Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Super Bowl Sunday! A time to gather around the television with the family and enjoy the biggest sport spectacle in America. That is, unless you really don't care for either team playing. That was the case for me this year, so rather than sit through a game I had no interest in, we made a return to a Manhattan city park that we absolutely fell in love with last year. Warner Memorial Park is a fantastic hidden gem of open space mixed with wooded areas that once you enter will surprise and please your senses. Nestled between shopping areas and residential neighborhoods this park will make you feel as though you are deep in the wilderness. We have been looking forward to returning here for another adventure for a long time. Join us as we explore once again, Warner Memorial Park!
From the Manhattan Parks and Rec website: Situated in the southwestern part of the city, this park offers one of the largest expanses of undeveloped open space in the community. Naturalized wooded areas, open space, and select native prairie grass areas are the primary attributes of this park. With the exception of a covered shelter and some road improvements, this park has been left mostly undeveloped.
A number of trails are in place around the park including the "Eight Weeks Trail" on the west end of the park. This trail was developed by the Park Conservation Crew in 1998. There is also a trail currently under construction on the east and south edges of the park that traces the original path of the Fort Riley Leavenworth Trail System used by the United States Cavalry.
Super Bowl Sunday! A time to gather around the television with the family and enjoy the biggest sport spectacle in America. That is, unless you really don't care for either team playing. That was the case for me this year, so rather than sit through a game I had no interest in, we made a return to a Manhattan city park that we absolutely fell in love with last year. Warner Memorial Park is a fantastic hidden gem of open space mixed with wooded areas that once you enter will surprise and please your senses. Nestled between shopping areas and residential neighborhoods this park will make you feel as though you are deep in the wilderness. We have been looking forward to returning here for another adventure for a long time. Join us as we explore once again, Warner Memorial Park!
From the Manhattan Parks and Rec website: Situated in the southwestern part of the city, this park offers one of the largest expanses of undeveloped open space in the community. Naturalized wooded areas, open space, and select native prairie grass areas are the primary attributes of this park. With the exception of a covered shelter and some road improvements, this park has been left mostly undeveloped.
A number of trails are in place around the park including the "Eight Weeks Trail" on the west end of the park. This trail was developed by the Park Conservation Crew in 1998. There is also a trail currently under construction on the east and south edges of the park that traces the original path of the Fort Riley Leavenworth Trail System used by the United States Cavalry.
