Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 98
PARK PRESSURE
Syd Kronenthal Park
2.5 Acres per 1000
Media Park
0.19 Acres per 1000
Baldwin Hills Scenic
Overlook State Park
8.3 Acres per 1000
Culver City Park
13.59 Acres per 1000
Carlson Park
0.83 Acres per 1000
Blair Hills Park
2.63 Acres per 1000
Veterans Memorial Park
1.33 Acres per 1000
Tellefson Park
0.15 Acres per 1000
Coombs Parkette
0.89 Acres per 1000
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Lindberg Park
1.1 Acres per 1000
Culver West Alexander Park
0.19 Acres per 1000
Blanco Park
0.94 Acres per 1000
El Marino Park
0.66 acres per 1000
MAP LEGEND
Culver City Boundary
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES
Culver City Parks
Los Angeles County Parks
State Parks
PARKS PRESSURE
(Acres per 1000 residents in parkshed)
0.10
Fox Hills Parkette
0.42 acres per 1000
Fox Hills Park
1.11 Acres per 1000
Ballona Wetlands
Ecological Reserve
1.0
1+ acres per 1000
0
1/2
1 mile
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Figure 83. Park pressure takes an overlay of population and parkshed to determine the acres of parkland per 1000 residents within the
parkshed. Areas with less than 3.3 acres per 1,000 resident are defined as under “high pressure” based on LA County standards. Source:
Parksheds defined using walking distance along U.S. Census Bureau Tiger/Line Shapefiles, Roads, 2022; Population within parkshed derived from
U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2021, 5-Year Estimates, 2021. OLIN, 2024.
What is a “Parkshed’?
Parksheds are an estimated service
area for each park based on the
closest walking distance. They are
a great tool to help understand
equitable access to parks.
98 THE PLAN // SYSTEM SCALE
Understanding Park Pressure
While total park acreage has long dominated the
conversation for parks systems, another, perhaps
more telling metric used today is park pressure. Park
pressure is another means of measuring need that
evaluates whether residents have equitable access
in their parksheds. Park pressure can be determined
by dividing a geography into “parksheds” based
on what park is the closest to walk to. After this
geography is determined, the total population of
the parkshed is determined. Using the total acreage
of the park space and the total population that it
serves, the amount of park acres available per 1,000
residents can be estimated.16
