Heritage Square Park was our second to last park. We’d been putting it off since you have to pay admission to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum to visit the park behind the building. We wanted to make sure we had enough time to enjoy both the museum and the park. Features: Playground: None Gazebo Decorative … More #125. Heritage Square Park
Chapin Park is situated on an old landfill, and you can’t tell. It’s beautiful! There’s a dog park at Chapin named after Wichita’s first canine firefighter, Ashley. According to the Wichita Parks and Rec site, “Ashley worked on 161 fire scenes and her work resulted in 33 felony arrests for arson, aggravated arson and homicide.” … More #124. Chapin Park
Leon Robinson Park is on the site of the old Greiffenstein Elementary School, which was hit by a tornado and then relocated in the 1990s. There's a metal detecting club here in Wichita that says it's a prime location for metal detecting. Features: Playground Base: Sand Swings Slide – A metal one! Merry-Go-Round … More #115. Leon Robinson Park
How cool is this?! We have an a few skate parks in Wichita, but this one is the largest. It's located under Kellogg, next to the Commerce District. According to the Wichita Parks and Rec site, this park was designed by a famous skate park designer Wally Hollyday. Mr. Hollyday also designed the skate park … More #112. Wichita Skatepark
This park, at 1340 S. Pattie, is the former site of Linwood Elementary. At the park now, there is a community facility and a field to the south of the building. Not much else at this location. Features: Playground: None Community Facility Bathrooms: Yes, inside facility To rent this facility, go to this website: http://www.wichita.gov/ParkandRec/Rentals/Pages/CommunityFacilities.aspx
Boston Park is a large park in southeast Wichita near Woodlawn and Harry. The rec center is home to some great learning activities ranging from athletic to every day skills like cooking. It’s also host to Wichita Parks and Rec’s Specialty Camps for kids aged 6-13. This year they had themed camps like Lego Mania, … More #110. Boston Park
Harrison Park is a large park in southeast Wichita, off of Webb near Harry. This is the park that Wichita Rugby calls home. It's spacious and had a lot of different things to do. Features: Playground Base: Sand Swings Slides Walking Path with Exercise Stations Rugby Field Tennis Courts (probably not great for tennis, … More #109. W. B. Harrison Park
This park was hidden back in a southeast Wichita neighborhood (2907 S. West Parkway) and totally made the kids' day! It was another one where the entrance was between two houses, and makes you feel kind of like you're trespassing. But you come around that corner, and a playground opens up in front of you. … More #108. Towne Park
This park which was also in Planeview was a nice, shady spot with a circular walking path. Wichita Parks and Rec's site for the park states that it is a 0.1 mile path. The circle was great for racing! We couldn't figure out what the strange area was in the middle of the … More #107. Phyllis Hall Memorial Park
This park in Planeview was probably the most-trashed park we've seen so far. It looks like folks were using the single park trash can for their personal trash and it had spilled out everywhere. And then whoever mowed the grass, mowed over trash that had fallen, so there were tiny bits strewn all over. … More #106. Stearman Park
Best Quest with Weston & Sully 