Fairyland Park
Fairyland Park was an amusement park, located at 7501 Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It operated from 1923 to 1977, and closed due to lack of attendance and storm damage in late 1977.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium and Starlight Theatre.
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium
Zoo
Photo: Nightryder84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is a 202-acre zoo founded in 1909 and is located in Swope Park at 6800 Zoo Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is situated 2 miles northeast of Fairyland Park.
Starlight Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Duedate2010, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Starlight Theatre is a 7,739-seat outdoor theater in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that presents Broadway shows and concerts. It is one of the two major remaining self-producing outdoor theatres in the U.S. and Starlight's Cohen stagehouse also permits it to present many national Broadway touring shows. Starlight Theatre is situated 1½ miles northeast of Fairyland Park.
Research Medical Center-Brookside Campus
Hospital
Research Medical Center - Brookside Campus is an outpatient hospital located in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri at 6601 Rockhill Road. It is part of the HCA Midwest Division. Research Medical Center-Brookside Campus is situated 2 miles northwest of Fairyland Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waldo and Holmes Park.
Waldo
Neighborhood
Waldo is a neighborhood located on the southside of Kansas City, Missouri, that has continued to maintain its own unique character, even though it was annexed by Kansas City in 1909. Waldo is situated 2 miles west of Fairyland Park.
Holmes Park
Hamlet
Holmes Park is a neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Holmes Park was laid out in the 1880s, and named after Robert J. Holmes, an original owner of the site. Holmes Park is situated 2½ miles south of Fairyland Park.
Brookside
Neighborhood
Brookside is a collection of neighborhoods located in Kansas City, Missouri, bounded by 55th Street on the North, Gregory on the South, Ward Parkway on the West, and Troost on the East. Brookside is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fairyland Park.
Fairyland Park
- Type: Park
- Description: defunct amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri
- Categories: amusement park and recreation area
- Location: Jackson County, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.988° or 38° 59′ 17″ northLongitude
-94.55306° or 94° 33′ 11″ westElevation
942 feet (287 metres)Open location code
86C7XCQW+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 358030106OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Fairyland Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fairyland Park”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فايريلاند پارك”
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