Park Activities From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the Richard L. Coyne Pool and Slide Complex is the hub of activity for the park's younger visitors. It features a regulation-size pool with a diving area, wading pool and two water slides, both more than 200 feet long. Other park facilities also cater to visitors interested in vigorous activity, including a sand volleyball court, a multi-sport field, a softball diamond and the Owen Tennis Courts. Young athletes will find three well-equipped playgrounds, two outdoors and one indoors. The nearby Esther Marie Daniel Miniature Golf Course provides an opportunity to participate in another version of the game.
Special regulations govern fishing in both lakes.
Paddleboats can be rented at Owen Marina, which includes a large deck, a convenience store and a lunch counter. Evening entertainment includes year-round productions at the Denman and Mary Mallory Kountze Memorial Theater. Dinner and theater packages are available. The 70-foot Walter Scott Jr. Observation Tower near Riverview Lodge reaches above the treetops to provide a grand view of the Platte River channels, floodplain and wooded bluffs. For a closeup look, many park visitors take horseback trail rides originating at the John Wayne Riding Stables or hike along nature trails under the canopy of the native bur oak forest covering the bluffs.