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This is a list of parks in Omaha, Nebraska. It includes cemeteries, golf courses and the zoo. Most parks in Omaha are governed by the City of Omaha Parks and Recreation Department.[1]
[edit] History
In 1854 Alfred D. Jones drew four parks on the original map of Omaha City. They were called Jefferson Square, which was paved over by I-480; Washington Park, which is where the Paxton Block currently sits at North 16th and Farnam Streets; Capitol Square, where Omaha Central High School is now located, and; an unnamed tract overlooking the river with Davenport Street on the north, Jackson Street on the south, North 8th on the east and North 9th Street on the west.[2] Jefferson Square lasted until 1969, when it was razed to make way for a new interstate in downtown Omaha. The riverfront from the interstate south to the headquarters of ConAgra Foods is now the Heartland of America Park.
Hanscom Park became Omaha's first park. Miller, Fontenelle, Elmwood and Riverview were Omaha's largest parks in 1920. Levi Carter Park was its largest, at 220 acres. Other parks in the system that year were Bemis, Deer, Kountze Park, Curtis Turner, Harold Gifford, Mercer, Jefferson Square, Hixenbaugh, Burt playground, Bluff View, Spring Lake, Highland, McKinley, Clear View and Morton.[3]
Omaha's boulevard system was designed to be part of the parks system in 1889 by renowned landscape architect Horace Cleveland.[4]
[edit] Current parks
A trail at Wehrspann Lake in southwest
Omaha.
Heartland of America Park, looking south
| Parks in Omaha alphabetical |
| Name |
Location |
Founding date |
| 22nd and Willis Park |
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| Adams Park |
3121 Bedford Avenue |
1948 |
| Albright Park |
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| Andersen Park |
134th and Cottner streets, Millard |
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| Applewood Heights Park |
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| Armbrust Park |
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| Athletic Park |
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| Autumn Heights Park |
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| Barrington Park |
764 N. 164th st |
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| Bay Meadows Park |
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| Bedford Place Park |
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| Bemis Park |
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| Benson Lions Park |
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| Benson Park |
7002 Military Avenue |
1931 |
| Bent Creek Park |
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| Bluff View Park |
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| Bowling Green Park |
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| Brookside Park |
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| Brown Park |
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| Bryan Park |
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| Candlewood II |
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| Center Park |
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| Christie Heights Park |
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| Churchich Park |
50th and C streets |
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| Clarkson Park |
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| Cody Park |
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| Colonial Acres Park |
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| Columbus Park |
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| Conagra Park |
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| Conestoga Park |
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| Conoco Park |
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| Cottonwood Heights Park |
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| Cottonwood Park |
728 S. 154th st |
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| Country Club Manor Park |
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| Crosskey Villages Park |
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| Cuming Corner Park |
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| Democracy Park |
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| Dewey Park |
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| Discovery Park |
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| Discovery Soccer Complex |
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| Dorothy Patach Park |
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| Elmwood Park |
802 S. 60th st |
1889 |
| Englewood Park |
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| Erskine Park |
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| Escalante Hills Park |
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| Essex Park |
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| Esther Pilster Park |
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| Faye Boulevard Park |
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| Filmore Park |
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| Florence Park |
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| Forest Lawn Park |
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| Freedom Park |
2500 North 25th Street |
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| Gallagher Park |
52nd and Maple Streets |
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| Gene Leahy Mall |
1302 Farnam on the Mall |
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| Gifford Park |
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| Gifford River Drive Park |
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| Glenn Cunningham Lake |
8660 Lake Cunningham Road |
1977 |
| Grace Young Park |
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| Graham Park |
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| Greentree Park |
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| H.H. Harper Park |
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| Hanscom Park |
1899 South 32nd Avenue |
1889 |
| Harrison Heights Park |
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| Harvey Oaks Park |
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| Heartland of America Park |
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| Hefflinger Park |
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| Highland Park |
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| Hillsborough Park |
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| Hillside Little League Park |
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| Himebaugh Park |
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| Hitchcock Park |
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| Hummel Park |
11808 John J. Pershing Drive |
1930 |
| James F. Lynch Park |
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| John P. Munnley Park |
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| Karen Park |
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| Kenefick Park |
100 Bancroft Street (next to the Lauritzen Gardens) |
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| Kellom Greenbelt Park |
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| Kellom Park |
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| Keystone Park |
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| Kingswood Park |
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| Kiwanis Park |
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| Kountze Park |
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| Lake Forest Estates Park |
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| Lake Forest Park |
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| Lake James Park |
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| Lamp Park |
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| Leavenworth Park |
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| Lee Valley Park |
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| Levi Carter Park |
3100 Abbott Drive |
1878 |
| Lewis & Clark Landing |
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| Little Elmwood Park |
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| Kenifick Park |
100 Bancroft Avenue |
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| Kountze Park |
1920 Pinkney Street |
1899 |
| Mandan Park |
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| Maple Village Park |
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| McKinley Park |
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| Meadow Lane Park |
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| Memorial Park |
6008 Underwood Avenue |
1948 |
| Mercer Park |
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| Metcalfe Park |
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| Miami Playground |
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| Michael Thell NEA Park |
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| Miguel Keith Park |
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| Millard Heights Park |
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| Millard Highlands Park |
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| Miller Park |
6201 North 30th Street |
1891 |
| Miller's Landing Park |
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| Mockingbird Heights Park |
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| Montclair/Westbrook Park |
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| Morton Park |
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| Mount Vernon Garden |
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| Myott Park |
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| N.P. Dodge Memorial Park |
11001 John J. Pershing Drive |
1930 |
| North Oaks Park |
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| Northwest Park |
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| Norwick Park |
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| Oak Heights Park |
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| Oakbrook Park |
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| Oaks Park |
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| Omaha Botanical Gardens (aka Lauritzen Gardens) |
2001 South 6th Street |
1982 |
| One Pacific Place Park |
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| Orchard Park |
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| Pacific Meadows Park |
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| Palomino Hills Park |
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| Park East Park |
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| Parkside Park |
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| Peterson Park |
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| Pheasant Run Park |
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| Pinewood Park |
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| Prairie Lane Park |
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| Pulaski Park |
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| Rambleridge Park |
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| Raven Oaks Park |
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| Regency Park |
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| Ridgefield Park |
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| Riverview Park |
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| Roanoke Park |
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| Rock Glen Park |
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| Rockbrook Park |
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| Roxbury Park |
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| Saddle Hills Park |
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| Sandoz Park |
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| Schroeder-Vogel Park |
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| Seymour Smith Park |
6802 Harrison Street |
1962 |
| Signal Hill Park |
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| Somerset Park |
Wenninghoff Road and North 86th Street |
1994 |
| Spaulding Park |
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| Spring Lake Park |
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| Standing Bear Lake |
6404 N. 132nd st |
1977 |
| Stillmeadow Park |
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| Storz Rugby Complex |
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| Sunny Slope Park |
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| Swanson Park |
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| Templeton Mini-Park |
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| Timber Creek Park |
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| Tomahawk Hills Park |
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| Towl Park |
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| Tranquility Park |
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| Trendwood Park |
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| Turner Park |
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| Unity Park |
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| Upland Park |
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| Walnut Grove Park |
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| Walnut Hill Park |
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| Wentworth Park |
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| West Fairacres Park |
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| Westchester Park |
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| Western Trails Park |
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| Westgate Park |
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| Westroads Parkway |
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| Westwood Heights Park |
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| Woodhaven Park |
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| Yale Park |
3377 Lake street |
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| Young Park |
411 1/2 N. Elmwood Road |
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| Youngman Connector Park |
163rd and Farnam Streets |
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| Zorinsky Lake Park |
156th and F streets |
1993 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Omaha Parks and Recreation. City of Omaha. retrieved 8/22/07.
- ^ City of Omaha Board of Park Commissioners. (1912) Annual Report. City of Omaha. p 4.
- ^ Morton, J.S. and Watkins, A. "Chapter XXXV: Greater Omaha," History of Nebraska: From the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 831.
- ^ Morton, J.S. and Watkins, A. "Chapter XXXV: Greater Omaha," History of Nebraska: From the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 831.
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Boulevards in Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Main article |
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| Midtown |
Hanscom Boulevard · Happy Hollow Boulevard
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| South |
Deer Park Boulevard · Hoctor Boulevard · Riverview Boulevard · Spring Lake Drive · Turner Boulevard
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