These gardens and walking paths are beautiful and well attended. We enjoyed a walk everyday we…read morewere visiting Topeka. Just amazing! I cannot wait to come back.

Great use of outdoors, strolling in peace. Plenty of sidewalk and paths, great open space with…read moreareas to stop and reflect, meditate or picnic.

Very pretty park with some nice trails through woods and some through tall grasses. Also can walk…read morearound the lake.

Very nice well kept park, wish their were places to sit and or bbq and stuff but for the most park…read morewasn't really anything to do. Really disappointed in that part. But we were able to still sit ok then grass and talk and have a little picnic. Were a lot of kids here and people walking around and some people were working out. Overall an okay place to come when you have nothing else to do.

Dont bother going. It would be nice, this is a nice park. It would be better if I could use the…read moretrails in this area without being scared. Unfortunately the homeless make it very difficult to bring children here,... or any of the public spaces. I asked. ....it seems they have made camps, "just barely legally" off the trail. Now i have to deal with Stacy if I want to enjoy this park. Stacy "lives" on 17th street along the trail. Stacy enjoys assaulting ppl when she is strung out. Stacy is always strung out. Topeka has a serious homeless problem. Until they solve it, the whole place is a waste of time investment-wise. Time or money.

These park is located across from the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site so if…read moreyou're there and looking for a good shady spot to picnic and playground, this is it. The park does have some parallel parking available along the street. It also has a basketball court, grill and picnic areas. The grass is in excellent condition. [Review 11423 overall, 1201 of 2019.]

Wide open area very peaceful when there is no construction, still peaceful on the weekends though…read moreyou should definitely give it a go the area is will kept and not many people seem to use it.

It's a big enough area for your pup to play. Most people…read moreseem to keep an eye on their dogs There is seating around and in a covered area to sit under My pup looped the perimeter twice, Checked out some other pups and then he went to the gate and we went home. Spent about 45 mins there. Will go again. GPS will tell you that you are "here" in the middle of the intersection of 10th and Gage ... "Here" is actually gage park and to the immediate right of entering the overall park ... tip: type in gauge park instead. Same place.. but the directions to the puppy park will announce your arrival in the intersection.. if you're not from here, you may not notice it's actually tucked up into Gage park. I sure didn't. We circled in a neighborhood until I happened to take a chance and turn into the park

Good place to bring your pup as long as he/she has good manners and the owners are watching their…read morepup.

Veteran's Park is at the foot of the north end of the Kansas Avenue Bridge and is set in the middle…read moreof a rather industrial neighborhood. The park is split by Kansas Avenue. Features here include a basketball court, some well tended flower beds, a grill with picnic areas and some playground equipment. Lots of parking. Other than the high traffic, it's an A-OK spot. [Review 11416 overall, 1193 of 2019.]

The giant wren is cool to see but the park is nothing more than a boulevard and the area seems a…read morelittle sketchy.

This very small park is located adjacent to the large parking area for the Capitol buildings. You…read morecan't miss the park thanks to the gigantic bird mounted there. Well, the bird is actually a wren and it turns out that it is the world's largest wren. Yep. Purchased from a local radio station that shutdown and now it's here. The park is clean, well manicured and other than the gigantic bird, devoid of features. If it wasn't so small, it would be a good spot for a picnic. [Review 11412 overall, 1189 of 2019.]

No facilities here other than a bench or two and some trees. There is no parking nearby either…read more Maybe a quarter of an acre, it is the size of a small home lot. [Review 11415 overall, 1192 of 2019.]

Dr. Samuel Jay Crumbine (1862-1954) was a pioneer in public health who campaigned against the…read morecommon drinking cup, the common towel and spitting in public. At the age of 21, Crumbine entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery and graduated in 1888. Following that graduation, he moved to Kansas. In 1911, he assumed the duties of Dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Kansas. According to the wikipedia article, Dr. Crumbine was the model for "Doc Adams" on the long running TV show "Gunsmoke". The legendary lawmen of Dodge City - Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Luke Short and Bill Tilghman - were his contemporaries. The marker details all of this and more. "At a time when the public did not fully grasp the role of germs int he spread of disease, Crumbine believed educating the public was essential in combating tuberculosis and other illnesses common at the time." [Review 11411 overall, 1188 of 2019.]