Visit

Open every day, five to ten.

No gate, no ticket. Street parking on three sides.

The essentials

Hours	Daily, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Pool	Late May to late August, 1 to 5 and 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Pool page.
Address	400 East 26th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Bounds	21st St to 26th St · 2nd Ave to 4th Ave
Parking	Street on 2nd Ave, 4th Ave and 26th St. Small lot off 21st.
Transit	Sioux Area Metro on Minnesota Ave, two blocks west.
Rules	No alcohol (1906 condition). Dogs on leash. Stay off garden walls and out of the fountain.
Rentals	Shelter: reserve online. Band shell and sunken-garden weddings: Parks and Recreation, 605-367-7060.

Map of McKennan Park drawn from city GIS: trees to canopy scale, pool, gardens, courts, band shell — The park drawn from the city's GIS layers, every tree at its canopy spread. Directions

Everything in the park

Twelve things to do.

Band shell
1926. Free concerts Mondays in summer. Rentable.
Sunken garden
Formal garden and fountain. The wedding venue.
Wading pool
New 2026. Zero-depth, slide, sprays, bathhouse. Free. See the pool page.
Playground
Accessible, mid-park; replaced 2019.
Tennis
North end on 21st. First courts 1909, lit since 1953.
Basketball
Accessible court by the tennis courts.
Picnic shelter
22 by 22 feet, with power. Reserve online.
Horseshoes and shuffleboard
East side. Pitched here since 1921.
Restrooms
At the bathhouse.
Ice rink
Unrefrigerated, with warming house, in winter.
Sculpture
Liberty, Potato Man, the McKennan bust, seven markers.
Water
Fountains along the loop.

Illustrated map of McKennan Park — McKennan Park, drawn. An engraved-style map of the park's landmarks.

Lay of the land

Twenty acres, one loop.

A paved walk circles the park. Band shell, sunken garden and the Pillars are at the south end on 26th Street. The pool and bathhouse sit west of center. Tennis and basketball are at the north end on 21st, the playground and shelter in the middle, horseshoes and shuffleboard to the east. The rink goes in by the shelter when the ground freezes.