Park (disambiguation)
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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 Londonderry, a village in Northern Ireland
- Park, Merthyr Tydfil, a community in Wales
- Park, Outer Hebrides, an island in Scotland
- Park (Reading ward), an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, Berkshire, England
- Park (Sefton ward), an electoral ward of the Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England
- Park (Tunbridge Wells), a local government ward in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
- Park (Wolverhampton ward), an electoral ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands, England
- The Parks, a parkland area and cricket venue in Oxford, England
- Park, County Antrim, a townland in Northern Ireland
United States
- Park, California, former name of Sly Park, California
- Park, Indiana
- Park, Kansas
- Park, Kentucky
- Park, Texas
- Park, Washington
- Parks, Arizona, a census-designated place
- Parks, Louisiana, a village
- Parks, Missouri, a ghost town
- Parks, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
- Parks Junior High School in Fullerton, California
Elsewhere
- Park, Afghanistan
- Park, County Laois, a townland in Ireland
- Park, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
- Park, Yazd, Iran
- 5585 Parks, an asteroid
- Park Abbey, Belgium
People
As a surname
- Park (Korean surname), a notable Korean family name
- Park Geun-hye, Korean president, impeached and imprisoned
- 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), Korean American Canadian actress
- Grace Park (golfer) (born 1979), Korean American golfer
- Gordon Park, convicted murderer in the Lady in the Lake trial
- Harry Jonathan Park (1868-1927), American businessman and politician
- 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
- Michael Park (actor) (born 1968), American actor
- 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
- Richard Parks (author) (born 1955), American fantasy author
- Richard Parks (born 1977), Welsh rugby player
- Robert E. Park (1864–1944), American urban sociologist
- Romi Park (born 1972) Korean Japanese voice actress and singer
- 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 (singer) (born 1987), South Korean actor, singer and model 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
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
- Park (2016 film), a 2016 Greek-Polish film
- Park (2007 film), a 2007 American romantic comedy film starring William Baldwin and Cheri Oteri
Music
- Park (album), the sixth album from The Mad Capsule Markets
- Park (band), an American punk rock band
- Park Records, a record label
Brands and enrerprises
- Park, a brand of amplifiers built by Jim Marshall of Marshall Amplification, 1965–1982
- Park Tool Company, a manufacturer of professional bicycle tools
Vehicles
- Car park or parking lot
- Parking
- Parking pawl, the park position of an automatic transmission
Other uses
- Pärk, a game somewhat similar to baseball that has been played for centuries on the island of Gotland in Baltic Sea
- Park, a 6-row malting barley variety
- Park, a geographic term in the western USA for a relatively flat open area surrounded by mountains, such as:
- Amusement park
- Baseball park
- Business park
- Deer park (England), a protected living space for deer
- Industrial park
- Landscape park (protected area), a protected area of lower status than a national park
- National park, a reserve of land protected from most human development and pollution
- Science park
- Skatepark
See also
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