Parque Natural Gómez Carreño, Nature park in Valparaíso Region, Chile

Parque Natural Gómez Carreño is a nature park in the Valparaíso Region with trails running through different ecosystems and habitats where native plants and wildlife thrive. The terrain spans multiple elevations and land types that support a range of plant communities.

The area is not an officially declared park: it is private land zoned for urban expansion, 536 hectares of coastal sclerophyll forest fed by the Estero de Reñaca. The Comité Ecológico Parque Natural Gómez Carreño, later Corporación Viña Nativa, has gathered studies with the Universidad de Valparaíso, Universidad de Playa Ancha, the regional government and the consultancy ECOHYD to have it declared a nature sanctuary. The Mirador Gabriela Martínez, named after a founding member of the committee and one of the first residents of Gómez Carreño in the 1960s, was inaugurated on 20 April 2014.

The park serves as a space where local people connect with native plants and animals from the region, with many using the trails for walks and outdoor activities. Its location between the coast and inland areas makes it an important green space for the community.

The land is private, zoned for urban expansion with projected buildings and roads, so access is not guaranteed; the Mirador Gabriela Martínez, inaugurated on 20 April 2014, stands at the entrance via the 3rd Sector of Gómez Carreño in the Jardines de Santa Julia housing estate. The Estero de Reñaca runs through the 536 hectares, and the Poza de la Virgen lies hidden among rocky slopes.

The land is privately owned and earmarked for urban expansion, with apartment blocks and roads planned, not an official park. Neighbours formed the Comité Ecológico Parque Natural Gómez Carreño, now Corporación Viña Nativa, and with the Universidad de Valparaíso and the Universidad de Playa Ancha gathered the studies arguing for its declaration as a nature sanctuary.