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 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
- 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
- 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)
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