Eldon Lyon Park

This is a beautiful 60-​acre park in Bethany, with miles of walking trails, plus basketball courts, soccer fields, picnic tables and shelters and more. I love the openness of this park. Sometimes trees are nice, but I like that this park has many open expanses for kids to run and play in a very safe space. Softball, basketball and soccer areas are here also — though I don’t know much about reserving them or anything.
There are a few different playground areas, and admittedly, these could use some updating, but I think there are lots of places with splash pads and new playground equipment — what Eldon Lyon provides is room, and lots of it. In a time when parents feel they can’t just let their kids roam free in the neighborhoods and the creek beds of our youth, this park helps address that need.
I love the two mile trail that loops around and sometimes through the entire park, the nice picnic areas, and people watching.