Leawood Chamber of Commerce : Leawood, Kansas

Recreation & Entertainment

Local Luxuries

Leawood residents enjoy access to a wide variety of local entertainment and recreational opportunities, right in their own neighborhood.

Premier Events

A Taste of Leawood, sponsored by the Leawood Chamber of Commerce, is a distinctive event Leawood’s residents and visitors anticipate each summer.  The city also offers a wide variety of events throughout the year, including live concert series in the parks, including Ironwoods Park, and at Town Center Plaza.  The City Parks and Recreation Department holds many family and community oriented events, including the annual Eggstravaganza, Freaky Fall Fest, Holiday Lighting, Labor Day Run, Breakfast with Santa, Daddy & Daughter Date Night, Mom and Son Sports Night, and monthly Senior luncheon.  These activities draw an estimated 20,000 participants each year.

A Day at the Park

Leawood has a first-class park system, and the city has much to offer in its 423 acres of parkland.  Ironwoods Park, located at 146th and Mission, attracts visitors day and night.  This park includes a nature center, an activity and banquet center with seating for 300+, a commercial kitchen and audio visual amenities.  Families can also camp out overnight in the cabins, take in a show at the amphitheater, and have fun on the playground equipment.

I-Lan Park at 126th and Nall is a 13-acre park dedicated to Leawood’s sister city in I-Lan, Taiwan.  This replica of traditional Taiwanese gardens features a sheltered pavilion, a trail connecting with Leawood’s trail system, a playground, and a pagoda.  Plans are also underway to add a variety of amenities to Gezer Park, located at 133rd and Mission Road, similar to those at I-Lan Park.  Gezer Park is dedicated to Leawood’s other sister city, The Gezer Region in Israel.

City Park occupies 66 acres and is the hub of Leawood’s recreational activities.  Residents take part in formal and informal sports programs that utilize the park’s soccer fields, lighted tennis courts, softball, baseball and t-ball fields, basketball and sand volleyball courts.  The park’s shelter with grills are popular spots during the annual 4th of July Celebration.  The park also features a loop-jogging trail, which serves as a trailhead for the main path along the Tomahawk Greenway Trail.

City Park also houses the Leawood Aquatic Center.  The Center features a zero-depth pool, a 145-foot water slide, water toys, fountains, and a Sprayground.

Serene Nature

For those who prefer the serenity of nature, the Tomahawk Creek Greenway provides a place for residents to exercise while  taking in a peaceful afternoon in the woods.  The Greenway winds along Tomahawk and Indian Creeks and is a great place to walk, jog, bicycle, and rollerblade, as well as offers connections to adjoining communities.

The Greenway offers a great opportunity for nature lovers to view wildlife, birds, and the natural environment.  Residents can also stop to fish at any of the three lakes, which are stocked with channel catfish, green sunfish and large mouth bass by the Department of Wildlife and Parks every month between April and September.

Teeing Off

Some head out to the links for relaxation, and Ironhorse Golf Club (renovated in 2007) has become a favorite among golf lovers.  The course is situated on 189 wooded acres and features natural waterways and prairie grasslands.  Ironhorse has earned honors as the #1 public golf course in Kansas, as well as the #3 most affordable new course in the U.S. from Golf Digest Magazine.  Other top golf spots in Leawood are Hallbrook Country Club and Leawood South Country Club, both private courses.

Out on the Town

Every great city boasts great restaurants and shopping, and Leawood is no exception.  Many residents head to the Town Center Plaza area to eat, shop, and take in a movie at the AMC Theatres.  From the casual to the formal, some of Leawood’s premier restaurants and shops are located in Town Center.  Mission Farms, 135th Street, and the 151st & Nall Avenue areas are also becoming local shopping and dining destinations.  The area’s first large-scale New Urbanism style development, Park Place, is scheduled to open in October 2007 with a variety of retail and office opportunities.  This mixed-use residential, retail, office and entertainment district in the heart of Leawood will be the first of its kind in Johnson County.  Park Place will also feature two new hotel destinations that are  unique to the Kansas City metropolitan market.


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