Outdoors in Kansas City

Memorial Park

Park featuring a pool, an inclusive playground, picnic shelters, baseball, basketball & trails.

Lost Canyon Cave and Nature Trail

Self-guided golf-cart tours along a scenic trail with dramatic waterfalls & a cave with a bar.

Jackson County Parks + Rec

Fishing & boating on 2 lakes, campgrounds, native animal enclosure, soccer & model airplane fields.

Cave Spring Park

Penguin Park

Whimsical public park featuring giant animal sculptures, a picnic shelter & barbecue grills.

The Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden

Spacious burial site of the namesake philanthropists landscaped with fountains, sculptures & paths.

Burrus Old Mill Park

14-acre hangout with a skate park, walking trail, playground & sports facilities.

Lakeside Nature Center

Animal rescue facility in Swope Park with live wildlife exhibits & 3 interpretive walking trails.

Rotary Park

Swope Park

1,805-acre park with community gardens, a golf course & 9 soccer fields, plus a theater & zoo.

McCoy Park

Open area with a ball field, tennis courts & a playground, plus a picnic shelter & splash park.

James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area

Expansive woodland & wetland hunting grounds features picnic spots, trails & fishing lakes & ponds.

Lea McKeighan Park - South

Park featuring a shelter, a playground, a skate park, ball diamonds, volleyball courts & restrooms.

William E. Macken Park

A 60-acre public park offering tennis, basketball, soccer & baseball facilities, plus playgrounds.

Kessler Park

Elegant public gathering space with four memorials, a colonnade, sculpture & a disc golf course.

Weston Bend State Park

This park with a campground offers paved & unpaved trails & overlook views of the Missouri River.

Berkley Riverfront

Downtown green space along the Missouri River features broad biking & walking paths & open fields.

Penn Valley Park

Park with the National WWI Museum & Memorial, a theater & tennis, baseball & skateboarding venues.

Loose Park

Site of a Civil War battle, this 75-acre green space features a pond, tennis courts & a rose garden.

Snow Creek Ski Area

Winter-sports facility with ski/snowboard trails, a tubing hill, a terrain park & lessons.