This beautiful neighborhood park offers a good mix of open and wooded areas beside a creek. The…read moremain feature of this park is its location along Tomahawk Creek trail, which is a nicely maintained, 9' wide walking/cycling trail. I noticed several access paths, two bridges, a mile marker, a large open area, a few cyclists, and a few walkers. The park was quiet, with many nature sounds, until one approached the park's west side near Quivira Road. I did not see any play areas, picnic tables, or benches, and there was no dedicated parking. Overall, very nice!

While on our visit to Kansas City we decided to bring our dog here (very short drive from Oakland…read morePark) and we have never seen anything like this for the public. A 66 acre park, everything you can imagine is here. Many different trails, LOTS of open fields, 2 or 3 different play grounds for kids, a water park area with pools and slides, soccer fields and many soccer goals, 2 basketball courts, pickleball, tennis, you name it they probably have it. Extremely well taken care of and felt very safe walking around at dusk even on the trails with just my dog. The dog parks were HUGE, and everything was very clean and NEW. Just a beautiful area we were happy to have stumbled upon by accident. Great if you're roadtripping and need to get some exercise or wear out your kids and dog!

Time to update this old review as we're all currently practicing social distancing and this is a…read moregreat spot for many people to easily do so. I rode my bike out here on one of the warmest days of the spring and it's always a nice destination. There are tons of trails connecting through it that are best suited for walkers/joggers. Cyclists can ride on them, but they're twisty and full of people, so I'd recommend sticking to the roads more than these on the bike. There are soccer fields, a dog park (with it's own Yelp page), a pool, and it's right in the middle of Leawood and easily accessible off 435. Really glad the city had the foresight to design such a big amenity for Johnson County. If you're a dog owner, there are portions where you can get down to the creek if your doggo needs a quick swim. Granted there are leash laws, but if you have a dog that you can recall well, I say go for it. It's really a nice park overall and perfect for those needing a dosage of sunshine and nature right now.

This is such a lovely hidden park. A wonderful trail that has shade and sun with two bridges. The…read moreplayset is kept up well and is shaded mostly. There is a picnic area with restrooms next to it. Just a nice peaceful park.

Next stop on the endless parade of Mill Creek streamway parks is the Barker access! Like most Mill…read moreCreek streamway parks, this one has top quality jungle gym facilities, a shelter or multiple somewhere, and a restroom full service! The bike path is a continuation through all streamway parks, so you can spend all day on that - which I would remark is a beautiful way to spend an afternoon on a bicycle. The wonderful paving of this path must have cost a fortune! There is ample flat area to do family activities, and reasonable access to the streamway or any number of fishing activities can be underway. I'm really liking this entire streamway Park system throughout the city. Each of these parks is not particularly noteworthy, just a good small Park to enjoy an afternoon. More succinctly however, when considered as a whole unit, I would say this might be the biggest park in the city! Rates are reasonable for renting shelters, and this park particularly - tucked down nicely inside of a valley of sorts - blocks the wind, with an almost estate sort of feel. Very nice indeed!

This beautiful park is located along the extensive Tomahawk Creek trail system along a portion of…read moreTomahawk Creek. You are almost immediately immersed in nature, with the sounds of a babbling brook and a good variety of bird calls. I noticed a good combination of walkers (including families), joggers, and bicyclists moving up and down the winding, nicely maintained, nine feet wide trail, which has several small changes in elevation. Everyone I encountered was cheerful and friendly. There was no dedicated parking. Overall, very nice.

Washington Square Park is one of those little pocket city parks that even locals can easily…read moreoverlook. It's nestled between Union Station and Crown Center and if you aren't familiar with it you can get a good view from the Link. I've walked through and around this park a ton. When I worked in the Crossroads walking by this park was on my regular rotation of my mid-day lunch walk. I'm only giving it 3/5 stars because despite being a well planned and landscaped park with an impressive statue, it just never felt super safe to me. I don't know if it's because I'm a woman, but I always felt much safer just walking the streets of the crossroads midday rather than taking a chance through this park. It just isn't super populated and on a few occasions I saw some drug deals going down, which just sort of put me on edge. I tend to feel overall safe in most parts of KC midday so the vibes here are just a bit off I think since it's just a less utilized green space in the city. All of that being said, I'm not trying to deter folks from going, and I'm rooting for this little city park. Whether its future holds a new stadium, or if it stays a nice hidden green space, either would be great - I do think it could use a bit more love from the city, just to attract more people and make it a bit more inviting for the general public for picnics and joggers to liven up the space and make it more inviting.

It does not seem safe. Every time I drive by when there isn't a festival, it is over ran by people…read morecamping out there and many questionable people are passed out on park benches. I would not walk through that park.

This park features a nicely maintained, winding, dog-friendly, 1/3 mile, 9' wide walking/biking…read moretrail along an Indian Creek tributary (which is not visible because of native vegetation). I also noticed a play area with swings on the far west side, a large open area, picnic tables, and park benches. Nearby parking was available at the adjacent medical center, but the sound of traffic from the nearby interstate was somewhat intrusive. Overall, A-OK.

It's a decent park. It has two tallish slides. Though, the curvy one is poorly designed. It makes…read moreyou stop on the curves instead of sliding all the way down. It offers a lot of smaller slides for little kids.

I saw this park on an Instagram reel so I decided to visit it with my grandson. The playground is…read morenicely redone and large with a big variety of play equipment and soft Astroturf ground underneath. It has shaded a picnic area and nice bathrooms and a newly redone basketball court. It has a walking trail surrounding the park as well. The negative is that the whole park is in full sun. So we had to leave pretty quickly because it was too hot. But it would be great when it is cooler weather.

The city of Overland Park does a great job maintaining its 80 parks, and this park, which surrounds…read moreCity Hall, was no exception. I liked the three nicely landscaped areas, the Blackbird by Larry Young sculpture, the open area with a grill and two picnic tables, and the basketball court. Very nice!