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81 parks, gardens, museums, trails, golf courses, recreation centers, and entertainment venues — each linked to its official site for hours, tickets, and current programming.
Gardens & Trails
Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
300 acres with about 1,700 plant species, a dozen themed gardens, and nearly six miles of trails, including a miniature train garden that recreates historic Overland Park. Free admission on the first Tuesday of each month.
South Overland Park
Family Attraction
Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead
More than 12 acres with 250-plus animals, an early-1900s Main Street, fishing pond, and wagon rides. Open April through October; free admission after 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday except holidays.
South Overland Park
Market
Overland Park Farmers' Market
More than 100 vendors at Clock Tower Landing downtown for produce, baked goods, and flowers on Saturday and midweek summer markets. A downtown staple for more than 40 years, with indoor space for year-round market days.
Downtown Overland Park
Museum
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Free contemporary art museum on the JCCC campus with galleries for regional, national, and international work, plus the Hudson Auditorium and Tearney Art Education Center. Open Tuesday through Sunday, with late hours Wednesday and Thursday.
Corporate Woods
Trail
Indian Creek Trail
Paved multi-use path about 10 feet wide; the Overland Park segment runs roughly 10 miles from Foxhill South Park to Forest Creek Park and links into the Tomahawk Creek Trail. Half-mile markers make it easy to clock a run or ride.
Corporate Woods
Museum
Museum at Prairiefire
Natural history museum in a glass-and-stone building designed to look like prairie fire at dusk, with a hands-on Discovery Room, McCown Gordon Virtual Reality Theater, live animal encounters, and dinosaur displays. General admission is $5 for ages 3 and up.
Prairiefire
Arts & History
Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center
Home of the Johnson County Museum's Becoming Johnson County exhibit, a walk-through 1950s All-Electric House, and KidScape for ages 1-8 with a covered wagon, City Market set, and replica Strang Line trolley car.
Metcalf Corridor
Events & Exhibitions
Overland Park Convention Center
About 60,000 square feet of exhibition hall space and a 25,000-square-foot ballroom hosting home shows, comic cons, and trade events along the College Boulevard hotel corridor.
Corporate Woods
Experience
Old World Balloonery
Hot air balloon flights over Johnson County — sunrise rides when the prairie fog sits low in the fields.
South Overland Park
Studio Experience
Hawaii Fluid Art
Pour-your-own canvas sessions — messy, fun, and the kind of date night that doesn't require a reservation months out.
Metcalf Corridor
Entertainment District
Bluhawk District
Mixed-use district with dining, retail, and the AdventHealth Sports Park — built for tournament weekends and Tuesday dinners alike.
South Overland Park
Performing Arts
Midwest Trust Center
Performing arts complex at JCCC anchored by Yardley Hall, with Polsky Theatre and outdoor Light Up the Lawn concerts drawing regional touring music, theater, and dance.
Corporate Woods
Theater
The White Theatre at The J
About 500 seats on the Jewish Community Campus for musicals, concerts, and family programming from community and touring companies.
South Overland Park
Live Comedy
Clint's Comedy Club
Stand-up club on the Metcalf Corridor booking national headliners alongside local open mics on Fridays and comedy classes for aspiring comics.
Metcalf Corridor
Live Music
Guitars & Cadillacs
Country roadhouse with live bands, line-dance lessons, and late-night energy off 119th.
Metcalf Corridor
Escape Room
Tick Tock Escape Rooms
Story-driven, tech-heavy escape games — often ranked among KC best rooms.
Metcalf Corridor
Immersive Gaming
BRKTHROUGH
Team-based game rooms with physical and mental challenges plus a self-pour tap wall.
South Overland Park
Immersive Gaming
Activate
High-tech active game rooms where teams race through motion-tracked, room-to-room physical challenges on the Metcalf Corridor.
Metcalf Corridor
Entertainment
Game Show Battle Rooms
Private game-show experience with a host — built for groups of eight or more.
Metcalf Corridor
Social Sports
Topgolf Overland Park
Multi-level climate-controlled bays with point-scoring golf games for all skill levels, full menu service, and a rooftop hangout overlooking Nall.
Nall Hills
Social Sports
Chicken N Pickle
Pickleball courts, yard games, and a full kitchen in an indoor/outdoor complex on 135th near Prairiefire and Bluhawk.
South Overland Park
Social Sports
SERV
Pickleball courts, yard games, multiple food concepts, and live-event patio programming.
Metcalf Corridor
Indoor Adventure
iFLY Indoor Skydiving
Vertical wind tunnel that simulates freefall for fliers age three and up, a short walk from the Overland Park Convention Center.
Metcalf Corridor
Entertainment
Andretti Indoor Karting & Games
Electric go-kart tracks plus VR, laser tag, bowling, and a full restaurant under one roof in south Overland Park.
South Overland Park
Indoor Adventure
Urban Air Adventure Park
Trampolines plus obstacle courses, bumper cars, and VR beyond a typical jump park.
South Overland Park
Entertainment
810 Entertainment
Bowling, laser tag, bocce, billiards, arcade, and group-event packages.
South Overland Park
Mini Golf
Tap Ins at the Greenhouse
Thirty-six holes of mini golf across indoor and outdoor courses, plus the E9 Grille on site.
Metcalf Corridor
Experience
Bury the Hatchet
Axe-throwing lanes for walk-ins and private groups, with BYO snacks and drinks allowed on the Metcalf Corridor.
Metcalf Corridor
Experience
Super Smash KC
Rage-room sessions with protective gear for stress relief or team outings.
South Overland Park
Family Attraction
SCHEELS (Corbin Park)
Massive Corbin Park sporting-goods store with a multi-story aquarium, 65-foot indoor Ferris wheel, shooting and archery simulators, and an arcade.
Prairiefire
Sports Facility
AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk
Indoor complex with an NHL-regulation ice rink, eight basketball courts convertible to 16 volleyball or pickleball courts, a 40,000-square-foot turf field, and Hawk's Outpost family entertainment.
South Overland Park
Sports Facility
Scheels Overland Park Soccer Complex
Twelve lighted artificial-turf fields at 135th and Switzer hosting year-round soccer and lacrosse tournaments for travel teams and local leagues.
South Overland Park
Sports Facility
Blue Valley Recreation Sports Complex
Twenty-eight irrigated baseball and softball fields on 137th Street with playgrounds, sand volleyball, concessions, and picnic shelters built for tournament weekends.
South Overland Park
Recreation Center
Blue Valley Recreation Activity Center
District rec center with fitness, youth sports, camps, and community programs in south OP.
South Overland Park
Recreation Center
Matt Ross Community Center
City rec center with three indoor pools (lap swimming plus a leisure pool with lazy river and slide), fitness floors, and year-round programs near downtown.
Metcalf Corridor
Recreation Center
Tomahawk Ridge Community Center
South OP community hub with fitness, rentals, and seasonal Tomahawk outdoor pool access.
South Overland Park
Aquatics
Overland Park City Pools
Seasonal outdoor pools and splash pads plus Matt Ross indoor pools — city aquatics hub.
Metcalf Corridor
Golf
Sykes/Lady Overland Park Golf Club
City-owned public course with 27 regulation holes plus a separate par-3 layout in south Overland Park, a longtime league and casual-play destination.
South Overland Park
Golf
St. Andrews Golf Club
Tree-lined 18-hole city course with multiple tee sets, a lighted practice range, and the Greenside Grill for post-round meals.
South Overland Park
Park
Thompson Park
Downtown green space with a playground, seasonal splash pad, and free summer Concerts in the Park next to the farmers market and Clock Tower Landing.
Downtown Overland Park
Park
Strang Park
Eleven-acre park with Overland Park's first inclusive playground, a 30-foot tower slide, sensory tunnel, and historical markers on the old Strang Line interurban corridor.
Nall Hills
Park
Roe Park
Forty-acre park with a splash pad, ball fields, tennis courts, and picnic space for an easy afternoon outdoors.
Nall Hills
Park
Switzer Park
Neighborhood park with a skate park, sports courts, and trail links steps from the Farmstead, soccer complex, and St. Andrews Golf Club.
South Overland Park
Trail
Tomahawk Creek Trail
Paved multi-use trail of roughly seven miles through Overland Park, linking south from the Indian Creek system toward 143rd Street and into Olathe. Flat greenway with half-mile markers for walking, running, and biking.
South Overland Park
Arts & Culture
InterUrban ArtHouse
Collaborative artist studios and performance space downtown, known for Third Thursday open studios and rotating exhibitions.
Downtown Overland Park
Studio Experience
The Culinary Center of Kansas City
Hands-on cooking school in a renovated downtown barn offering hundreds of classes and demos, from weeknight skills nights to wine dinners.
Downtown Overland Park
Library Programs
Johnson County Library (Central Resource Library)
Flagship library branch with events, makerspace-style programming, and extensive public collections.
Metcalf Corridor
Entertainment District
Prairiefire Entertainment District
Walkable district at 135th with boutiques, full-service restaurants, AMC DINE-IN, and the Museum at Prairiefire beside a public wetlands trail.
Prairiefire
Theater
AMC DINE-IN Prairiefire 17
Dine-in megaplex in Prairiefire — movies with full menu service.
Prairiefire
Events
Downtown Overland Park Events
DowntownOP calendar — Art Fair, parades, markets, and seasonal street festivals.
Downtown Overland Park
Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
The city-owned Korean War Veterans Memorial at Tomahawk Ridge Community Center honors Kansas soldiers lost in the war with thirty granite panels — free to visit year-round.
South Overland Park
Dog Park
Thomas S. Stoll Memorial Park
Seven fenced acres of off-leash room, split for big dogs and small, inside a 79-acre county park with a fishing pond and paved trail at 119th and Quivira.
South Overland Park
Disc Golf
Blue Valley Rec Disc Golf Course
A free 18-hole disc golf course next to Pleasant Ridge Middle School — short, hilly, and technical, with tunnel shots through the trees that reward accuracy over distance.
South Overland Park
Park & Public Art
Corporate Woods Founders' Park
The Eilert Fountain and a sledding hill anchor this 52-acre green space inside the Corporate Woods office park, with direct access onto the Indian Creek bike-and-hike trail.
Corporate Woods
Park
Quivira Park
Forty-four acres along Indian Creek with sand volleyball courts, a playground, and a straight shot onto the bike-and-hike trail system at 119th and Quivira.
South Overland Park
Park & Wetlands
South Lake Park
A 14-acre fishing lake ringed by a loop trail, now dotted with floating wetland islands the city installed to fight algae blooms.
Nall Hills
Park & Lake
Nall Hills Park
Twenty-eight acres along Indian Creek built around a small lake stocked for fishing, kayaking, and paddle boating, plus a playground rebuilt in 2025.
Nall Hills
Park
Bietigheim-Bissingen Park
Overland Park's 84th park, dedicated in 2025 to honor sister city Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany, with a limestone sculpture by a German artist, a nature boardwalk, and a bilingual playground at 159th and Quivira.
South Overland Park
Community Theater
The Barn Players
A community theater troupe in its 71st season, staging musicals and plays inside the Black Box Theatre at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center.
Downtown Overland Park
Festival & Fireworks
Star Spangled Spectacular
The city's official Fourth of July celebration at Corporate Woods Founders' Park — free entry, live music through the evening, and a fireworks finale after dark.
Corporate Woods
Holiday Lights
Luminary Walk
The Arboretum's gardens strung with luminaries and lights after dark each winter, including a low-sensory Electric Glow night and an adults-only candlelit stroll.
South Overland Park
Holiday Lights
Holiday Lights on Farmstead Lane
A drive-through holiday light show at the Deanna Rose Farmstead synced to a radio simulcast, running most nights from late November through New Year's Eve.
South Overland Park
Roller Skating
Skate City Overland Park
Classic roller rink sessions, skate rentals, and birthday parties. Overland Park's long-running skate hall and a Visit OP entertainment staple.
Metcalf Corridor
Board Game Cafe
Cardboard Corner Cafe
Local board-game cafe with a huge library of games, table service, and room for groups. OP location of a Kansas City metro indie concept.
Metcalf Corridor
Arcade
Kingcade
Independent flat-fee arcade at Oak Park Mall. Classic and modern cabinets without the ticket-redemption noise of a chain FEC.
Nall Hills
Winery
Aubrey Vineyards
Overland Park vineyard and tasting room on Kenneth Road. Estate wine tasting without leaving the south side of town.
South Overland Park
Family Attraction
DINOZAUR
Dinosaur-themed family attraction at Stanley Station. Interactive exhibits and kid energy built for birthday parties and rainy afternoons.
South Overland Park
Studio Experience
Paint Glaze and Fire
Local pottery studio where you paint your own piece, glaze, and fire. Walk-in studio time plus a coffee bar for hangout hours.
Metcalf Corridor
Movie Theater
B&B Theatres Overland Park 16
Regional family-owned cinema with stadium seating and screenPLAY! gaming. The south OP alternative when you want a full-size multiplex night.
South Overland Park
Batting Bays
Home Run Dugout at College Baseball Hall of Fame
Batting bays tied to the College Baseball Hall of Fame experience at Prairiefire. Book a bay, take swings, and stay for the hall exhibits.
Prairiefire
Golf Simulators
Swing 365
Indoor golf simulator suites for year-round rounds and league nights. Membership and open-play options when the weather will not cooperate.
Metcalf Corridor
Public Plaza
Clock Tower Landing
Downtown plaza under the clock tower for markets, concerts, and hanging out between Santa Fe and the farmers market blocks.
Downtown Overland Park
Park
Young's Park
About 14.5 acres with pool access, ball fields, and pickleball. One of the city's most-used neighborhood recreation parks.
Nall Hills
Park & Pool
Tomahawk Ridge Aquatic Center Park
Parkland around OP's largest outdoor pool complex. Summer swim, green space, and the Tomahawk Ridge community hub next door.
South Overland Park
Park
Sapling Grove Park
Neighborhood park with a popular splash pad. A Visit OP summer pick alongside Thompson and Roe for kids who need water without the full aquatic center.
Deer Creek
Park
Summercrest Park
Pond, trails, and open lawn featured in Visit OP parks guides. A quieter south-side green space for walking and fishing-style pond time.
South Overland Park
Park
Windham Creek Park
Roughly 33 acres with a rebuilt playground from the city's Plan Your Playground program. Open green and kid equipment south of 135th.
South Overland Park
Park
Cross Creek Park
Large greenway along Indian Creek, about 55 acres. One of the biggest unlisted open-space parks in the city's trail network.
Corporate Woods
Park
Shannon Valley Park
About 18 acres with trail connections and a refreshed playground. A solid midtown neighborhood park for after-work walks.
Metcalf Corridor
Park
Maple Hills Park
Neighborhood park with a 2024 playground rebuild. Local families use it as the everyday alternative to the bigger destination parks.
Nall Hills
Park & Aquatics
Tomahawk Ridge Aquatic Center Park
A 23-acre community park around Tomahawk Ridge Aquatic Center — OP's largest outdoor pool complex, with slides, zero-depth play, and cabana seating — next to Tomahawk Ridge Community Center.
South Overland Park