These are the parks thicket knows about in Gaston — the big ones you already know, and the pocket parks, greenways and trailheads two streets over that you probably do not.
- Aaron B. Moss Municipal Park
- All American Park
- Ballard Park
- Belmont Central Park
- Bessemer City Park
- C.B. Huss Recreation Complex
- Catawba Heights Playground
- Catawba River Greenway
- Central Park
- Central Park
- Crescent Park
- Crowders Mountain County Park
- Dallas Park
- Davis Park
- Ebb Gantt Park
- Ferguson Park
- Founders Park
- Gaston College Student Quad
- George Poston Park
- Gingles Park
- Goat Island Park
- Harper Park
- Indian Spring Park
- J. Ralph Beam Jr. Heritage Park
- Kenwood Park
- Kevin Loftin Riverfront Park
- Kevin Millwood Park
- Legacy Park
- Linear Park
- Lineburger Park
- Martha Rivers Park
- Mountain Island Educational State Forest
- Mountain Island Lake Park
- Mountain Island Park
- North Belmont Park
- Northeast Community Park
- Optimist Club Park
- Pearl Henderson Park
- Pharr Yarns - Pinhook Peninsula
- Pharr Yarns - Spencer Mountain Wetland
- Phillips Center and Park
- R.M. Thompson Park
- Rankin Lake Park
- Rankin-Redlair Conservation Lands
- Ranlo City Park
- Ranlo Community Park
- Ranlo Neighborhood Park
- Reid Park
- River Street Park
- Riverside Park
- Rocky Branch Park
- Rodden Ballfield
- Rotary Centennial Pavilion
- Sims Legion Park
- South Fork River
- South Fork River
- South Point Beach Park
- Stinger Park
- Stone Water Bay Cumminty Park
- Stowe Family YMCA
- Stowe Park
- T. Jeffers Park
- Tom White Baseball Fields
- Town Center
- Tuckaseege Park Mt Holly
- Uptown Park
- Veteran’s Park
- Warlick Track & Disc Golf Course
- Waters Edge
- Westgate Park
- William E. Edwards Park
- Woodlawn Park
- Zen Garden