Franklin Park — Attraction in Prairie Village

I came here as a kid and just brought my kids here for the first time today. What a perfect park for toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary aged kids! The shade is excellent and there are so many things for kids to do. A sand box with toys, two or three separate play structures with slides, climbing structures, etc, a tire swing, regular swings, and certainly last but not least, a little creek designed for kids to play in, complete with a tiny waterfall and a bridge. The walking path was also even and smooth for riding scooters or bikes around the park. All of the playgrounds are relatively close together and unobstructed, so visibility of the whole play area is pretty good for those with multiple kids. We will...

A great park with lots to do. Importantly, the play structure are shaded all day so you can visit during any time of day even if it is sunny. It also has fields to run in and a nice man-made creek for kids to play in. There is a large sand box with trucks and toys left by locals for everyone to use, play structures for both small kids and bigger kids, swings, infant swings, tire swing, lots of stumps and logs for walking on, a baseball diamond with backstop, exercise trail with 12 stations, a large field, and pavilion. Whatever you want to do you can do it at Franklin. The parking lot is a little small, but there is plenty of parking on Roe next...

UPDATE

This has been renovated in the past few years and is even more wonderful than ever!

This is our favorite park in all of NE JoCo! There is a fun water stream for kids to play in surrounded by a beautiful nature scape to play on. Baseball diamond, wide open field for frisbee, 2 full size playgrounds surrounded by tall trees, swings, walking/biking trail, sand pit, and picnic tables. So much space for kids to run and play, but not so big that they might get lost. The gem of...