Celebrate Parks and Recreation Month

Published on July 11, 2024

Parks and Rec Month

Celebrate National Park and Recreation Month with the staff at Jackson County Parks + Rec.

For nearly 40 years, the month of July has been dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the more than 160,000 full-time park and recreation professionals — along with hundreds of thousands of part-time and seasonal workers and volunteers — who maintain the country’s local, state and community parks.

This year's theme, Where You Belong”, celebrates the many ways park and recreation professionals across the country foster a sense of belonging in their community by providing welcoming and inclusive programs, essential services for all ages and abilities, and safe, accessible spaces to build meaningful connections. 

Jackson County Parks + Rec is the largest park system in the State of Missouri, and one of the largest county parks systems in the country? 

At nearly 22,000 acres, the county parks system features four outstanding lakes, three campgrounds, 160 miles of beautiful trails, one of the Kansas City area's finest public golf courses, and historic sites that date back to 1808.

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