Riverside Parks and Recreation

Whether you enjoy biking, walking, runnning, picnicing, a rousing game of volleyball or just kicking back and lounging, Riverside has a variety of beautiful parks for you to enjoy. Our parks also provide a dramatic backdrop for fairs, festivals and special events.

E.H. Young Riverfront Park is right on the riverfront and features a beautiful brick and stone riverwalk area with an overlook.

Park amenities include a paved walking trail, four shelters, an amphitheater, a large children's playground area, a ball field, a chiming carillon and more.

Some of the facilities at E. H. Young Riverfront Park can be reserved.


Renner Brenner Park is on the National Register of Historic Places  due to its Native American history and artifacts. This park's many features –some of which can be reserved– include a gazebo overlooking Line Creek, a new Skate Park for "radical" fun, a large playground area and much more.

Homestead Park is a neighborhood park with a picnic area, children's playground and basketball courts.


Park Hours: From dawn to dusk, except by special permission.  Public Safety closes the parks at dusk.

Park Rules :
•For your safety, no alcoholic beverages are permitted.
•Please keep domestic animals on a leash.
•Protect our history – please no collecting of archeological artifacts.
•Camping is not permitted.
•Help protect our parks - no fires please.

Who do I call?  If your power is out, please call KCPL at 1-888-544-4852 (1-888-LIGHTKC).  They will make note of the outage and respond as soon as possible.

Should I call the City or report it to 9-1-1 also? No.  City staff or the 9-1-1 operators are usually aware of the outage already.  Calling 9-1-1 may clog phone lines for those who need to report a true emergency. 

But doesn’t the City have access to people at KCPL who can get it fixed faster?  Only for life-threatening situations.  City staff and 9-1-1 operators must report general power outages to KCPL like everyone else to the number that is provided above.