1 May. You cannot drive in during that period \u2014 the park is closed to visitor vehicles for the entire peak bloom, with only TTC buses and Wheel-Trans admitted, and there is no parking. Check the Cherry Blossom Watch before setting out, because the window is short and weather-dependent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I get there without a car?<\/strong> Take Line 2 Bloor\u2013Danforth to High Park station, which is fully accessible and sits at the northern edge; Keele and Dundas West stations also work. The 501 streetcar runs along the southern side and the 506 streetcar ends at a loop by the park. In season, the 203 bus runs from High Park station into the park and stops near the caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the zoo still open, and what animals are there?<\/strong> Yes. It has operated since 1893, admission is free, and it opens daily from early morning until dusk. The eleven paddocks hold bison, llamas, capybaras, reindeer, Highland cattle, wallabies, emus, peacocks, yaks, mouflon and Barbary sheep. Llama feeding takes place on weekends and statutory holidays in the warmer months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I swim or skate on Grenadier Pond?<\/strong> Swimming is not permitted \u2014 for that there is a supervised outdoor pool and a wading pool in the park. Skating is a different matter: since 2015 Grenadier Pond has been the only open water in Toronto on which the City permits skating, and it opens in cold winters once ice thickness has been measured and the pond is posted as safe. Never go out on unposted ice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are dogs allowed?<\/strong> Yes, on leash throughout most of the park, with designated off-leash areas including one northeast of the caf\u00e9. Dogs are kept out of playgrounds, the wading pool area and the formal gardens, and the savannah restoration zones are not the place for an off-leash run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much time should I set aside?<\/strong> Two hours covers the zoo, playground and a short walk. Three to four hours gets you the Grenadier Pond circuit plus the savannah. A full half-day is realistic if you add Colborne Lodge, the Hillside Gardens and lunch, and an evening at the amphitheatre is a separate outing again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the park accessible for wheelchairs and strollers?<\/strong> Substantially, yes: High Park station is fully accessible, the seasonal 203 bus runs into the park, and the paved park roads connect the zoo, caf\u00e9, gardens and playground. The ravine and savannah trails are unpaved, narrow in places and genuinely hilly \u2014 the park rises well above the lake, which is where its name came from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I picnic or barbecue?<\/strong> Picnicking is welcome and there are designated picnic areas; permits are required for larger organized gatherings and for the bookable sites. Alcohol is prohibited everywhere in the park, without exception.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/high-park-toronto-1.jpg\" alt=\"High Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/high-park-toronto-2.jpg\" alt=\"High Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/high-park-toronto-3.jpg\" alt=\"High Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/high-park-toronto-4.jpg\" alt=\"High Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/high-park-toronto-5.jpg\" alt=\"High Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/high-park-toronto-6.jpg\" alt=\"High Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/high-park-toronto-7.jpg\" alt=\"High Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Tetiana Nesterenko<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n9 March 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A wonderful place for children and adults. Relaxing by the water, on the lawn, walks on foot, with a dog, a bicycle, rollerblades, tennis \u2014 everything you love. Old, huge trees, a beautiful view of the city, a zoo, a pla\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Violetta Soloviy<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n16 June 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A rather beautiful place where you can spend the whole day with your family and in harmony with nature <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Taras Tretiak<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n30 May 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A large park in Toronto. You can get to it on the green subway line, riding to the station of the same name. There are a lot of interesting spots: baseball, hockey and soccer fields, a tennis court. There is also a zoo a\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Andrii Yurtyn<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n29 September 2020<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>High Park is a wonderful place! First and foremost because of its funny and kawaii wildlife, which is hardly afraid of people at all. Here you can meet cheeky chipmunks, chunky Carolina gray squirrels, and even merry rac\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Maria Kvitchuk<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n8 September 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Please put out more trash bins  because litter is lying around everywhere, especially near the playgrounds \u2014 it&#039;s a bit distracting. The park itself is very beautiful and large, in places the nature is completely untou\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-03 23:54:21<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. Sources: toronto.name and editorial picks based on reviews.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 10 parks in Toronto with high ratings \u2014 2026 Park \u00b7 Toronto \u00b7 \u2b50 9.5\/10 \u00b7 27302 reviews \u00b7 updated: 2026-08-03 23:54:21 Address: 1873 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M6R 2Z3, Canada Call Get directions High Park \u2014 161 hectares of savannah, ravine and cherry blossom in the middle of the city High Park [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":5709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3408],"tags":[],"moimportance":[],"motype":[],"moformat":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-parks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5486"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6601,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions\/6601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=5486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}