Logan City enjoys a mix of rural and urban landscapes and provides a less congested and developed atmosphere in comparison to its surrounding urbanised centres.

At the same time it offers high quality and centralised retail facilities and community services. The rural components in particular provide important leisure values and recreation opportunities. The SEQ climate, together with a varied offering of natural parklands are also attractive features.

The natural environment in Logan is particularly attractive with a significant number and area of parklands, bushland and the Logan River related waterways providing for a wide range of leisure and recreation activities in natural areas.

Logan has some of the best educational facilities in South-East Queensland including Griffith University Meadowbrook campus, Logan TAFE, John Paul and Cantebury Colleges.

Particular environmental features of interest for visitors and recreation include:

• Cornubia Forest Park. A 150 acre park that forms part of the koala coast. It provides significant wildlife habitat and bushwalking opportunities.
• Daisy Hill State Forest. This was the first state forest park in Queensland and attracts more than 250,000 visitors/year. It incorporates walking, horse riding and mountain biking tracks. It also includes picnic areas as well as the Daisy Hill Koala Centre which includes a koala care centre and displays.
• Boronia Bushland Reserve – one of the last remnants of natural bushland in the area. It provides habitat for Eastern Grey kangaroos, koalas, goannas, possums and bandicoots.
• Carbrook wetlands and Slacks Creek Environmental Park. This park allows access to significant wetland areas.
• Murray’s environmental reserve and Alexander Clark Park. These parks contain rare specimens of the tree Austromyrtus gonoclada.
• Springwood Conservation Park. 36 hectares of natural bushland containing stands of Planchon’s Stringybark which is rare in Queensland.
• Tygum Lagoon (motorised water sports, canoeing, kayaking and recreational fishing)
• Underwood Park (sporting facilities and bikeways)
  Logan Gardens (grounds for Logan Festival and events)

Other key tourism locations and infrastructure across Logan City include:

• Beenleigh Historical Village
• Fo Guang San Chung Tian Temple
• Daisy Hill Koala Centre
• Ikea
• Moss Street (automotive precinct)
• Logan Hyperdome
• Kingston Park Raceway
• Cable Ski Logan