The walk from the parking lot up to the Liberty Memorial tower is the kind of slope that quietly decides who comes along — and a long-planned visit to the WWI Museum shouldn’t end at the bottom of a hill. The grounds reward time spent: the overlook, the monuments, the open green between. A mobility scooter waiting at your downtown hotel means the person you’re booking for stands at the top with everyone else, taking in the view they came for.
Penn Valley Park is Kansas City’s signature downtown-area park — 176 acres south of downtown, home to the Liberty Memorial and the National WWI Museum. Most visitors come for the WWI Museum specifically; the surrounding park offers paved accessible walking paths, open green space, and connections to Union Station via the park’s northern edge. For visitors who want an outdoor pause between downtown destinations, Penn Valley Park is the natural stop.
How We Serve Penn Valley Park Visitors
Scooter delivery lands at your downtown Kansas City or Crown Center hotel ahead of check-in. The park is 5-10 minutes from either base by rideshare. The scooter rides in any vehicle.
What’s in Penn Valley Park
National WWI Museum and Memorial / Liberty Memorial — the primary destination inside the park. Fully accessible; see the WWI Museum page for specifics.
Park paths and green space — paved accessible routes through the central park zones, connecting the Liberty Memorial area to Union Station and downtown views.
Monuments and memorials — the park includes additional monuments beyond Liberty Memorial itself, accessible from paved paths.
Accessibility
- Accessible parking at multiple lots (including the WWI Museum lot)
- Paved accessible paths through main park areas
- Accessible connections between the WWI Museum and surrounding park zones
- Accessible restrooms at the WWI Museum complex
- Some outer hillside paths are unpaved and harder for scooter use
Pairing the Visit
With the WWI Museum — the anchor pairing. Most Penn Valley Park visits center on the museum.
With Union Station — just north of the park. Park walk + Union Station museum complex + Crown Center makes a full day.
With Crown Center — Link-connected to Union Station, which connects to Penn Valley via the park’s north edge.