Best places: Parks in Iowa City, United States

👍👍 Maybe not somewhere to go in the middle of winter but it's a very beautiful place.

Park with fenced areas for small dogs & training, plus a pond, walking path & shelters.

Scenic forested park featuring many walking & running paths, picnic tables & grills on 185 acres.

Riverfront park featuring a playground & sports fields, plus a seasonal pool, amphitheater & rides.

Amenities here include an indoor pool, gym, picnic/BBQ area, playground, sports courts & ballfields.

Airy recreational park featuring trails, picnic tables, a soccer field & a children's playground.

👍 This is great place to go walking biking or do any sports activity. Side walk are wide and flat. River is in the west side of the park and this part of the river is great spot for fishing. Big Grove Brewery is on the East side of the park which make it amazing place close to great food. Very bright...

200-acre park with 3 mi. of paved paths around ponds & prairies, plus trailhead parking & benches.

👍👍 Great park with a uniquely fun playground area for the kids. Lots of tunnels, bridges, and non-typical playground type adventures to be had in an area rather secluded from much of the open space and trails that compromise the remainder of the park. There is also a nice and fairly new commercial grad...

👍👍 Pretty nice multi use park. There is a playground for kids and a basketball court. Nice grassy areas. It is surrounded by houses and a short walk from downtown. Photos from the gathering of the IC Pride parade day.

Public park with trails, grills, a splash pad, ball fields/courts, disc golf & community gardens.

😠 Be on the lookout while at this park. I returned from disc golfing to find our vehicle broken into and personal belongs stolen. This happened in broad daylight.

👍👍 Big fields to romp in. Often wetter and muddier han Thornberry, also much less crowded. Poop bags available year-round; water available from about April- October. Update: Just visited yesterday (11/7/2022) and noticed that they had added agility equipment like Thornberry. Will add pics soon.

😠 Kickers runs a number of adult & kids leagues, and the quality of those leagues is egregiously terrible. This comes down mainly to quality of their fields, the worst fields in the business. If they had any good sense they’d use the money they are given for the leagues and invest it in their fields....

Nature site with a playground, picnic tables & a shelter, grills, an open field & a splash pad.

👍👍 It's a simple park. It's basically a green space for whatever. There is some hidden playground equipment south of Friendship Street and a much larger green space for baseball or soccer. It's nice to have such a large space as a park in the middle of residential.

😐 Nice park for softball tournament but no concessions for 16 teams playing from 9 a.m. till 7 p.m. ? Thats insane.

Laid-back community gathering place with a modest playground, picnic tables & trails.

👍👍 We visited the park to get in some steps, which turned into a history lesson. The trail is mainly shaded through the woods and is well paved. The various plaques that tell the story of the early Morman settlers' journey to Utah. They took the train to Iowa City and built handcarts for the rest of th...

👍👍 The park is undergoing a total renovation and it's looking really good! They have replaced the very old basketball hoops, they're placing an area for swings and a jungle gym structure is also starting to take place. The canopy looks fantastic; there are sidewalks connecting all areas and benches thr...