Best places: City parks in Kansas City, United States

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

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

Park with river views, offering covered picnic areas, an outdoor amphitheater & a baseball field.

👍👍 Gorgeous park with rolling hills, mature trees, disc golf, and an amazing view of the city skyline. Entrance is located on the west side of North Oak trafficway just north of North Kansas City and south of Briar cliff. Picnic areas, plenty of parking, scenic views, disc golf course, playground, wi...

👍👍 Love how spacious and shaded this park is! Had a great time stilt walking during the KC Lawn Party. I'll be back again for sure!

👍👍 What a great find! This little park is tucked into the neighborhood we just happened to stumble upon it. There is a nice little walking loop. Plenty of field space to run and play in. The playground is taylored to big and little children. A perfect place to picnic! There are grills there and a shelt...

👍👍 One of my favorite places in the Northeast. Lots of people hang out here in the summer. Great for people watching, evening strolls, or playing. Something for everyone!

👍👍 Great park with awesome views to the east west and north. The lookout over the river, KCK and the west bottoms is one of the best in town.

👍👍 The Clay County Veteran's Memorial is very beautiful and well thought out.

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

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

👍👍 As we have for the last dozen years…we had a great time at Shakespeare in the Park last night! It’s such a great place for this event.

👍 Fun playground. Pretty well kept. Seemed clean, although there were a couple of homeless people nearby. There is a little building with sinks and bathrooms. Overall, our son enjoyed it!

👍👍 I went here for a festival and really enjoyed the experience. The park is very spacious with great sight seeing! Limited parking so it’s best to park where parking is free or at least convenient!

👍👍 I love this park. It's through KU Cancer Center it's beautiful. And worth going to even if you do not have cancer. You can also go through this park anytime of the day or night in memory of someone who has passed away from cancer. It also has once a year an activity were they give out all kinds of c...

👍 Nice park, lots of walkers on the trails. Being new to the Kansas City areas I’m visiting different parks. Didn’t see specific parking so parked on a side street.

238-acre city park with a disc golf course, a baseball field, a playground & a seasonal sprayground.

👍👍 This is a picturesque destination whenever the sky is awesome. It would be nice if there were picnic tables at Kessler Park.

😐 The lake or pond seems over run with algae with a mix of trash. The surrounding are seemed nice and a good place to take in the sunset.