American Heroes Park — Attraction in Bellevue

That amount of playground equipment and the set up of is fantastic. Unfortunately this is going to have to be a late fall through early spring park for us. Even though we were here during the cool down it was still miserable. All the rubber surface and large white side walks heats up majorly in the sun even in the 69°-72° weather it was when we were there.

This playground should have been planned with more shade features. The zipline area is also quite dangerous as it was a natural point to cross with how open it was most people crossing through there didnt realize they were walking through ziplines until they were almost hit. They should have put some kind of barrier up to help minimize collisions. I really hope the city or private donors step in to fund these overlooked...

This park is currently undergoing upgrades, so large portions are closed off to the public. Current features include a large fishing pond with a pier on one end. There is a paved walking path around the pond, about a half mile around. There are also baseball fields complete with stands and a building housing public restrooms, which are closed for the season. Plenty of parking rounds out the currently available features. The north end of the park is closed for construction, but when it reopens there is a nature trail that runs near the river. The trail has plaques that have information on the history of the area, along with information in the wildlife you might encounter. As best I remember, the trail is about two miles for...

American Heroes Park is a large park in Old Towne Bellevue located on the bank of the Missouri River.

There are sidewalk trails surrounding a large stocked pond that has good fishing if you don't mind small fish.

There are two football fields with a very nice parking lot.

At the very back of the park is a very nice 1.2 mile there and back walking trail on level ground with one section of the trail along the river and the other in the forest. The trail is suitable for strollers and there are a few sandy beaches and many fishing locations just off the trail along the river.

This is my favorite place to walk. With or without my dogs.

Also, every summer the Riverfest music festival is here with amusement rides and...