Parque Metropolitano Bosque de San Carlos, Metropolitan park in Rafael Uribe district, Bogota, Colombia.
Parque Metropolitano Bosque de San Carlos is a metropolitan park located in the Rafael Uribe area of Bogota. The space features walking trails, wooded sections, and open green areas distributed throughout its grounds.
The park's administration passed to the Departamento Técnico Administrativo del Medio Ambiente, today the Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, under Decree 381 of 2003, with support from the Instituto para la Recreación y el Deporte. A remodelling begun in 2006 has added planting days and environmental education activities, with input from the Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis. Roughly 800 trees have been planted since 1998 under a sanitary and physical maintenance plan.
The park draws its main visitors from the surrounding neighbourhoods: Pijaos, San José, Gustavo Restrepo, Colinas, Quiroga, Bosque de San Carlos and Country Sur. The Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis has supported planting days and educational and recreational activities on environmental themes held in the park.
The park lies between Carreras 13 and 13A and Calles 27A and 34 Bis Sur in the Bosque de San Carlos neighbourhood of Rafael Uribe. Since 2003 the Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente has administered it with the Instituto para la Recreación y el Deporte, under Decreto 381 of 2003. It serves residents of Pijaos, San José, Gustavo Restrepo, Colinas, Quiroga, Bosque de San Carlos and Country Sur.
The park has been managed since 2003 by the district environmental authority, now the Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, together with the Instituto para la Recreación y el Deporte, an arrangement formalised in Decreto 381 of 2003. Around 800 trees have been planted since 1998 under its maintenance plan.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 94,105 contributors worldwide.