Brook Creek Park
1200 Brook St.
Brook Creek Park is a neighborhood park featuring open space, picnic areas, a wooded preserve, and scenic Brook Creek. Visitors can enjoy a playground, basketball court, restrooms, trail access, and a bridge across the creek. The park also offers a reservable shelter with electricity, tables, and benches.
Burcham Park
200 Indiana St.
Burcham Park offers scenic views of the Kansas River, open space, playground equipment, and a natural trail connecting to Constant Park. Visitors can explore one of Kansas’ notable cottonwood forests and view the limestone sculpture Keepers of the Universe. A shelter with water, tables, and benches is also available.
Clinton Park
901 West 5th St.
Clinton Park is a three-acre neighborhood park adjacent to Pinckney School, featuring playground and basketball areas, restrooms, and a historic retaining wall. Visitors can also enjoy a shelter with lights, electricity, restrooms, a barbecue grill, and tables and benches.
Constant Park
230 West 6th Street
Constant Park offers scenic views of the Kansas River and a half-mile urban trail connecting visitors to Burcham Park. Enjoy open space, benches, and small picnic areas with tables along the river. The park provides a peaceful place to relax, explore, and connect with Lawrence’s riverfront trail system.
Hobbs Park
702 East 11th Street
Hobbs Park offers recreation and history in the heart of Lawrence. Visitors can enjoy Municipal Stadium, a playground, basketball court, picnic shelter, and the historic Murphy-Bromelsick House. With space to play, gather, and explore, Hobbs Park provides something for visitors of all ages.
Japanese Friendship Garden
1045 Massachusetts Street
The Japanese Friendship Garden is a peaceful downtown oasis celebrating Lawrence’s sister-city relationship with Hiratsuka, Japan. Visitors can enjoy a wisteria-covered arbor, Japanese-inspired plantings, large rocks, water features, and imaginative lighting. Located next to Watkins Community Museum, the garden offers a quiet place to relax and enjoy nature.
John Taylor Park
200 North 7th Street
John Taylor Park is a six-acre neighborhood park in North Lawrence, offering basketball, playground equipment, and parking. Originally established as Walnut Park in 1962, the park was renamed in 1978 to honor John Taylor, a prominent North Lawrence neighborhood organizer.
Lyons Park
700 North Lyon Street
Lyon Park is a 10-acre neighborhood park and a hub of activity in North Lawrence. Visitors can enjoy lighted softball fields, eight pickleball courts, basketball, a playground, and a splash pad. The park also features walkways, open space, and a shelter with picnic tables, electricity, restrooms, and a barbecue grill.
Robinson Park
4 West 6th Street
Robinson Park is a one-acre historic space near the Kaw River Bridge, honoring Lawrence’s early settlers and first Kansas governor, Charles Robinson. Visitors can enjoy river views overlooking the dam from two memorial benches and along the park’s walkways.
Sandra J. Shaw Community Health Park
110 Maine Street
Sandra J. Community Health Park is an eight-acre nature park featuring a 3½-acre lake, fishing dock, paved trail, hardwood forest, and open natural areas. Visitors can enjoy a peaceful setting along the Outside for a Better Inside Trail, with a shaded shelter and observation deck overlooking the lake.
Walnut Park
211 North 4th Street
Walnut Park is a neighborhood park along the Kansas River in North Lawrence. Visitors can enjoy a playground, picnic tables and benches, a barbecue grill, and a gazebo. Located at 4th and Walnut streets, the park provides a welcoming space to play, gather, and enjoy the riverfront.
Woody Park
201 Maine Street
Woody Park is a four-acre neighborhood park featuring a historic baseball and softball field. Originally established as Lincoln Park in 1936, the park honors Elgin Woody, a longtime community leader who helped organize athletic events and maintain the field for generations of Lawrence youth.
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