Burnham Park (Philippines)

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Burnham Park is an urban park located at the heart of the City of Baguio, in the Philippines. It was named after the American architect and urban planner, Daniel Hudson Burnham who laid the plans for the city. Several stretch of roads around the park lead to Camp John Hay, a former recreational base of the United States Armed Forces in the Philippines. It is a scenic park overlooking Mount Cabuyao, the tallest mountain in the Baguio region.

The park features a man-made lake situated at the center where tourists can enjoy boating with rented boats. At the southern part of the park, a skating rink was contructed. The football field at the estern part of the park are normally used for several activities like parades, concerts, and political rallies. The children's park and the orchidarium is located at the western part of the park.

When the 1990 Luzon earthquake killed more than 100 people in Baguio many homes were destroyed, including the Hyatt Hotel, leaving many displaced people seeking refuge in Burnham Park.

The park has got a wide range of temperatures. Highest record is 36.2 degrees Celsius and the lowest -1 degree Celsius during the cold front that hit Luzon and extreme northern visayas on January 21 to February 9. The cold front made temperatures in Manila and Quezon city drop from 30 degrees to 21 degrees Celsius in less than 2 hours. From February to July when summer is in full swing temperatures range from 16 degrees in the morning at night and morning and 31 degrees Celsius in the mid-afternoon. From August to January when the typhoon season starts and summer ends, the temperatures range from 13.C to 29.C .

Also of interest is the man-made lake in the center of the park. Here, you can rent small rowing boats to take a leisurely row around the lake. There are also bike rentals if one so wishes. You can rent either single bikes, tandem bikes or even bikes with side cars. They even have small bikes for the little kids of both two and three wheel versions.