Editing Indianapolis (section)

====Parks====
{{See also|List of parks in Indianapolis}}
[[File:"The Ruins" at Holliday Park, Indianapolis, Indiana.jpg|thumb|The Ruins at Holliday Park]]
The city of Indianapolis maintains 212 public parks, totaling {{convert|11258|acre|ha}} or about 5.1% of the city's land area.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Parks and Greenspaces |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last1=Hale |first1=Michelle |last2=Fischer |first2=Jessica |publisher=Indianapolis Public Library |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/parks-and-greenspaces/ |access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tpl.org/sites/default/files/files_upload/CityParkFacts_2017.4_7_17.FIN_.LO_.pdf |title=2017 City park facts |publisher=The Trust for Public Land |page=11 |access-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113034104/https://www.tpl.org/sites/default/files/files_upload/CityParkFacts_2017.4_7_17.FIN_.LO_.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Eagle Creek Park]], Indianapolis's largest and most visited park, ranks among the [[List of urban parks by size|largest municipal parks]] in the U.S., covering {{convert|4766|acre|ha}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eason |first=Brian |date=June 18, 2016 |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/18/indys-struggling-parks-we-have-work-do/85495128/ |title=Indy's struggling parks: 'We have work to do' |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |publisher=Gannett Co. |access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref>

[[Garfield Park (Indianapolis)|Garfield Park]], the city's first municipal park, opened in 1876 as Southern Park.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Bodenhamer |editor1-first=David J. |editor2-last=Barrows |editor2-first=Robert G. |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1994 |location=Bloomington and Indianapolis |page=608 |isbn=0-253-31222-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Bodenhamer |editor1-first=David J. |editor2-last=Barrows |editor2-first=Robert G. |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1994 |location=Bloomington and Indianapolis |page=1008 |isbn=0-253-31222-1}}</ref> In the early 20th century, the city enlisted landscape architect [[George Kessler]] to conceive a framework for Indianapolis's modern parks system.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Bodenhamer |editor1-first=David J. |editor2-last=Barrows |editor2-first=Robert G. |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1994 |location=Bloomington and Indianapolis |page=867 |isbn=0-253-31222-1}}</ref> Kessler's 1909 [[Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System|Indianapolis Park and Boulevard Plan]] linked notable parks, such as [[Brookside Park (Indianapolis)|Brookside]], [[Irvington Historic District (Indianapolis, Indiana)#Parks|Ellenberger]], Garfield, and [[Riverside Park (Indianapolis)|Riverside]], with a system of parkways following the city's waterways.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Bodenhamer |editor1-first=David J. |editor2-last=Barrows |editor2-first=Robert G. |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1994 |location=Bloomington and Indianapolis |pages=868–869 |isbn=0-253-31222-1}}</ref> The system's {{convert|3474|acres}} were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System |url=http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/03000149 |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

Marion County is also home to parks managed by the State of Indiana, including [[Fort Harrison State Park]] and [[White River State Park]]. Established in 1996, Fort Harrison State Park covers {{convert|1744|acre|ha}} that are overseen by the [[Indiana Department of Natural Resources]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.in.gov/dnr/state-parks/files/ftharrison_trail.pdf |title=Fort Harrison State Park |publisher=Indiana Department of Natural Resources |date=December 2018 |access-date=January 16, 2022}}</ref> Since 1979, White River has been owned and operated by the White River State Park Development Commission, a quasi-governmental agency.<ref>{{cite web |title=White River State Park Development Commission |url=http://www.downtownindy.org/member-profile/white-river-state-park-development-commission/ |publisher=Downtown Indy Inc. |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> White River's {{convert|250|acre|ha}} are home to several attractions, including the [[Indianapolis Zoo]] and [[White River Gardens]]. Two [[land trust]]s are active in the city managing several sites for [[nature conservation]] throughout the region.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://conservingindiana.org/preserves/ |title=Preserves |date=August 21, 2019 |publisher=Central Indiana Land Trust |access-date=January 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Haley |date=November 10, 2020 |url=https://youarecurrent.com/2020/11/10/preserving-property-mud-creek-conservancy-halfway-to-fundraising-goal-to-purchase-land-for-sargent-road-nature-park/ |title=Preserving property: Mud Creek Conservancy halfway to fundraising goal to purchase land for Sargent Road Nature Park |newspaper=Current |publisher=Current Publishing |access-date=January 17, 2022}}</ref>