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{{Infobox Park
|park=Kupfrian's Park
|image=Kupfrian Park Entrance.png
|caption=Entrance to Kupfrian's Park
|type=
|size=288px
|facilities=
|operator=Defunct
|visitors=
|opened=
|location=Between [[Pace Boulevard]] and [[J Street]]<br/>and [[Avery Street|Avery]] and [[Blount Street]]s
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.429693" lon="-87.238312" zoom="16" width="288" height="250">
30.429323, -87.237582, Kupfrian's Park
</googlemap>
}}
'''Kupfrian's Park''' was a recreational area in 19th and 20th century Pensacola develloped by [[Conrad Kupfrian]].
Kupfrian's Park was roughly bordered by the following modern-day streets: North [[Pace Boulevard]] to the west, West [[Avery Street]] to the north, North [[J Street]] to the east, and West [[Blount Street]] to the south. That Much of that land is now occupied by [[Pensacola Retirement Village]]. The pond that is still extant on the site was once in the infield of a half-mile dirt track used for horse racing. In addition to the horse track, the park contained a beer hall, dance pavilion, band stand, and many benches and tables for picnickers.<ref>''The Great Oaks Still Stand... but Where'' by Arthur Halliburton. [http://www.escambiahealth.com/eh/programs/tifs/Kupfrian%20Park%20Article.tif]</ref> The park was also filled with many large oak trees, some of which are still standing in the area.
[[T. T. Wentworth]] described Kupfrian's Park as follows in his ''Pensacola Picture Book No. 3'' (1965):
