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July 2026 update: prize packages announced

We are really enjoying all of the photos submitted so far! We've got some news: This year's prize packages have been announced, and just like last year there are three potential rewards. Upon the conclusion of this year's challenge, each selfie will be be entered into a random drawing for one of these three prizes:

• First prize: $100 gift card for Cafe Jordano, a locally-owned Italian restaurant, located at Kipling Parkway and Jewell Avenue.
• Second prize: Annual Bear Creek Lake Park Pass and five recreation center passes.
• Third prize: Lakewood gift bag, including a copy of the city's 50th anniversary hardcover book.

Please keep up the amazing work in submitting your awesome photos of our parks!

View all our parks

Visit the city's park list to see all the parks listed by name A-Z, and check out the map to see where each park is located. If you decide to visit all 115 parks, please keep in mind that many of the parks include new parkland, green spaces, and undeveloped parks that do not have permanent park signage or amenities and are not regularly checked for safety hazards.

(Accessible version of Park by the Numbers graphic.)

Fun park fact

Aviation Park is located on the site of the former Aviation Country Club, a social club for World War II pilots and other aviation personnel in the 1950s. Prior to that it was the Broadmoor Country Club, which hosted big name entertainers like Lawrence Welk.