LocationN.E. 85th Terr. & N. Virginia Ave.Council District1 |
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Park DistrictNorthYear Acquired1977 |
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Acres13.11 |
Per the masterplan, the Parks Department recently installed a compacted stone nature trail through the woods at Highland View Park located at N.E. 85th Terrace and N. Virginia Ave. The trail is designed for pedestrian use only and is not designed for wheeled vehicle travel. The nature trail is off limits to bicycles, ATV’s, motorcycles, mopeds, minibikes, cars, trucks, horse drawn carriages, motorized toys, go-carts, etc.
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau...
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