One of the best lakes I've ever been to, take it that it's only been a few, but what I see here is…read morereally impressive! Had to create a yelp page, because of how many times I've been here personally! The fish are great, the playgrounds here are amazing, and it typically isn't busy! The fish bite and come out whatever time of day it is. We caught multiple fish in a thirty minute time span, even though it was around 2. They have catfish here and what we caught looked like a sunfish. Beware though, there are turtles and they will take your bait. Your bait doesn't have to be specific, we caught our fish with worms. They have multiple playgrounds for your children to play at when they get bored or if they just want to play in general. In my photos I did attach photos of the playgrounds so if you do want to enjoy the sun, you can see what they look like. They also have 3 different playgrounds. Ones on the main road, another is across a makeshift dam, and the last one is on a dirt road across the dam. Furthermore, excellent place to bring children and enjoy your day. It's a Sunday when i came, and was not busy towards the start of noon, but several families did arrive.

I like going here to fish, but there is usually some trash around from people who are lazy and…read moredon't know how to throw there garbage away! It's not much so I gave it a 4/5.

First time at this city park and boy were they busy !! Lots of areas to sit and great helpful…read morelifeguards and staff.

Splash park is free and the new playground is nice. It is hard to watch the kids on the whole thing.read more

I've been loving the sunflower summer pass and have used it anytime we are out and about in…read moredifferent cities in Kansas. My sister just moved to the area and there was an hour of two that wasn't too hot so we decided to check out the zoo! A lot of the fences and gates make it hard to see the animals, so I think they could use some improvement in that area. My favorite was the tiger because we could see him so close up! The kids loved the zoo, and with kids under 5, we like small zoos that don't take all day. This one made the mark! A couple animals I wish they would add would be penguins and giraffes. There seemed to be a concession stand but that was closed the morning we went. There was a nice playground for the kids that we noticed as. There was a lot of adequate shade, which was nice. I would suggest having a stroller or a wagon because there is lots of walking and hills. Overall, for a smaller town Zoo it was great. We will be back sometime again when we visit my sister I am sure.

Nice, reasonably priced zoo. My niece enjoyed looking at…read morethe animals at the park was fairly empty on a Friday morning.

This park has probably 5 or 6 acres of space, there is a climbing structure for kids, a full…read morebasketball court, a single tennis court, two volleyball nets with sand, plumbed restrooms, a large field with kids soccer net frames, a reservable picnic shelter with ten tables and two charcoal grills. There is abundant parking and a number of convenient trash cans. The play structure is on bark chips I stead of sand which I prefer as I don't get shoes full of sand at home care of my child.

Get ready to do some serious walking…read more This zoo is super clean, even the restrooms were spotless. They clearly care so much about the animals and park itself. Highly recommend getting the extra ticket for the tram ride. They give you a wrist band and you can hop on and off. The gentleman who was our tour guide was so sweet and made the ride fun. He knows the names of all the animals. We don't have rhinos at our zoo, so I was thrilled to see two here. Stop by and say to Carlos the Camel!! Quite affordable and your ticket and other purchases help fund the zoo which is really important.

We enjoyed visiting the refuge. However, we were disappointed that the petting zoo portion was not…read moreopen that day.

Hiking this good in Kansas? Who knew? I'm sorry it took me so long to get here but now that I've…read morevisited I shall return. I spent a marvelous couple of hours hiking the 6 mile trail here yesterday (the Godwin trail) that changes from meadow and dry/wet creek crossings to steep hills and finally the tops of the magnificent bluffs and hills that dominate the reserve. And what fine hiking it is. The trails are a bit wide for my tastes but they're covered with gravel and also serve as access for the research going on here. It's obvious there's a lot of it (research). I can adapt. This isn't Colorado and we're not at 6,000 feet. Take along one of the flyers from the parking lot as it describes a lot of things you'd otherwise miss along the trail and these items are clearly noted with small signs along the way. Be warned: if you're doing the long trail like I did and it's mid 80s you might want to take a bottle of water and some sun screen and a hat for sure (I did). The lack of shade and high winds that sometimes come (as did on my hike) will suck the moisture right out of you and you'll be glad you did. I'm really impressed with what's been built here. The Kanza tall grass prairie is one of nature's true wonders and the fact that Kansas State University has built this great trail (three at least) with a lot of information to soak up as you hike is a home run for this experienced hiker. One of the more unique hikes I've taken and worth the effort to get here. Access: entrance is clearly marked from the McDowell Creek highway guessing about 5-7 miles south south of the I-70 exit of the same name.

Very cool! Amazingly beautiful and well marked signs! It only takes about 10 mins to get here from…read moreManhattan and well worth it! The drive to get here is very pretty along the Kansas river. The hike is more of a nature walk and is about a 2 of 10 on difficulty. There are 2 very neat bridges near the beginning and the signs are well placed and give you the option of making this walk a distance of 2.5/4.4/6.0 depending on what path you decide to take! We opted for the 4.4 miles and loved it!

I came here with both my family, as well as my brother's. It had a ton of activities and play…read moreareas, as well as animals, to keep them entertained for hours. Well worth your time and money.

From the owner: Join us at Mulberry Pond Pumpkin Patch for some good old-fashioned fall fun!…read more Ride the pumpkin wagon, climb the hay bale mountain, slingshot pumpkins into the pond, or discover our outdoor laser tag course. Find your way out of the corn maze, ride the pedal boats, feed the ducks & baby goats, or slide down the giant tube slide.

Dont bother going. It would be nice, this is a nice park. It would be better if I could use the…read moretrails in this area without being scared. Unfortunately the homeless make it very difficult to bring children here,... or any of the public spaces. I asked. ....it seems they have made camps, "just barely legally" off the trail. Now i have to deal with Stacy if I want to enjoy this park. Stacy "lives" on 17th street along the trail. Stacy enjoys assaulting ppl when she is strung out. Stacy is always strung out. Topeka has a serious homeless problem. Until they solve it, the whole place is a waste of time investment-wise. Time or money.

These park is located across from the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site so if…read moreyou're there and looking for a good shady spot to picnic and playground, this is it. The park does have some parallel parking available along the street. It also has a basketball court, grill and picnic areas. The grass is in excellent condition. [Review 11423 overall, 1201 of 2019.]