Kessler Park

A 303-acre Kansas City park with wooded bluffs, memorials, and a disc golf course, named for landscape architect George E. Kessler.

450 The Paseo 64106 / 5200 Gladstone Blvd. 64120 · Kansas City, MO

About Kessler Park

Kessler Park is a large Kansas City park managed by KC Parks & Recreation. It was originally called North Terrace Park and was part of a late nineteenth-century park and boulevard plan by George E. Kessler. The board renamed it in his honor in 1971. The grounds include Cliff Drive, several memorials, a disc golf course, and North Terrace Lake. Visitors can reserve shelters, and a conservancy group works to restore and protect the park.

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