Parks in Bangkok

[timberpond]

Anyone have a nice clean park to recommend?

Family evening walks and not too far from carparking. 

Availability of toilets is even better. 

 

I do have a small park near my house but it is situated between 2 highway bridges. 

The evening jam and air quality is really a turn off not to mention we have to cross a dangerous road with toddler to assess the park. (We literally have to dash across the road as nobody is stopping for pedestrian at the zebra crossing). 

[KhaoYai]

Lumpinee but watch out for the lizards, Don't fall asleep in the sun.

[timberpond]

5 minutes ago, KhaoYai said:

Lumpinee but watch out for the lizards, Don't fall asleep in the sun.

Hmmm... google showed me a boxing ring... do you mean the anusawari beside it? Looks like a golf course.

[dddave]

Maybe the OP can be more specific what neighborhood's are nearby?

[bbko]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumphini_Park

[phetphet]

Benjakitti Park, if it is reopened after the enlargement, has a nice track around the lake.

Many joggers and cylists in the evening. Unfortunately, I doubt you will get away from the air quality anywhere in Bangkok. Except maybe in the area they call Bangkok's Green lung.

[KhaoYai]

35 minutes ago, timberpond said:

Hmmm... google showed me a boxing ring... do you mean the anusawari beside it? Looks like a golf course.

This is the one I mean:

 

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g293916-d456170-Reviews-Lumpini_Park-Bangkok.html

[jaiyenyen]

I don't know where timberpond lives, but there's a nice park near me.

Royal Thai Air Force Park at Don Mueang. 1.2km cycle track and a walking/jogging track around the large lake. Plenty of parking and there's a toilet block. Snacks and soft drinks available.

It's usually fairly quiet.

Oh, and there's a golf driving range there, if you're into that

[Farmerslife]

Benchasiri Park on the Sukhumvit by Phrom Phong BTS.

 

It's small but nice and friendly. Free of charge. Toilets are just about bearable. A couple of refreshment stands.

 

Sculpture, exercise areas, water, flowers, plenty of grass. Lots of seating.  A busy outdoor gym area for the pumping iron brigade. Mothers/nannies with toddlers or pushchairs and their own designated play area with swings, roundabouts etc. There's an elderly guy who does his T'ai Chi exercises in the morning and he's joined by others at the weekend. 

  

When I'm in Bangkok I always visit. Blow all that sweating and grunting, I just find it a good place to sit and write. 

[asiacurious]

The two great parks I write about below are in the east part of Bangkok and have a lot less air pollution than parks in central Bangkok.  Each park by itself is (I think) bigger than either Lumpini or Benjakitti parks.  They're circled in red in this map:

 

 

Here's a closer view:

 

 

 

King's Park is fantastic.  (Suan Luang Rama IX).  Plenty of parking.  Fee is 10 baht per person before 5pm (free after 5pm).   I don't know what parking costs.  There's a nice little dense tree area, ponds, plenty of monitor lizards/turtles/birds, paddle boats, gardens (including a cactus garden, which closes at 5pm I think) and, well, enough for a really nice afternoon.  The park is open from 5am to 7pm, seven days a week.

 

Right next to it (though not connected) is Nong Bon Water Sports Center which has a large reservoir with a long walking/jogging/cycling path that goes around the whole thing.  You can even get some kayaking lessons.  There's a bike shop - Happy Bike - right at the entrance that rents bikes for 50 baht for 2 hours.  They rent out fast on weekends.)  I think the park closes at 6pm (might be 6:30pm).

 

As I mentioned, these two parks are NOT connected, even though they are right next to each other.  Something they could easily fix but I guess they're operated by different agencies and each has to have their own little fiefdom, or something.  Both parks have bathroom facilities and outdoor public exercise areas/equipment.

 

One really nice thing about both of these places parks is that they aren't far from a great night market.

 

Go on a Friday or Saturday afternoon, spend the day at the park, then head to the Srinagarindra Train Night Market (aka Rot Fai Train Night Market) nearby.  It's the best night market in Bangkok IMO.  (Park on the west side of Kings Park if you want to have a short drive to the night market.  Parking on the east side of the park, or at Nong Bong, will make for a long drive as there are no roads that go through.  I don't think you can drive through Kings Park from one side to another.)

 

Oh, and late next year there's a new MRT line opening that will have a stop right by the Paradise and Seacon Square shopping malls - about a 10-15 minute walk to Kings Park.  So driving won't be the only way to access this great area.

 

Hope you'll post here if you go, and share what you think about the parks.

 

Arrows on this map point to parking lot entrances....

 

[timberpond]

Thank you everyone for the recommendations. I live around lat krabang area.

This is the park I mentioned earlier: 13.755239846831271, 100.74555176857521