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Bugle Rock Park
A shady 16-acre park around an ancient gneiss outcrop behind the Bull Temple, with an old watchtower, walking paths, an amphitheatre and a fruit-bat colony.
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🧭 Unique ExperiencesRagigudda Sri Prasanna Anjaneyaswamy Temple
A Hanuman temple on a rocky knoll in Jayanagar 9th Block, built in 1969, with shrines to Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, a Shiva linga, a temple tank and an amphitheatre.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesFreedom Park
A 21-acre public park on the site of the old Bangalore Central Jail, opened in 2008, where the barracks, watch tower and gallows area are kept alongside lawns and the city's main protest ground.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesBannerghatta Biological Park
A park about 25 km from central Bengaluru with a zoo, bus and jeep safaris, a rescue centre and India's first enclosed butterfly park, managed by the Zoo Authority of Karnataka.
🌿 Hidden SpotsPuttenahalli Lake (Puttakere)
A small neighbourhood lake of about 13 acres in JP Nagar 7th Phase, ringed by a walking track of roughly 920 m and revived over years by local residents.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesAgara Lake
A large lake beside HSR Layout, part of the chain that flows from Madiwala to Bellandur, with a walking track around its edge and a park at the north end.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesMadiwala Lake
One of Bengaluru's largest lakes, in BTM Layout and looked after by the Forest Department; spot-billed pelicans gather here in numbers around November-December.
🌿 Hidden SpotsTurahalli Forest and Tree Park
A patch of scrub and dry deciduous forest off Kanakapura Road near Uttarahalli and Banashankari 6th Stage, with a 38-acre tree park on one side. Researchers have recorded 139 bird species here.
🌿 Hidden SpotsLalbagh Botanical Garden
240-acre botanical garden run by Karnataka's Horticulture Department, begun by Hyder Ali around 1760, with an 1889 glass house and the 3,000-million-year-old Lalbagh Rock topped by a Kempegowda watchtower.
🌿 Hidden SpotsCubbon Park (Sri Chamarajendra Park)
Roughly 300-acre park laid out in 1870 in the city centre, with 6,000+ trees, the red Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall (State Central Library) and the 1864 Attara Kacheri (Karnataka High Court) at its edge.
🌿 Hidden SpotsSankey Tank
A roughly 37-acre artificial lake built in 1882 by Col. Richard Sankey of the Madras Sappers for Bangalore's water supply, restored and landscaped as a park in the early 2000s.