Lions Park — Attraction in Urbandale

Good residential park that offers many playground options for kids. In addition, it has (had) basketball courts, a baseball field, and a wading pool. We have been in the shelter house many times for events, and the gazebo offers a nice area when they play music in the park (like Jazz in July). Of course, one of the best things about the park is when it is transformed into a carnival for the Fourth of July festivities. It becomes a completely different area and is alot of fun, especially when you're within walking...

Right across the street from Olmsted Elementary School and caddy corner to Urbandale High School, and only a few blocks away from Urbandale Middle School is Lyons Park. Besides its perfect location, it is a very spacious park with a baseball field, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a restroom on site. There's also a gazebo and some grills so a nice place to hang out no matter what...

Fun park with a couple of options to play on. We didn't get any pictures this time though! It had 3 sets of playground equipment for varying ages: a big rope web and ladder-like slides (for bigger kiddos-- 5+) and then they had more traditional playground equipment for younger kiddos (2-5). With the nearby construction, parking was a little more challenging than expected but we...