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This is a list of parks in Omaha, Nebraska. It includes cemeteries and golf courses. Most parks in Omaha are governed by the City of Omaha Parks and Recreation Department.

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. 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. (Riverview Park Zoo eventually became Henry Doorly Zoo.) Levi Carter Park was its largest, at 220 acres (0.89 km). 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.

Omaha's boulevard system was designed to be part of the parks system in 1889 by renowned landscape architect Horace Cleveland. The Omaha Park and Boulevard System was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Administration

The Department of Parks, Recreation, and Public Property is the City of Omaha's agency responsible for administering public parks.

Current parks

See also

• List of cemeteries in Omaha
• Culture in Omaha
• Sports in Omaha

References

1. Omaha Parks and Recreation. City of Omaha. retrieved 8/22/07.
2. City of Omaha Board of Park Commissioners. (1912) Annual Report. City of Omaha. p 4.
3. Morton, J.S. and Watkins, A. "Chapter XXXV: Greater Omaha," Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine History of Nebraska: From the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 831.
4. Morton, J.S. and Watkins, A. (1918) "Chapter XXXV: Greater Omaha," Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine History of Nebraska: From the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 831.
5. Omaha Park and Boulevard System, National Park Service.
6. "Parks, Recreation, and Public Property", City of Omaha. Retrieved 8/24/08.
7. Benson Park. City of Omaha. Retrieved 10/5/07.
8. Boyd Park. Central Baseball. Retrieved 10/5/07.
9. Butler-Gast Branch. Metro Omaha YMCAs. Retrieved 10/5/07.
10. (nd) "N.P. Dodge Memorial Park". City of Omaha. Retrieved 7/4/07.
11. "Former Omaha principal Esther Pilster dies at 97". omaha.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
12. "Esther Pilster Park". ohranger.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
13. "Fontenelle Park," City of Omaha. Retrieved 9/25/07.

External links

• Parks in Omaha – info about parks and public places in Omaha

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