The City of Dearborn has 431.9 acres of public park land within a total of 43 parks.

Each park is categorized as either a mini-park, neighborhood park, or a community park, based on the classification system for local and regional recreation open space developed by the National Recreation and Parks Association.

A mini-park is an area of specialized facilities that serve a concentration or limited population or specific group, such as tots or senior citizens. There are twenty parks within Dearborn that are classified as mini-parks. Their primary uses are passive recreation opportunities as, well as locations for citywide Summer Playground Programs where appropriate. Play equipment appropriate for preschoolers and young elementary school children is the focus at the mini- parks. The mini-parks also provide green space, shade trees, benches and tables.

Akron-Lowrey Playlot	Freda-Blesser Playlot
Alber-Bingham Playlot	Gary Playlot
Arthur Basse Playlot	Martha-Myrtle Playlot
Ash-Raymond Playlot	Morningside-Wyoming
Canterbury Playlot	Palmer-Jerome Playlot
Carlysle-Ash Playlot	Pine-Linden Playlot
Carlysle-Raymond Playlot	Riverdale Playlot
Cherry Hill Playlot	Rosalie-Hubbard Dr Playlot
Columbia Playlot	Tannahill Playlot
Dearborn High Playlot	Wyoming-Gould Playlot

A neighborhood park is an area for recreational activities such as field games, court games, crafts, playground apparatus areas, skating, picnicking, wading pools, walking, etc. The neighborhood parks serve as areas for the summer playground program and low-intensity programs such as youth baseball and mini-sports camps. It is designed to provide low intensity and passive recreation for the neighborhood population. The majorities of the parks are bordered by residential streets and neighborhoods and provide little to no area for off-street parking. Fourteen parks within Dearborn are classified as neighborhood parks.

Anthony Playground	Oxford Playground
Argyle-Williamson Jr. Playground	Penn-Vassar Playground
Bennington Jr. Playground	Prospect-Woodworth
Edison Jr. Playground	Summer Stephens Playground
Elmhurst-Schemansky Playground	Ten Eyck Playground
Oak Jr. Playground	Whitmore-Bolles Pool
Owen-Geer Playground	York Jr. Playground

Nine parks within Dearborn are classified as Community Parks due to their size, vast recreational opportunities, and/or the population for which they serve. These parks are relatively large in terms of acreage, have off-street parking and restrooms available. The Community Parks include activities similar to the neighborhood parks but also serve as the location for activities such as organized sports, which produce a relatively large volume of traffic and are competitive in nature, scheduled picnics and gatherings, which require staffing for set up and clean-up, and facilities such as community playscapes etc., which are expected to generate parking and restroom facility needs.

Civic Center	King Boring Field
Crowley Playfield	Lapeer Field
Ford Field	Levagood Playfield
Ford Woods Playfield	Walker Keilb (Porath)
Hemlock Playfield