Nice trails. Has two fishing ponds at the bottom of the hill, not a very far walk from the parking lot. Nice shelter with grills to cook on

Well kept and off the paved has great woodsie trails.. has cool wildlife too. So pretty

Great walk down to the ponds, then around the trail on the far side. Maybe we missed it, but better signage for the trails from the center to the picnic shelter would be good!

Love this place! So peaceful

The park offers visitors a variety of outdoor activities, including several hiking trails, fishing, and social opportunities at the fire pit, park pavilion and nature center.The park has two main trail networks on the property. During my visit, some portions of the trails were pretty overgrown, but they provide a serene soundscape and a variety of areas of natural beauty.

Very nice walk! Lots of wild trails and tame ones too. Plenty of benches throughout even out in the middle of some of the wilder trails.

This is a great and very beautiful park to go to. Amazing fishing, awesome trails and an indoors area where there are aquatic and reptilian enclosures. 10/10 would reccomend

A really great place to just take a few hours locally if you enjoy walking or they have a couple of lakes for fishing if you like that. In these times, no better place to relax than walking around this park or go inside & pick up a little bit of local history.

Nice place to go for a date day.Friendly staff.Going back soon

Beautiful park; really love the hummingbird area in the front. Trails are maintained and its easy to explore.

Great place to take a little hike

Beautiful, quiet and peaceful place. I love it but I am disappointed in the hours. We like to fish and with the hours they are open, most people cant make it after work.

Amazing experience today with my two year old!

Beautiful park - very peaceful & relaxing. My granddaughters loved it!

Good spot for fishing and small trails. Supposed to have a butterfly trail but never see any on it

Really nice place, it would be nice if it stayed open later.

Very tranquil and nicely maintained! Will definitely be going back!

This is a beautiful little gem in Independence. My husband and I love taking our pup out to walk the trails (leashes required!) and always meet nice people. Water fountains available in warmer seasons.

Help on remodeling of outside new building inside looks great

Nice, quiet, hidden little getaway for an afternoon walk.

My kids and I have been going here for years. Can hike and fish. Love going

I went to this park today for the first time! I had a great time exploring the trails with my dog. Margie showed me the art gallery, and gave me a lot of info about the park. She was so kind to me and my dog (which I am so thankful for). Thank you Margie!!

This place is overgrown with weeds. Its very unkempt. Im thinking noone has been there due to covid19 and its been closed. (The pond as your walking from the entrance past the buildings down the paved path the pond on the right) is full of what looks like algae. I did see some people catching fish at the cleaner looking one to the left. The walking trails in the woods you can hardly get through because there overgrown with plants, etc. Ill be glad when it gets back to a cleaner place.

Just a nice place to go and get away

I really enjoy this little nature park and the activity director is very kind. He allows our group to come in and use it even when it’s closed ... even going so far to open the building for the children to get a drink and use the facilities on a very hot day ... even though they were closed !My dog and I often walk here after hours and it’s very pleasant

This is a fun place to explore. However, not all of the paths are clearly marked. Some are dead ends and you have to turn around and go back. My kids enjoyed the adventure.

Love this place! Had a blast at the hummingbird festival! Love the trails, fishing, nature and learning about everything!

Nice walking trails, 2 ponds to fish in.

Totally fun at the winter hike. The torch lite paths leading us to the different stations then the lodge being open was great.

Really nice place with walking paths. There are 2 ponds and you can fish in one of them. Dogs are also welcome just make sure to clean up after your pet. Around Halloween they have a event that is called the enchanted forest which children of all ages will enjoy.

Very friendly staff and it was open on the 4th of July. Lots of interactive events on the calendar. Nice in-town nature area!

Not stroller or wheelchair friendly at this time. Mostly unpaved paths and the restroom is not wheelchair accessible either. It looks like they are starting to pave one of the trails, but I was hoping for more accessibility.

I tried calling them and they called me the n-word

Lovely - Quiet - Shady - convenient

My boyfriend and I love coming here to have a picnic and walk the trails. They keep it clean.

Cool place for family

Beautiful Simply Beautiful

Not too big, not too crowded. Maintained well.

Took grandkids visiting from Chicago fishing here. Nature walk was excellent fishing was good. Caught catfish and small mouth bass great memories to share

Love them

Beautiful walk in the woods. We will be coming back.

The Enchanted Forest was well worth the 30 min. Wait in line. This will be a family tradition for years to come!!

Beautiful relaxing park best one in the kansas city area

Very safe place. 911 phones every 1/5 mile marker

My daughter loved this place. The trail we took was a bit muddy, but I expect once the warmer weather hits, itll dry up nicely. The nature center itself has lots of interesting exhibits for all ages and they even brought one of the snakes out for my daughter since I couldnt bring her up on the snake show days.

I havent enjoyed GONP during spring or summer yet, but weve visited twice and its been great! The first day we went for a snake show in the nature center and my 3 and a half year old loved it. Fed and held corn snakes, fed the turtles, and the staff were super friendly and interacted often in an appropriate way. We came back to walk the paved trails with the stroller and had just as much fun. I come to allow my children to explore and discover nature; climb trees, throw rocks, find bugs and animals, and just go at their own pace. Excited to get the smallest one in a carrier and tackle the unpaved trails this spring! Were so lucky to have this in Independence. Just wish the parking lot was open even if the center isnt that way families can still access the trails.

The fishing ponds have no water. Its gone missing. Now jus looks like a lil creek.

This is tons of fun for all ages to explore all the nature you can handle

Very friendly and knowledgeable people who work there, love going there for a walk around the park.

Great place to hike and a very friendly staff as well. Didnt catch anything at the lake but oh well still had fun with the kids.

Beautiful place for a hike, also a couple of fishing ponds and great picnic areas!

Amaxing little nature park tucked away minutes away from the Independence Center. Multiple hiking trails and 2 small ponds for an awesome day of fishing or hiking with the family.

Walked dog through the trails

Great for a quick walk in nature.

Great place. Very peaceful

Very nice and quiet place to walk. Beautifully kept trails and fairly nice lakes. Employees were very friendly and helpful. We really enjoyed talking with them.

Love this place. Two real pretty lakes and nice trails.

Its the safest little trails to ever walk

Love this nature park. Will be back in next Sep to take more photos of the Hummingbirds.

Great place for families to walk trails together

Very clean and well lit open areas

A great park with trails and water features. Be sure to check out the exhibits in the Nature Center.

Literally right behind my house, provides an excellent source to disappear and recollect my thoughts every day

George Owens is a fantastic gem in Independence. Great trails, special events, nature center and more. Cant wait to explore some more.

Wonderful place to fish or just for a walk. Many different trails for everyone.

Fun, clean space for events with welcoming staff!

Great place to walk around and explore nature.

Nice nature park.

#LetsGuide familyfriendly This is a long time favorite place. The facilities are excellent for kids. Last I was here for a winter walk and our guide was amazing with the children and helping them understand about beavers and other wildlife around the outdoor park. I love their programs.

My mom had her wedding held here, event space was good sized for the smaller wedding. Park staff helpful and willing to find an answer.

I love this nature park best one Ive ever been too the staff is so nice the park is clean just nice overall

Beautiful park not too far from the hubub of the Independence Center. Great walking trails. Two weeks prior to Halloween they host Enchanted Forest, a great activity for families with young children.

What a gem! If you want to feel like youre way out in the woods but dont want to drive to the forest.....here it is! Right smack in the middle of Independence is this hidden nature park. There are paved walking trails and rugged dirt paths for the explorers. We saw turtles,frogs, toads, deer and abundant insect and bird varieties. Bring a lunch and use the picnic tables. There is also a small fishing pond. We are going to be trying their kids hour long program this week.

Its a lovely park. Its clean and calm. Not only that there is a tornado shelter for any bad weather.

I just recently discovered the George Owens Nature Center. Got to do some fishing there today and the place is really nice but it seems like theyve let the place go.

Amazing.

My grandson really enjoyed the Enchanted Forest Park as part of Halloween event.

I ran these woods and beyond, during the late 1960s early 70s; I was a Highleah latchkey kid, and this entire area was us kids natural playground. It was not a park then; the entire area surrounding the townhouses was all woods (w/ small farms & Bridger Jr.), and so there were deer and beaver galore; far more wildlife and wilderness than remains today, with urban sprawl consuming almost the entire area. But I am thankful that a tiny part of what was my childhood wonderland, has been preserved in this park. I go there now and then to meditate; as a naturalist it is a necessary part of my lifestyle. It is safe and well maintained, but the natural world is dwindling rapidly; looked upon by kids nowadays who must view nature and wildlife in display cases, with no real personal engagement with nature, like what we had back then. This property is that last stand; hope it endures.

Amazing place to take your kids. MY 4 YR old loves it so does the rest of the family!

Very nice little park. Camped down the hill from the center. Very clean bathrooms and facilities. Thank you for letting the Cub scouts camp here.

Great place for a family reunion/gathering or just a day out in nature.

Nice place to walk and look at nature. You can fish here also. They had snowmen on display on the main walking trail today

This was a very enjoyable day,it started while arriving to George Owens and being greeted by a very helpful staff member in helping us to get settled in, the building was in great shape well kept, we rented the building for my father in laws 80th birthday party, restrooms where clean everything was great thanks for a great day.

Trails were litter free, I didnt check out the buildings so not sure about how those are.

Very nice park. Has some great trails for walking/hiking and a small lake for fishing. Place is clean with very friendly staff.

Really nice park. But be prepared to walk! Not elderly friendly.

They have 2 ponds & lots of walking trails in the woods & out. They have picnic tables & Shelters to stay dry or stay shaded.Park is mostly wooded areas . Very clean .

Great place for walk or nature hike. Informative and educational conservation area. Friendly people.

Amazing and beutiful

In nice quiet Serene place 2 relax outside of the city for a moment. A bit Haley would not recommend push wheelchairs.

Open on Independence day. Friendly staff, and some great trails to walk.

The Eva Cooper Lodge where a birthday party was hosted is a very nice facility with two large rooms and a kitchen and even a wood burning fireplace.

We came for the eclipse. The staff was amazing! I cant say enough about how friendly and helpful they were.

Nice park with some nice nature trails & ponds. Fun information center as well.

Its a beautiful place to visit.Not much for little ones to do.See bugs and Halloween haunted woods

I was at the Geo. Owens new building at an art show for the IAA. Will be there all month come out to see it

Love this hidden gem!!

My youngest son is at Scout camp there great people

I didnt know that this place existed! I am glad that I came!

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