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We recommend you follow CDC guidelines when visiting the parks. Keep a safe distance (6'), use hand sanitizer, cover your cough or sneeze and don't touch your face.

Park hours are from sunrise to sunset daily.

Please follow these park rules so everyone can enjoy Merriam’s parks!

No alcoholic beverages
Pets must be on a leash
No excessive noise or loud music
No overnight parking
No fires, except in grills
No motorized vehicles
Please use trash and pet waste containers

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Adopt-A-Park Information

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Antioch Park

6501 Antioch Rd, Merriam 66202

Antioch Park is owned and operated by Johnson County Parks and Recreation District. Each year Merriam's annual Turkey Creek Festival is held here on the 3rd Saturday in May.

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Brown Park, a 3.68-acre linear park. The initial park was obtained by the City of Merriam in July 1975 and was named for Esther Brown, a local resident who organized citizen support for the 1949 Webb v. School District 90 case. This case set the background for the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit.

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Campbell Park

9674 W. 61st Street, Merriam 66203

Campbell Park, originally referred to as “Old Horseshoe Bend” is nestled where 61st Street meets Turkey Creek. Looking across the creek, one can see the remains of an access road that was once utilized as the east/west thoroughfare. Campbell Park is a unique park for the city in that the land is owned by the Merriam Drainage District of Johnson County.

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Chatlain Park

6300 Carter Avenue, Merriam 66203

One of Merriam's most active and beautiful parks, named for John Chatlain who served as a Merriam City Council member for 31 years. This 5.25-acre park provides an access point to the Turkey Creek Streamway Trail.

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Quail Creek Park

7024 Grandview St., Merriam 66204

Quail Creek Park is a 5.25-acre linear park. Merriam bought the park’s land after a torrential rainstorm flooded the area in the late 1990s.

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Turkey Creek Streamway Trail

7497 Kings Cove Dr., Merriam 66204

Approximately four miles of paved, multi-use trail running from 75th Street to Antioch Road. The trail route follows the path of Turkey Creek and passes through wooded areas, a butterfly garden, and several parks.

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