Chris Larsen City Park — Attraction in Sioux City

If Heaven had a satellite location, it would be called Chris Larsen Park. This place has everything: biking trails smoother than a buttered-up otter, giant fields perfect for sports or spontaneous acrobat tryouts, and enough open space that you could lose your dog, your worries, and possibly your dignity — all at once!

Hop on your bike and feel like Lance Armstrong... before the scandals. Tear across the trails, stunt on the sidewalks, or just casually cruise while pretending you’re training for the Olympics. Want to practice your backflips, cartwheels, or dramatic falls? There’s so much room here you could somersault from Iowa to Nebraska and still have space left over.

And the fountains? Oh, the fountains. Not just pretty — they are full-on oases for dehydrated humans and dogs alike. You, panting and sweating. Your dog, panting and judging you. Both of you getting splashed back to life like a Disney montage.

Also, let's talk about the dog-friendliness. Chris Larsen Park is so prepared, they’ve got disposable bags and trash cans strategically placed like tiny poop-saving heroes. Seriously — they make it stupidly easy to clean up after your pet. (Or yourself — hey, I don’t know your life.) Rule of thumb: if you or your dog drops it, you bag it. Keep it classy, Sioux City.

And the cherry on top? The breathtaking view of the Missouri River. It’s so stunning you might cry a little, but don't worry, nobody will judge — unless you ugly-cry while your dog’s drinking from the fountain. Then it's fair game.

Bottom line: Chris Larsen Park is an outdoor paradise. Come for the biking, stay for the acrobatics, vibe with the fountains, and bask in the river views. And whatever you do — bag your poop and thank the park gods for this masterpiece.

10/10. Would live here if...

Beautiful Park. I should've taken more pictures but I didn't think about Google.

Very clean. New. I don't care for everyone spread out but it's not bad at all and that gives you a reason to get out and walk. (Being spread out isn't an issue, it's like buying a few paints for a mansion... You need more to look at)

Anyway, there's plenty to do from one end to the other and there are people, so if anything, people watch.

Great playground areas. Information. Views. It's pretty. I love walking and looking at stuff, so it's up there.

Take the time to check it out. Go to the museum at one end, walk to the other, get those steps in. Play basketball. Relax. Enjoy the river. Watch people play on the splash pad out, even better, watch the colored lights on it at night. Or play in the...

Me and my family have been enjoying this park for literal decades. But recently we've been having issues. With the three parks in a row, we've found several syringes, beer bottles, and condoms around there. The bathroom rules are ridiculous. Why would you close the bathrooms half an hour after the elementary schools get out? I know it's been a rule since November, but still. If having issues with adults and teenagers doing illegal and inappropriate things is growing, add cameras. You do not have to shut down bathrooms. Again, love these parks, but the condoms, and party paraphernalia is disgusting, especially since there are children...