Swope Park is a city park in Kansas City, Missouri. At 1,805 acres (7.30 km2), it is the 51st-largest municipal park in the United States, and the largest park in Kansas City.[1] It is named in honor of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, a philanthropist who donated the land to the city in 1896.
Most of the park is heavy woodland, and the developed area includes these major destinations: Starlight Theatre, an 8,000+ seat outdoor theater; the Swope Soccer Village sports complex; the Kansas City Zoo; the Lakeside Nature Center, one of Missouri's largest native species rehabilitation facilities;[2] and Swope Memorial Golf Course. In 1949, the course hosted the Kansas City Open Invitational of the PGA Tour, and in 1953 it hosted the United Golf Association (UGA) National Championship, in which Ann Gregory and Charlie Sifford won the women's and men's divisions, respectively.[3] Open seasonally, the Battle of Westport Museum & Visitor Center details the largest American Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, in 1864.[4] Other venues include baseball diamonds, soccer fields, a swimming pool, the Go Ape Zipline & Adventure Park, and ten shelter houses.
Swope Park is featured prominently in the fictional works of Robert A. Heinlein, who grew up in and around Kansas City.[citation needed]
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^Demas, Lane (2017). Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-4696-3422-7.
^"Battle of Westport Museum & Visitor Cente". Battle of Westport. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
SwopePark is a city park in Kansas City, Missouri. At 1,805 acres (7.30 km2), it is the 51st-largest municipal park in the United States, and the largest...
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League Soccer club LA Galaxy. Lepley played with USL Championship side SwopePark Rangers during their 2019 season from Sporting Kansas City's academy....
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Marjory Mason Swope (1940–2007) was a conservationist, environmentalist, and civic leader. Swope served as executive director of the New Hampshire Association...
scorer, among four players signed by SwopePark Rangers". 16 December 2015. Bergabo, Patrik. "Recap: SwopePark Rangers earn 2–1 win on the road against...
signed to Sporting Kansas City's United Soccer League affiliate side SwopePark Rangers from their academy on March 10, 2016. In 2018, Armstrong joined...
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for Sporting Kansas City II. Cruz played with United Soccer League side SwopePark Rangers during their 2018 season from Sporting Kansas City's academy....
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