Fresh N' Grill

Picnic tables in Sydney

2,947 picnic tables are mapped in Sydney. 1,583 of them sit in 532 named parks — here they are, biggest first.

Places532

Centennial Park57 tables3 covered Open in maps
Royal National Park33 tables Open in maps
Sydney Harbour National Park33 tables11 covered Open in maps
Lane Cove National Park28 tables7 covered Open in maps
Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden27 tables Open in maps
Andrew Campbell Reserve21 tables Open in maps
Warragamba Recreation Reserve17 tables Open in maps
Bents Basin State Conservation Area14 tables Open in maps
Bilarong Reserve14 tables Open in maps
Central Gardens Nature Reserve14 tables Open in maps
Dunningham Park14 tables Open in maps
Como Pleasure Grounds13 tables Open in maps
Fagan Park12 tables1 covered Open in maps
Gore Hill Park12 tables Open in maps
Nielsen Park12 tables Open in maps
Tempe Reserve12 tables1 step-free Open in maps
Clifton Gardens Reserve11 tables Open in maps
Davidson Park Reserve11 tables Open in maps
Manly Warringah War Memorial State Park11 tables Open in maps
North Goldstein Reserve11 tables Open in maps
Amour Park10 tables Open in maps
Commemoration Flat10 tables Open in maps
Orchard Park10 tables9 covered Open in maps
Sydney Park10 tables Open in maps
Winnereremy Bay Foreshore Reserve10 tables6 covered Open in maps
Bradfield Park9 tables Open in maps
Mill Park9 tables Open in maps
Mount Annan Botanic Garden9 tables Open in maps
Ted Jackson Reserve9 tables Open in maps
Weir Reserve9 tables Open in maps
Cook Park8 tables Open in maps
Curry Reserve8 tables Open in maps
Gough Whitlam Park8 tables Open in maps
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park8 tables3 covered Open in maps
St Leonards Park8 tables Open in maps
Balls Head Reserve7 tables Open in maps
Donnelly Park7 tables Open in maps
E G Waterhouse National Camellia Gardens7 tables Open in maps
Frenchs Forest Showground7 tables Open in maps
JJ Melbourne Hills Memorial Reserve7 tables Open in maps

492 more places not listed here.

A further 1,364 are mapped outside any named park — along foreshores, on reserves and in places OpenStreetMap has not named. They are counted in the total above but cannot be listed by name.

Picnic tables are the part of a park that decides whether a meal happens there. A table means you can lay out a board, cut something, and eat without balancing a plate on your knees — and it is the single most requested piece of park furniture that maps rarely tell you about.

What the map cannot tell you is shade. A table in full sun at one o'clock in July is a table nobody uses, and OpenStreetMap almost never records tree cover over a specific table. Arrive early or scout the tree line.

Nor does it record whether the table is bolted near a bin, a tap or a toilet — the three things that turn a table into a usable picnic spot. Larger regional parks are the safe bet for all three.

Recipes for the grillPublic BBQ areas in Sydney

Other cities

Melbourne

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Facilities change; check locally before you plan a meal around one. openstreetmap.org/copyright · 2,947 of them are mapped in OpenStreetMap as of 2026-08-21.