Best places: Parks in Springfield, United States

20+ landscaped botanical gardens, with BBQ/picnic areas, a lake & a native butterfly house.

This 114-acre site with several gardens & a butterfly house offers plant demonstrations & education.

Serene, 7-acre garden featuring typical Japanese landscaping, a charming koi lake & a teahouse.

Picturesque recreation area featuring a playground, caves, walking trail & a fishing lake.

Green space featuring a playground, a bell tower, a botanical garden & 2 ponds with ducks & geese.

Nature trails with picnic areas & bird hides overlooking the lake, plus wildlife like deer & mink.

👍👍 I always enjoy all the music every summer. I get to do monitor mixes for the stage. My Son also enjoys the amphitheater. It's a good time and an awesome environment.

Historic buildings & large collection of military weapons displayed at Revolutionary War arsenal.

Free garden with seasonal flowers, roses, trees, tropical greenhouses & a glass-domed conservatory.

Sprawling, 735-acre public park known for its charming natural features, sweeping views, lake & zoo.

Roomy park with mature trees, a picnic pavilion, tennis courts & playground equipment.

👍👍 Plenty of room here to spread out and get away from the crowds. There's some sidewalk for all ages, but most of the trails are uneven with endless rock and root tripping hazards, along with numerous elevation changes. Not to be discouraging, but just be aware. Much of the trail is shaded and there...

Expansive urban retreat offering a water-play fountain feature, picnic benches & grassy areas.

👍👍 Love this park, feels safe with other people who also walk or run in the park. I see the same people each day! By the way, a walk around the park is about one mile. Besides walking or running, there are plenty of other things to do. For example, the Nelson Center is a good place for swimming and ic...

Wildlife park featuring exotic animal exhibits, a petting zoo, train rides & more

👍👍 Great park and splash pad. A lot of people were there but didn't feel like it due to the amount of different things to do. This place is kept nicely by the city.

👍👍 Didn't have a chance to walk around the entire park but walked around the pond. It's teeming with several different species of aquatic turtles. Nice little waterfall I sat next to as well due to the recent rains. The city needs to take some initiative to clean up all of the trash out of the pond and...

👍👍 Snyder Park is an amazing park. It has everything a great park should have and more.First of all Buck Creek flows through it. It has a series of low head dams that really add to the creek.There are bridges, an archway ,frisbee golf,shelter houses and scenic views that are more than you would expect...

👍 Nice park big park. Lots to play on & explore. One slide still broken with caution tape - its been like this for 6months now!

👍👍 Clan water.. kids had a blast for hours