C. Lee Kenagy Park facts for kids

C. Lee Kenagy Park, often called Kenagy Park, is a fun city park located in Raytown, Missouri, USA. This 18-acre park is a popular spot for people in Raytown. You can find it at 79th Street and Raytown Road. It has many cool features for everyone to enjoy! Recently, the park got some upgrades. These include a bigger parking lot, a new playground, and a new entrance.

Fun Things to Do at Kenagy Park

Kenagy Park is packed with awesome things to do! It has six shelters, which are perfect for picnics or parties. There are also four tennis courts where you can play a game. If you love baseball, there's a Baseball field too.

A nice walking track goes around a fishing pond. It's about half a mile long, great for a stroll or a jog. The park also has three playgrounds for different ages. Plus, there are two clean restrooms. One of the most exciting parts of the park is the skatepark. You'll find it on the southwest side of the park.

Awesome Skatepark at Kenagy Park

A view of Kenegy Skatepark from atop the smaller roll-in ramp, looking south.

The skatepark at Kenagy Park opened in 2005. It was the first and only skatepark in Raytown. American Ramp Company from Joplin, Missouri, built it. The park is made of strong steel ramps on a smooth concrete base.

This skatepark is great for "vert" skateboarding. This means it has lots of ramps for catching air! There are two big quarter pipes, one five feet tall and another six feet tall. A quarter pipe is a ramp that curves up like a quarter of a circle. Across from these are "roll-in ramps" of the same size. These let you easily roll into the park.

The park also has a pyramid shape with a four-step rail. A "pyramid" is a ramp that goes up to a flat top and then down again. There's also a smaller "spine" that's three and a half feet tall. A "spine" is like two ramps joined back-to-back.

Not everything is about ramps, though! There's a square rail that goes downhill in one corner. This is great for "grinding" (sliding along the rail) or "manual tricks" (balancing on two wheels). You'll also find a foot-high box and a two-foot-high box connected together. These are perfect for practicing grinds and manuals.

Even though the ramps are metal, they work well for skateboarding. The only small issues are that they can be a bit noisy. Also, they can get hot when the weather is very warm.

The city of Raytown cares a lot about this skatepark. Some people call it "Raytown's test park." They hope that if it's popular with young people, a second, even better skatepark might be built soon. The park is kept very clean, with almost no graffiti or trash. It's a great place for skateboarders to hang out!