What a great park! I'd never been to Owensboro before and just came to try Fetta Pizza which was…read morerecommended by locals. Kudos to Owensboro for creating such a nice area on the river. Fun shops and restaurants and the park is so creative. Awesome for families and everyone. Indy should steal this developments ideas for its White River.

Smothers Park is a beautiful and clean family park. There are activities for all ages of children,…read moreand plenty of places for parents to sit and enjoy the view. There are bridges, a hollow tree, a climbing wall, a large slide, and plenty of places to play hide and seek. This park and the Riverwalk are my favorite places in Owensboro.

There are great walking trails with lots of dogs. There is a huge children's playground located at…read morethe park. Depending on the day and time it can either be super crowded and over run with cursing children without adults. We almost witnessed 9 years olds getting into a physical fight. The park is so large and has so much potential it is just not well kept or monitored.

Wonderful break for my kiddos as we were driving cross country! 20 minutes off my route I- 64 BUT…read morethis place was quite AMAZING!!! I have never seen a park quite like it! And free!!! Kudos!!!!

Clean park with lots of shade. Playground is older but I'm good conditions. Kids had a great time!read more

Located north of downtown is a park that includes a clubhouse, basketball courts, a large swimming…read morepool, and a wooded playground. The park was renovated by the local Jaycees and partners back in 1985. There is a large paved parking lot next to the park which can easily hold the visitors to the area. The playground features numerous slides and has swings and some climbing structures. The pool is fenced and has a waterslide. The basketball goals are on the east side of the pool structure so they are separated from the playground area. Review #3200

My favorite park. Beautiful and peaceful. Great place to take a walk or take dog on a walk.read more

This is a beautiful, relatively new addition to the area. Great little walking trails -- 3 small…read moreloops that can combine to a 1.25 mile large loop -- with some minor elevation changes but nothing major. A nice outdoor amphitheater for summer events, plus an indoor event center on the grounds. On my last visit, they were setting up for an outdoor wedding behind the event center - couldn't go inside to see that of course, but looked very nice. Playground is in the center of the middle trail, if you just want to drop off the kids you'll want to hang a left and go up the hill to park. Wasn't very crowded on my Saturday morning walk either, which is a great perk. Close to civilization, but tucked away behind a neighborhood so a nice little escape. Highly recommended if you're in the area and need a place to walk or take the kids to play. Also - the bathrooms here are PRISTINE for being outdoor park bathrooms. Seriously impressed.

I am so glad I made time to explore this park in Huntingburg at the end of my road trip. I had no…read moreidea that this park contained League Stadium, home of the Dubois County Bombers. The Bombers is a team of guys who had enough talent and enough love for the game to keep playing after their days/seasons of high school and college baseball were over. They are part of an eight team league in Indiana and Kentucky that have regularly scheduled games. And, because the stadium has a "throwback" look to it from the golden years of baseball, the stadium was used to film two movies! The most notable was "A League of Their Own" starring Tom Hanks as the manager who utters the memorable line "There's No Crying in Baseball!" But even if you aren't a baseball fan, there is so much to do here. There is a large swimming pool with an impressive water slide. There are basketball courts, tennis courts, horseshoe pits, shelters, a gazebo, and more playground equipment than the average adult can chase kids around. There is also centrally located parking (paved) that makes it nice for visitors regardless of game night or not. This was one of the gems of my southwest Indiana journey! Review #3188

I LOVE Panther Creek & have come here many, many times. They have amazing nature trails that you…read morecan walk, which I have done on many occasions with friends. They also have a great spray park & playground equipment that my kids love. They hold many different events here, including fireworks around Independence Day. Only drawback is the place is packed whenever they have something going on, & it will take forever to find a parking spot or even to drive through. But it is nice that they hold quite a few free events. They also have shelters that you can rent out for a pretty decent price for parties or whatever type of event you would like to hold.

Located just west of Owensboro, Panther Creek Park offers both active and passive forms of…read morerecreation.

Wonderful camp sites with some near the water. Clean…read morerestrooms and good water pressure and hot water. Important to know, take an early potty visit in the am according to house keeping that comes in at 8am. Luckily they have one other. Plenty of trails. An amphitheater on site that is so much fun and not a bad seat in the house. Southern Indiana gem indeed! Look for the Lincoln bust tucked around the backside of the history timeline monument.

Great state park. Good variety of hiking trails, a lake with swimming beach, boats you can rent,…read morecamping. Lots to see and do. They even have a moon tree!

Completely free to visit! There is a large parking lot at the Memorial Hall and also some parking…read morecloser to the living history farm. The Memorial Hall is a good place to start with a short educational video, some small exhibits, and the gift shop. The Memorial Visitor Center closes from 12-1 pm for lunch, so plan accordingly if you need to use the nice clean bathrooms or fill your water bottle. The park includes a pioneer cemetery, a living history farm, a memorial to the Lincoln family cabin, and some short trails. When we visited (late May) on a weekday morning, there were no historical interpreters at the living history farm, and the buildings were all locked. I'm not sure when the living history farm is functional, but it looks like it would be fun. I highly recommend the Trail of Twelve Stones, which leads you through the peaceful woods along a path which houses 12 stones from significant locations in Lincoln's life.

Abraham Lincoln is great and almost universally identified as the greatest president ever. I've…read morebeen to his birth site in Kentucky, His tomb, Presidential Library and home in Illinois and his memorial and place of death in Washington DC. This was basically my last spot in my pilgrimage to all things Lincoln. This was probably the least interesting of all the sites that I listed above, The visitor's center has a small gift shop, the usual National Park rangers to give you maps and knowledge and a theatre to watch a little film about the Honest One himself. From there you walk up to the Pioneer Cemetery where there is a memorial for Abe's mother Nancy who is buried somewhere near that spot. She died of milk sickness all because a cow ate a snakeroot plant! Thank God for modern medicine! Anyway from there you walk up to replica of the cabin they would have lived in and an active farm that looks as it would have when Lincoln was there. The last spot is a spring that the Lincoln's would have carried water from. All in all it was a mile walk each way. You can drive closer to some of these spots as well if you lack feet. All in all I'm glad the place exists but it's not a must do spot for the casual history buff.

This park is newly remodeled(?) & is so much better than it used to be! They have amazing…read moreplayground equipment for kids, including a small kids zip line, a merry go round, & a double swing for parent or older child or adult & baby or very young toddler, among many other playground features. They also have a small water feature with spray jets for kids in the summertime. They have also added a small section with fitness & workout equipment as well. Park has a walking trail around the entire park, two basketball courts, bathroom, water fountains, & shelters you can rent out for parties or events. They also light the entire park with Christmas lights during the holiday season. Multiple small parking lots are located around the park to provide plenty of room for parking. This is a great park that me & my family visit often when the weather is nice & my kiddos love it & ask to go all the time!

one of owensboro's best parks, they have a great playground, shelters, tennis court, and…read morebasketball. You can almost always find a basketball game going on here. They also have some of the most friendliest squirrels, so be sure to bring peanuts for them too the splash park runs 10 am to 8 pm memorial day through labor day

This is an amazing park. New playground. Usually very clean. Nice walking trail. Baseball diamondsread more

This is one of the bigger parks in Owensboro. It has 4 tennis courts, 2 baseball diamonds, 2…read moreplaygrounds, 1 beach volleyball court, 1 basketball court , 1 batting cage and a running track around the park. My family and I are here almost everyday. I think this park is one of the best things in Owensboro.