Smothers Park is a beautiful and clean family park. There are activities for all ages of children,…read moreand plenty of places for parents to sit and enjoy the view. There are bridges, a hollow tree, a climbing wall, a large slide, and plenty of places to play hide and seek. This park and the Riverwalk are my favorite places in Owensboro.

Awesome park I took my family too while we were in Owensboro. Great family fun park with many…read moreslides and swings for kids. They also have a wonderful walking trail on the river and many sites to see and enjoy. Excellent much recommend place

This park is newly remodeled(?) & is so much better than it used to be! They have amazing…read moreplayground equipment for kids, including a small kids zip line, a merry go round, & a double swing for parent or older child or adult & baby or very young toddler, among many other playground features. They also have a small water feature with spray jets for kids in the summertime. They have also added a small section with fitness & workout equipment as well. Park has a walking trail around the entire park, two basketball courts, bathroom, water fountains, & shelters you can rent out for parties or events. They also light the entire park with Christmas lights during the holiday season. Multiple small parking lots are located around the park to provide plenty of room for parking. This is a great park that me & my family visit often when the weather is nice & my kiddos love it & ask to go all the time!

one of owensboro's best parks, they have a great playground, shelters, tennis court, and…read morebasketball. You can almost always find a basketball game going on here. They also have some of the most friendliest squirrels, so be sure to bring peanuts for them too the splash park runs 10 am to 8 pm memorial day through labor day

I LOVE Panther Creek & have come here many, many times. They have amazing nature trails that you…read morecan walk, which I have done on many occasions with friends. They also have a great spray park & playground equipment that my kids love. They hold many different events here, including fireworks around Independence Day. Only drawback is the place is packed whenever they have something going on, & it will take forever to find a parking spot or even to drive through. But it is nice that they hold quite a few free events. They also have shelters that you can rent out for a pretty decent price for parties or whatever type of event you would like to hold.

Located just west of Owensboro, Panther Creek Park offers both active and passive forms of…read morerecreation.

It's a great state park for families. As far as ROMP (River of Music Party) Festival it is strongly…read moregeared toward families with young kids and elderly. ROMP is far too commercialized, camping is basic parking lot style for RV campers (we had a basketball court fully lit nearly all night behind us) unless you're VIP which honestly VIP didn't look all that great for the $$. If your someone who enjoys late night jams, camping in the woods, having an adult beverage and enjoying the wee hours of the night..... this is NOT that place. They have limited sites for RVs near the late night stage and camping area. We were forced to camp at the front of the park because staff did not allow you (first come first serve, we arrived when gates opened first day) to pick your camp spot in your designated ticket location, so we had a long walk to enjoy the late night shows. We are musicians who go to music festivals to enjoy great music and campsite jam sessions with various people. This "festival" greatly disappointed us.

Yellow Creek Park...so many memories come to mind when I think of this place. It is a great park in…read moreOwensboro. Home to the ROMP festival which takes place each summer, you won't regret going. The park is big and offers something for everybody. Several different playgrounds for the kids, a water park, several different paved and unpaved trails, a family owned orchard nearby, baseball fields, open fields, lake, frisbee golf, you name it. My personal favorite is the nature trails all the way in the back, it's about a .75 mile loop, hilly and fun. Great for dog walking, too. There are old cabins in the back you can walk through and check out, kind of fun to see. And if you attend ROMP, they have an after party/show at one of those cabins! So cool to see them utilized. Definitely check out yellow creek park if you want a nice run or walk or to entertain kids, dogs, etc.

Great park! Well marked and maintained trails for lone hikers and mountain bikers. My dog and I…read moreenjoyed my time here a couple of weeks back

On our way to Holiday World, my wife booked us in a town far away so we got off highway and made…read moreour way downtown. Was very impressed with all the work done by the river. We stayed at the Hampton Inn which was very clean and nice. We took our kids over to the water park and were greatly surprised. What a great bonus for your city. Very fun and very clean. We walked around downtown and had a great time. Was also impressed by the look of the High School. So many times it seems easier to just tear down an old school and build a new one way out of town. So kudos to you for upgrading the High School, it was beautiful. We had a great time and would recommend it to our friends.