The WildLands of Kansas City

WildLands is a coalition of resource professionals, private conservation organizations and conservation minded citizens established to restore and manage these sites, which are some of the remnants of Kansas City's original landscape. Click the links below the map for directions, topo maps and descriptions of the Natural Areas.
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1. Blue River Parkway

Kansas City, Missouri Jackson County Parks and Recreation (Minor Park- Kansas City Parks and Recreation)

2. Blue River Glades Natural Area

Kansas City, Missouri Jackson County Parks and Recreation

3. Ogg Road Prairie

Shawnee Mission Park, Shawnee Mission, Kansas Johnson County Park and Recreation District.

4. Hidden Valley Natural Area

Kansas City, Missouri (north) Kansas City Parks and Recreation

5. Isley Park Woods

Excelsior Springs, Missouri City of Excelsior Springs, Missouri

6. Kill Creek Prairie

De Soto, Kansas Johnson County Park and Recreation District

7. Ernie Miller Park

Olathe, Kansas Johnson County Park and Recreation District

8. Swope Park

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City Parks and Recreation

9. The Prairie Center

Olathe, Kansas Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

10. Maple Woods Natural Area

Gladstone, Missouri Missouri Department of Conservation

11. Powell Gardens

Kingsville, Missouri Powell Gardens, Inc.

12. Jerry Smith Park and Saeger Woods Conservation Area

Kansas City, Missouri (south) Kansas City Parks and Recreation and Missouri Department of Conservation

13. Cliff Drive

Kansas City, Missouri (northeast) Kansas City Parks and Recreation and Missouri Department of Conservation