Outdoors in Kansas City

Lakeside Nature Center

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

Loose Park

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

The Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden

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

Frank A. Theis Park

Swope Park

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

Waterworks Park

Kessler Park

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

Ermine Case Junior Park

Kauffman Legacy Park

This 2-acre memorial park offers water features & seasonal gardens with vintage & modern plants.

Englewood Park

Washington Square Park

Penguin Park

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

Penn Valley Park

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

Anita B. Gorman Park

Soil Service Garden Center

Longtime outpost for garden & lawn-care supplies, including plants, containers & pest-control items.

Berkley Riverfront

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

Hidden Valley Park

This expansive tract of wildland open space features multi-use paths & a sports field.

Minor Park

A former farm, this 235-acre park is now a public green space with picnic areas & a golf course.

Cave Spring Park

Frank Vaydik Park

A 145-acre park with a mini railroad, ice rink & ball fields on a former archeological site.