--- title: "Baclaran, Parañaque walkability score: 94/100 · How Walkable" description: "Baclaran in Parañaque scores 94/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise): what's within a walk and how it compares with Parañaque." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/baclaran updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Philippines](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines) 3. [Parañaque](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque) 4. Baclaran # How walkable is Baclaran, Parañaque? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Baclaran has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 700 m around its center, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of the 12 neighborhoods ranked in Parañaque, which scores 83 as a whole. 94 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 12 in Parañaque * 83 Parañaque overall * 95 at the center [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=14.53246&lon=120.99681&q=Baclaran%2C%20Para%C3%B1aque) ## What's within walking distance 1,598 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the center of Baclaran. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * Puregold Jr. BACLARAN, 1 min * SM Savemore, 3 min * Super8 Grocery Warehouse, 4 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Greenwich, 1 min * Jollibee, 1 min * KFC, 2 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Baclaran Basura, 1 min * Utara gen. Mdse, 1 min * Baluyot Commercial Center, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Sinirangan Coffee Shop, 2 min * AlfresCafe, 5 min * Dunkin' Donuts, 6 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * UnionBank, 1 min * Rcbc Branch - Baclaran, 1 min * EastWest Bank, 3 min ### Parks 0.4 of 1 point * Roxas Boulevard Promenade - Light Park, 18 min * Metropark Mini Park, 19 min * Derham Park, 23 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * BNHS-Brigada Eskwela, 2 min * Arellano University - Jose Abad Santos Campus, 4 min * Baclaran National High School, 4 min ### Books & libraries 0.8 of 1 point * San Beda University Library, 8 min * National Bookstore, 12 min * Fully Booked, 18 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Baclaran Cinema, 2 min * The Bay Entertainment Club Theatre & Ktv, 7 min * Baclaran, Roxas Boulevard, Parañaque City, 9 min Measured from the mapped center of Baclaran, Parañaque at 14.5325, 120.9968. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the center there are about 136 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Baclaran, Parañaque ![Walkability scores across the 700 m around the center of Baclaran. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 88, is 650 m to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/philippines/paranaque/baclaran.svg?v=ab15792b441d) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the center of Baclaran, Parañaque. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighborhoods in Parañaque | Neighborhood | Distance | Score | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Tambo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/neighbourhoods#tambo) | 1.7 km | 83 | | [Vitalez](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/neighbourhoods#vitalez) | 2.9 km | 89 | | [Don Galo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/don-galo) | 3.1 km | 78 | | [San Dionisio](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/neighbourhoods#san-dionisio) | 4.2 km | 70 | | [Merville](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/merville) | 4.6 km | 79 | | [Moonwalk](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/neighbourhoods#moonwalk) | 4.9 km | 80 | | [Sun Valley](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/neighbourhoods#sun-valley) | 6.2 km | 86 | | [San Martin de Porres](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/neighbourhoods#san-martin-de-porres) | 6.3 km | 86 | See [all 12 neighborhoods of Parañaque ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/paranaque/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Baclaran, Parañaque ### Is Baclaran walkable? Yes. Baclaran in Parañaque has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 700 m around its center, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. ### Is Baclaran more walkable than the rest of Parañaque? Baclaran is more walkable than Parañaque as a whole: it scores 94, against 83 for the 5 km around Parañaque's center. It is the most walkable of the 12 neighborhoods ranked in Parañaque on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighborhoods in Parañaque? Of the 12 Parañaque neighborhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Baclaran (94), Vitalez (89), Sun Valley (86), San Martin de Porres (86) and San Antonio (86). ### How is the walkability score of Baclaran calculated? The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Baclaran it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 700 m around its mapped center, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighborhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Baclaran, Parañaque?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.