Park Listing
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Antioch Park
6501 Antioch Road, Merriam; Antioch Park is JCPRD's oldest and most popular park, attracting up to 700,000 visitors each year. The park includes amenities such as two fishing lakes, walking path, tennis courts, picnic shelters with grills, basketball courts, restrooms, and the iconic Dodge Town playground.
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Arthur and Betty Verhaeghe Park
With its delightful farm-themed playground, this 11 acre park serves as an access point for the Coffee Creek Streamway Trail. The land for the park was donated by Arthur and Betty Verhaeghe of Overland Park.
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Big Bull Creek Park
20425 Sunflower Road, Edgerton; Big Bull Creek Park is the largest park in the JCPRD park system totaling 2,060 acres and is located between Edgerton and Gardner. Big Bull Creek Park focuses on nature-based learning, play, and restoration. The park also features an 18-hole disc golf course which is located at the Four Corners Road access.
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Camp Branch Glade
18100 Mission Road, Stilwell; Camp Branch Glade is a minimally developed 58-acre park that features a unique ecosystem. The park's forested areas and rare limestone glade habitat make it unlike any other park in the JCPRD system.
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Cedar Niles Park
JCPRD's Cedar Niles property is located west of K-7, stretching from approximately 119th Street just past 135th Street. The property totals 957 acres and contains many natural assets including streams, dramatic topography and diverse plant life. The master plan for Cedar Niles was first developed in 2008.
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Coffee Creek Streamway Park
16573 Hallet Street, Olathe; Coffee Creek Streamway Park currently consists of a paved, shared-use trail totaling approximately 3.4 miles and can be accessed from Shelters 9 and 10 in Heritage Park.
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Ernie Miller Park
909 N. K-7 Highway, Olathe; A 116-acre nature park consisting of a diverse range of habitats including tallgrass prairies, upland meadows, bottomland forest, a beautiful stream, and three miles of nature trails to explore, a picnic shelter, and nature center.
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Heritage Park
16050 Pflumm Road, Olathe; Heritage Park is a 1,238-acre park and features 10 picnic shelters, a 40-acre lake, a 30-acre dog off-leash area, play areas, outdoor exercise equipment, 18-hole disc golf course, softball, football, and soccer athletic fields, and the 18-hole championship Heritage Park Golf Course and driving range.
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Kill Creek Park
11670 Homestead Lane, Olathe; Nestled within a beautiful natural setting, Kill Creek Park has four picnic shelters, swimming beach, marina, and over 12 miles of hiking, mountain bike, and equestrian trails. The park also includes 1.5 miles of paved, shared use trails for walking, running, and bicycling.
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Kill Creek Streamway Park
33460 W. 95th Street, De Soto; Kill Creek Streamway Park currently consists of two separate segments of paved, shared-use trail totaling a little less than seven miles as well as a 16-acre off-leash area.
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Lexington Lake Park
8850 Sunflower Road, De Soto; Lexington Lake Park, located west of De Soto north of Kansas 10 Highway, is a 465-acre inverted L-shaped property and features a 27-acre lake, picnic shelter, playground, a 1.6 mile paved multi-use trail, and roughly one mile mountain bike/hike trail.
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Meadowbrook Park
9101 Nall Avenue, Prairie Village; Meadowbrook Park affords 80 acres of green space. Features include the Treeline Adventure destination playground, the Grand Pavilion, three shelters, The Grove playground, eight pickleball courts, low impact outdoor fitness equipment, three miles of paved trails, three ponds, and the Meadowbrook Park Clubhouse.
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Mill Creek Streamway Park
Mill Creek Streamway Park is a linear park with over 17 miles of multi-use paved trail as well as three miles of equestrian trails. The paved trail extends from Nelson Island on the Kansas River south to Olathe, and offers eight access points.
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Shawnee Mission Park
7900 Renner Road, Shawnee Mission; Shawnee Mission Park features a 120-acre lake with swimming beach and marina, 11 shelters, numerous picnic areas, nature trails, play areas, including the new inclusive playground, an archery range, a 44-acre dog off-leash area, an 18-hole disc golf course, mountain biking and hiking trails, equestrian trails, and is home to the Theatre in the Park.
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Stilwell Community Park
6402 W. 207th Street, Stilwell; Stilwell Community Park features JCPRD's first inclusive playground, which enables everyone to play together without physical or social barriers. The park also features a one-mile looping paved multi-use trait that crosses over Camp Branch Creek and traverses a wetland, grassland, and riparian woodland.
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Sunflower Nature Park
36915 W. 103rd Street, De Soto; Sunflower Nature Park is a 60-acre park and features a paved one-mile loop trail, a small pond, and picnic shelter.
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Thomas S. Stoll Memorial Park
12500 W. 119th Street, Overland Park; Thomas S. Stoll Memorial Park is an 80-acre park featuring a paved walking trail, a picnic shelter, playground, small pond, a seven-acre dog off-leash area, and seven athletic playing fields.