1. Rossville Pool closed due to leak

    Rossville Community Pool is temporarily closed due to a leak. It will reopen once the leak has been located and repaired. Read On...
  2. Midwest Health Aquatic Center Will be Closed May 30

    Midwest Health Aquatic Center will be closed Tuesday, May 30 while crews work to find the leak in the bow-tie wave pool. Please visit one of our other facilities at this time. Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation! Read On...
  3. Midwest Health Aquatic Center Discounted Admission

    Midwest Health Aquatic Center will be closed Tuesday, May 30 while crews work to find the leak in the bow-tie wave pool. Until the leak is located and repaired, admission will be discounted to $3 for 2-12 and $4 for 13+ until repairs are made. Read On...
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  1. Boys on net course

    Aquatic Centers and Pools open May 27

    Aquatic centers and pools open Saturday, May 27 for Memorial Day weekend. Spray parks opened May 13. Read more ...
  2. Orange milkweed

    National Hiking Day program set for June 3 in Skyline Park

    June 3 is National Hiking Day and Shawnee County Parks + Recreation is celebrating with an open-gate day and two nature programs at Skyline Park, home of Burnett’s Mound. Read more ...
  3. Remants of Dornwood Dairy Barn

    Series of Summer Nature Hikes to highlight history, birds, animals and plant life

    A series of 12 naturalist hikes and history programs will highlight everything from historical ruins to the 1966 Topeka tornado to plant and animal life along Shawnee County Parks + Recreation’s nature trails. Read more ...
  4. Boy with blast pump in hoops

    Spray parks open May 13; aquatic centers and pools open May 27

    Dornwood and Jackson Spray Parks open May 13. Aquatic Centers and Pools open May 27. Read more ...
  5. Summer 2023 issue of The Guide

    Summer 2023 issue of The Guide now online

    The Summer 2023 issue of The Guide is now online. The issue covers summer events, programs and activities. Read on...
  6. Boys in Corcl watercraft

    Summer Camp registration opens at midnight March 7

    Registration for Shawnee County Parks + Recreation summer camps opens at midnight March 7. Read more ...
  7. Lifeguard guiding girl in pink suit

    Swim lesson registration opens March 1

    Registration for swim lessons at Shawnee County Parks + Recreation pools and aquatic centers opens March 1. Read more ...
  8. Tour of Topeka promo photo

    May 6 Tour of Topeka ride/run to celebrate connecting trails across community

    The May 6 Tour of Topeka ride/run will celebrate Shawnee County Parks + Recreation connecting its trail system across the community. Everyone is invited to this non-timed, non-competitive bike/run/walk event. Distances are from 5K to 32.2 miles. Read more ...
  9. Tulip bed near gazebo at Ted Ensley Gardens

    Jerold Binkley Tulip Time set for April 7-23

    Jerold Binkley Tulip Time is set for April 7-23 in Shawnee County Parks + Recreations three public gardens: Ted Ensley Gardens/Lake Shawnee, Old Prairie Town/Ward-Meade Botanical Garden and Doran Rock Garden/Gage Park. Read more ...
  10. Four lifeguards at Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center

    Shawnee County Parks + Recreation to hire hundreds for warm-weather positions

    Parks + Recreation is already recruiting for the warm weather season as it looks to fill 400 seasonal positions from camp counselors to lifeguards to horticulture and park maintenance staff. Read more ...
  11. New electric mini-train rounding curve

    Ceremony to celebrate new Gage Park mini-train set for March 13

    A ceremony to celebrate the historic first run of the new electric Gage Park mini-train will be held at 9 a.m. March 13 at the train depot in Gage Park. Read more ...
  12. John Bell

    John Bell named Parks Superintendent

    John Bell has been named Parks Superintendent for Shawnee County Parks + Recreation. Read more ...
  13. Nellie Hogan with county commissioners and parks officials

    Pinecrest Park renamed Nellie Hogan Park

    Pinecrest Park has been renamed Nellie Hogan Park in recognition of the unsung heroine who has dedicated decades of her life to the Hi-Crest neighborhood and its residents. Read more ...
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