Editing San Angelo, Texas (section)

===City park system===
The San Angelo City Park system was created in 1903. The city has 32 parks with over {{convert|375|acre|km2}} of developed land. The department maintains a 33-acre municipal [[golf course]] (Santa Fe Park Golf Course) along the river, 25 playgrounds, and 25 sports practice fields.

The "crown jewels" of the parks system are the parks that make up the {{convert|10|mi|km}} of river frontage on the Concho River winding through downtown and beyond. The parks feature many plazas, public art displays, and numerous water features.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanangelotexas.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={06512456-F271-40EE-908D-F1173A408EF2} |title=Parks – San Angelo |publisher=Sanangelotexas.org |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312100607/http://www.sanangelotexas.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B06512456-F271-40EE-908D-F1173A408EF2%7D |archive-date=March 12, 2013 }}</ref> The city is home to the International Water Lily Collection. The park contains over 300 varieties of water lilies, one of the largest collections in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalwaterlilycollection.com/aboutus.html |title=About us|publisher=Internationalwaterlilycollection.com |access-date=April 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/garden/for-waterlilies-an-odd-refuge-in-texas.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Anne | last=Raver | title=For Waterlilies, an Odd Refuge in Texas | date=September 14, 2011|access-date=January 21, 2015}}</ref>

The city also provides several municipal parks on Lake Nasworthy, one of three lakes near the city; the others are Twin Buttes Reservoir and O.C. Fisher Reservoir.