There are so many fun parks in Omaha! If you’re not sure where to go, we’ve rounded up some of our favorites.
Get out and explore some of the amazing Omaha parks! What would you add to the list?
Our Favorite Omaha Parks
Standing Bear Kids Park
11 Papio Lake 16 Rd N, Omaha, NE
Standing Bear Kids Park is a great playground for the littlest of littles and up to your big kids too!
🏞️There is sand to play in for all your texture lovers
🛝A small slide!
⛺️Play tents
🐴A play horse to ride
🕸️A spider web to climb on
🐻Bears to climb on
🐸A frog to explore with
🗿Rock and wooden bridges to cross into new adventures
🛶Boats to sail deep into the sea on
🛝Swings!
🌟AND MORE!
🏃♀️There is plenty of seating, plenty of space, and LOTS of walking trails coming right of the park section!
✨This is a great park to take your kids to if there is a wide age gap, your littles want a park they feel confident on, or your big kids need a new adventure!
📍Make sure you type in Standing Bear Kids Park in the search to find this park INSTEAD of Standing Bear Lake Park!
Check out our tour of the park.
Children’s Adventure Trails at the Omaha Zoo
Check out our tour of Adventure Trails.
Central Park East, La Vista, NE
Check out our tour of the park.
Belles’ Playground
4250 River’s Edge Parkway next to River’s Edge Pavillion in Council Bluffs, IA
Take a walk across the Bob pedestrian bridge into Iowa and explore this unique park.
🌟 Play on the 15-foot pelican
🌟 Climb inside the structure
🌟 Swing on the hammock
🌟 Enjoy views of Omaha and the Missouri River
Check out our park tour.
Heartland of America Park
345 Riverfront Dr Omaha
This park, in the heart of downtown Omaha, has something for everyone! Park along the river or at Kiewit Luminarium.
✅ Slides
✅ Swings
✅ Climbing for big kids and little kids
✅ Sand to dig and play in
✅ Zip-Line
✅ There are multiple family restrooms
✅ Drinking fountains (operating seasonally)
✅ The area also includes a lakeside amphitheater, bocce courts, firepits, urban beach, and Farnam Pier.
Check out our park tour.
Tara Hills
🛝 The park has slides, climbing walls, swings, soft turf, and MORE!
🥒🎾 Within a feet steps from the park there is PICKLE BALL COURTS!
🏀 A full basketball court
🏐 TWO sand volleyball courts
🚶 There are great walking trails too!
🪑 GREAT seating in a covered pavillion between the park and pickleball courts
🚽 A toilet outhouse!!
🌟This is a park for everyone. Littles to Bigs. Active goers and chill goers.
Check out our park tour.
Chalco Hills Recreation Area
8901 S 154th St, Omaha, NE 68138
Chalco Park has so much for the whole family to do! This is ONE of the kids parks at Chalco Hills Recreation Area.
🚀 The theme of this park is SPACE! The main play area is a space ship!
🚘 There is also a car maintenance area for kids to play in.
🗿 A large rock wall for your monkey kids is at this park for their environment.
🛝 There are many slides, swings, monkey bars, climbing walls, and a bridge!
🎶 There are also THREE large built in xylophones!!
🏞️ The main play space is built on soft turf for comfortable playing.
🌟 The play space next to the main play space is built on sand. Perfect for your kids that love to build and get messy!
🚶There is SO much to do at Chalco park beyond this place space. Walking trails, biking, baseball, picnics, MULTIPLE play spaces, and more!!
🚗 To get to this play space you will enter through the MAIN entrance and then turn RIGHT at the first turn available. Soon you will see a park located to your right! It will be on the right side of the road located a cross from a small base ball field.
