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Fairmount Park. What Is It Exactly? For Some, It's Their Neighborhood Park. For Others, It's The Schuylkill River Bordered By Kelly And Martin Luther King Drives. Yet Others Describe It As "a Big Park In Philadelphia". But When Pressed To Elaborate, Some Confusion Abounds. In The Here And Now, Fairmount Park Is Philadelphia's Park System. With Over 9,200 Acres, It Claims 10% Of The Land In Philadelphia (City And County). Fairmount Park Has Been Called "one Of The Largest Urban Parks In The Country" (although Other Cities Are Catching On To This Great Idea And Are Collecting Green Space). Fairmount Park Is Comprised Of 63 Regional And Neighborhood Parks. The Larger Of These Parks Are: East And West Parks, Franklin D. Roosevelt Park, Pennypack Park, Poquessing Park, Tacony Creek Park And Wissahickon Valley Park. Center, Franklin, Logan, Rittenhouse And Washington Squares Are Also Part Of Fairmount Park.