List of parks in Omaha, Nebraska
Appearance
This is a list of City of Omaha Parks and Recreation Department.[1]
History
In 1854
ConAgra Foods is now the Heartland of America Park
.
Kountze Park, Curtis Turner, Harold Gifford, Mercer, Jefferson Square, Hixenbaugh, Burt playground, Bluff View, Spring Lake, Highland, McKinley, Clear View and Morton.[3]
Omaha's boulevard system was designed to be part of the parks system in 1889 by renowned landscape architect Horace Cleveland.[4] The Omaha Park and Boulevard System was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[5]
Administration
The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Public Property is the
public parks.[6]
Current parks
Parks in Omaha (alphabetical) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Name | Location | Notes | |
22nd and Willis Park | |||
Adams Park | 3121 Bedford Avenue | Created in 1960, this park includes a open space. There are also ball fields, tennis courts and an outdoor tournament-quality basketball complex with glass backboards, scoreboards and fan seating .
| |
Albright Park | |||
Andersen Park | 134th and Cottner streets, Millard | ||
Applewood Heights Park | |||
Armbrust Park | |||
Athletic Park | |||
Autumn Heights Park | |||
Barrington Park, Omaha | 764 N. 164th Street | ||
Bay Meadows Park | |||
Bedford Place Park | |||
Bemis Park
|
3434 Cuming Street | Founded in 1891, this park includes 10 acres (40,000 m2) with a playground, tennis courts, walking paths, picnic area and shelter located in the Bemis Park Landmark Heritage District. | |
Benson Lions Park | 2005 North 66th Street | 2 acres (8,100 m2) with a playground and ball field | |
Benson Park | 7002 Military Avenue | Created in 1931, this 200 acres (0.81 km2) park offers a playground, | |
Bent Creek Park | |||
Bluestem Prairie Preserve | |||
Bluff View Park | |||
Bowling Green Park
|
7065 Blondo Street | 7 acres (28,000 m2) with a playground, ball field, basketball court, football field and walking trails | |
Boyd Park | 4201 North 16th Street | Location of Omaha Central High School's baseball field[8] | |
Brookside Park | 2310 S. 105th Ave. | ||
Brown Park | |||
Bryan Park | |||
Cancer Survivor Park | 1111 S. 105th St. | ||
Candlewood II | |||
Carol Gast Memorial Park | 3501 Ames Avenue | Located next to Butler-Gast YMCA[9] | |
Levi Carter Park | 3100 Abbott Drive | open space . It was founded in 1891.
| |
Christie Heights Park | |||
Churchich Park | 50th and C streets | ||
Clarkson Park | |||
Cody Park | |||
Colonial Acres Park | |||
Columbus Park | |||
Conagra Park | |||
Conestoga Park | |||
Conoco Park | |||
Cottonwood Heights Park | |||
Cottonwood Park | 728 S. 154th st | Paved walking and biking paths, playground, basketball courts | |
Country Club Manor Park | |||
Crosskey Villages Park | |||
Cuming Corner Park | |||
Deer Hollow Park | |||
Democracy Park | |||
Dewey Park | |||
Discovery Park | |||
Discovery Soccer Complex | |||
Dorothy Patach Park | |||
Dodge Park
|
11001 John J. Pershing Drive | This park offers fishing, water skiing and boating on the campground.[10] It was founded in 1930.
| |
Elmwood Park | 802 S. 60th Street, adjacent to the University of Nebraska at Omaha | 1889 | |
Englewood Park | |||
Erskine Park |
|||
Escalante Hills Park | |||
Essex Park |
|||
Esther Pilster Park | 4088 North 88th Avenue | The park is named after Esther Pilster, a former Omaha Public Schools principal and philanthropist.[11] It has a playground, a ballfield, a soccer field, trails, shelters, and a picnic area.[12] | |
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park | |||
Faye Boulevard Park | |||
Filmore Park | |||
Florence Park | 3015 State Street | Located in historic Florence , this park is 2.6 acres (11,000 m2) and includes a playground, walking paths, a historical monument and a shelter area.
| |
Fontenelle Park | 4575 Ames Avenue | Founded in 1893, currently has 108 acres (0.44 km2) with a lagoon, playground and paths, basketball courts, tennis courts, football fields, and a nine-hole golf course.[13] | |
Forest Lawn Park | |||
Freedom Park | 2497 Freedom Park Road | Home of the Nebraska Cricket Club, USS Hazard and the USS Marlin | |
Gallagher Park
|
2936 North 52nd Street | 18 acres (73,000 m2), including a playground, ball fields, a swimming pool and a historical monument to the former Krug Park
| |
Grace Young Park | 6317 Military Avenue | 2.4 acres (9,700 m2), including a playground, ball field and basketball court | |
Gene Leahy Mall | 1302 Farnam on the Mall | ||
Gifford Park | |||
Gifford River Drive Park | |||
Glenn Cunningham Lake | 8660 Lake Cunningham Road | 1977 | |
Grace Young Park | |||
Graham Park |
|||
Greentree Park | |||
H.H. Harper Park | |||
Hanscom Park | 1899 South 32nd Avenue | 1889 | |
Harrison Heights Park | |||
Harvey Oaks Park | |||
Hawthorne Park | S 177th St | ||
Heartland of America Park | |||
Hefflinger Park |
|||
Highland Park | 2512 D Street | ||
Hillsborough Park | |||
Hillside Little League Park | |||
Himebaugh Park | |||
Hitchcock Park | |||
Hummel Park | 11808 John J. Pershing Drive | Created in 1930, this park is 202 acres (0.82 km2), including a historical monument for Fort Lisa. | |
James F. Lynch Park | |||
John P. Munnley Park | |||
Karen Park | |||
Kenefick Park | 100 Bancroft Street (next to the Lauritzen Gardens) | ||
Kellom Greenbelt Park | |||
Kellom Park | 2310 Nicholas Street | 6-acre (24,000 m2) | |
Keystone Park | |||
Kingswood Park |
|||
Kiwanis Park | |||
Kountze Park | 1920 Pinkney Street | 10 acres (40,000 m2), including a playground, ball field, basketball courts, tennis courts, a community center, shelter area and restrooms | |
Lake Forest Estates Park | |||
Lake Forest Park |
|||
Lake James Park | |||
Lamp Park | |||
Lawrence Youngman Lake | 192nd and West Dodge Road | Includes a lake, playground, fishing, and boating | |
Leavenworth Park | |||
Lee Valley Park | |||
Lewis & Clark Landing |
|||
Little Elmwood Park | |||
Kenifick Park
|
100 Bancroft Avenue | ||
Mandan Park | |||
Maple Village Park | |||
McKinley Park | |||
Meadow Lane Park | |||
Memorial Park | 6008 Underwood Avenue | This park was created in 1948 as a memorial for Douglas County's citizens who have served in the armed forces. | |
Mercer Park | |||
Metcalfe Park | 1700 Country Club Avenue | 3.1 acres, playground, trails, open space, named for former mayor of Omaha, Richard Lee Metcalfe | |
Miami Playground | |||
Michael Thell NEA Park | |||
Miguel Keith Park | |||
Millard Heights Park | |||
Millard Highlands Park | |||
Miller Park | 6201 North 30th Street | Founded in 1891, the park includes a lake, artesian well fountain, golf course, trails, picnic areas, pavilion, playground, baseball fields and soccer fields. | |
Miller's Landing Park | |||
Mockingbird Heights Park | |||
Montclair/Westbrook Park | |||
Morton Park | |||
Mount Vernon Garden | |||
Myott Park | |||
Neale Woods | 14323 Edith Marie Avenue | 600-acre nature preserve; prairie and forest hiking trails; Millard Observatory (astronomy); operated by Fontenelle Forest | |
North Oaks Park | |||
Northwest Park | |||
Norwick Park | |||
Oak Heights Park | |||
Oakbrook Park |
|||
Oaks Park, Omaha | |||
Omaha Botanical Gardens (aka Lauritzen Gardens)
|
2001 South 6th Street | 1982 | |
One Pacific Place Park | |||
Orchard Park | |||
Pacific Meadows Park | |||
Palomino Hills Park | |||
Park East Park | |||
Parkside Park | |||
Peterson Park |
|||
Pheasant Run Park | |||
Pinewood Park | |||
Pipal Park | 7802 Hascall St | ||
Prairie Lane Park | |||
Pulaski Park |
|||
Rambleridge Park | 11424 Fort Street | ||
Raven Oaks Park | 7901 Raven Oaks Drive | ||
Regency Park | |||
Ridgefield Park |
|||
Riverview Park | |||
Roanoke Park | |||
Rock Glen Park | |||
Rockbrook Park | |||
Roxbury Park | |||
Ruser's Park | 53rd and Center Street | Privately owned German Summer Garden, with shooting range, athletic fields, bowling, picnic area and dance hall. | |
Saddle Hills Park | |||
Sandoz Park | |||
Schroeder-Vogel Park | |||
Seymour Smith Park | 6802 Harrison Street | 1962 | |
Signal Hill Park | |||
Somerset Park | Wenninghoff Road and North 86th Street | 1994 | |
Spaulding Park | |||
Spring Lake Park | |||
Standing Bear Lake | 6404 N. 132nd st | 1977 | |
Stillmeadow Park | |||
Storz Rugby Complex | North 16th and Storz Expressway | ||
Sunny Slope Park | |||
Swanson Park | |||
Templeton Mini-Park | |||
Timber Creek Park | |||
Tomahawk Hills Park | |||
Towl Park | |||
Tranquility Park | |||
Trendwood Park | |||
Turner Park | |||
Unity Park | |||
Upland Park | |||
Walnut Grove Park | |||
Walnut Hill Park | |||
Wentworth Park | |||
West Fairacres Park | |||
Westchester Park | |||
Western Trails Park | |||
Westgate Park | |||
Westroads Parkway | |||
Westwood Heights Park | |||
Woodhaven Park | |||
Yale Park | 3377 Lake street | ||
Young Park | 411½ N. Elmwood Road | ||
Youngman Connector Park | 163rd and Farnam Streets | ||
Zorinsky Lake Park | 156th and F streets | Created in 1993, this park includes over seven miles of paved trails, biking, fishing, boating, playgrounds, covered seating, public restrooms, and soccer fields. |
See also
- List of cemeteries in Omaha
- Culture in Omaha
- Sports in Omaha
References
- ^ Omaha Parks and Recreation. City of Omaha. retrieved 8/22/07.
- ^ City of Omaha Board of Park Commissioners. (1912) Annual Report. City of Omaha. p 4.
- ^ Morton, J.S. and Watkins, A. "Chapter XXXV: Greater Omaha," Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine History of Nebraska: From the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 831.
- ^ Morton, J.S. and Watkins, A. (1918) "Chapter XXXV: Greater Omaha," Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine History of Nebraska: From the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 831.
- ^ Omaha Park and Boulevard System, National Park Service.
- ^ "Parks, Recreation, and Public Property", City of Omaha. Retrieved 8/24/08.
- ^ Benson Park. City of Omaha. Retrieved 10/5/07.
- ^ Boyd Park. Central Baseball. Retrieved 10/5/07.
- ^ Butler-Gast Branch. Metro Omaha YMCAs. Retrieved 10/5/07.
- ^ (nd) "N.P. Dodge Memorial Park". City of Omaha. Retrieved 7/4/07.
- ^ "Former Omaha principal Esther Pilster dies at 97". omaha.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Esther Pilster Park". ohranger.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Fontenelle Park," City of Omaha. Retrieved 9/25/07.
External links
- Parks in Omaha – info about parks and public places in Omaha