Lumphini Park

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Lumphini Park
Aerial view of Lumphini Park
Type	Urban Park
Location	Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok
Coordinates	13°43′50″N 100°32′30″E / 13.73056°N 100.54167°E / 13.73056; 100.54167
Area	142 acres (57 ha)
Created	1925 (1925)
Operated by	Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Visitors	about 10,000 - 15,000 people a day
Status	Open daily from 4.30 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.

Lumphini Park (Thai: สวนลุมพินี, RTGS: Suan Lumphini, pronounced [sǔan lūm.pʰī.nīː]), also Lumpini or Lumpinee, is a 360 rai (57.6-hectare (142-acre)) park in Bangkok, Thailand. The park offers rare open public space, trees and playgrounds in the Thai capital and contains an artificial lake where visitors can rent boats. Paths around the park totalling approximately 2.5 km in length are a popular area for morning and evening joggers. Officially, cycling is only permitted during the day between the times of 10:00 am to 03:00 pm. There is a smoking ban throughout the park. Dogs are not allowed, except certified guide dogs only. Lumphini Park is regarded as the first public park in Bangkok and Thailand.^[1][2]

To the west, Lumphini Park is close to Sala Daeng Station on the BTS Skytrain's Silom Line and Si Lom station on the MRT Blue Line. To the east, the park is close to Lumphini station on the Blue Line.