Parks and trails provide open space, connections between them, and access through Yarra.

Trails
- Capital City Trail
- Inner Circle Rail Trail
- Main Yarra Trail (and the Gipps Street Ramp)
- Merri Creek Trail
- Darebin Creek Trail
Pocket parks
Examples where council has reallocated either street space or parking lots to create pocket parks:
- Church Street park
- Mollison Street pocket park
- Murphy Street pocket park
- Oxford Street pocket park
- Peel Street pocket park
- Richmond Terrace pocket park
- Wangaratta Street pocket park
Opportunities for future parks: