Outdoors in Kansas City

Oak Grove Park

Penn Valley Park

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

William E. Macken Park

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

Lowenstein Park

18-acre park featuring open fields, kids' play equipment, picnic shelters & a 1-mi. walking path.

Berkley Riverfront

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

James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area

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

Lakeside Nature Center

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

Stocksdale Park

Green space with a playground, trails & multi-use athletic fields plus horseshoe pits & a dog park.

Cave Spring Park

Kessler Park

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

Burrus Old Mill Park

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

Lea McKeighan Park - South

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

Rotary Park

The Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden

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

Ermine Case Junior Park

McCoy Park

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

Jackson County Parks + Rec

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

Penguin Park

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

Loose Park

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

Swope Park

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