Knoop Park

Nice park, well maintained with great views. Lots of places to sit along the path. Best for walking and enjoying the views.

Knoop Park is one of Little Rock's best-kept secrets. In the heart of the historic Hillcrest neighborhood a few blocks east of the larger Allsopp Park, Knoop is situated on a hilltop on which the Ozark Point Water Treatment plant is sited, and from that high vantage point, a walkway winds eastward through wooded areas next to hillsides sloping down north to the Arkansas River. It's not uncommon to encounter deer, rabbits, or foxes crossing that walkway as you meander through the park. In the center of the park is a beautiful piazza featuring sandstone paving stones laid by WPA workers in the 1930s, with another smaller piazza uphill from that one surrounded by a semi-circular stone wall also built by WPA workers. Both areas overlook downtown Little Rock and the state capitol building to the east, and the Arkansas River to the north. On pretty days, you may find people with easels set up in these piazzas to paint the beautiful scenes the overlook areas allow you to see. The park also offers water fountains for pets and several beautiful flowerbeds, as well as a butterfly garden planted on an east-facing hillside, all of these features created and maintained by generous civic-minded neighborhood residents. We've walked more or less daily in Knoop Park and consider ourselves very fortunate to live close enough to it to make that possible. The park is named, by the way, for Little Rock mayor Werner Knoop, who lived with his wife Faith Yingling Knoop in an interesting art moderne house on Ozark Point below the waterworks and close to the park. The photos below were all taken in Knoop Park at various times in the past few years.

Beautiful view! If your ever in the area definitely check it out! Great place to take kids for a little trail walking or your dog and a beautiful view of downtown Little Rock!

Really beautiful views of downtown LR after a short, paved hike. There are lots of benches along the way to rest and at the viewing point, a very picturesque platform overlooking woods and skyscrapers. Only thing for first timers— I found it’s difficult to find the entrance. Almost like a speakeasy trail 😂 Both Apple and Google maps lead you to a random side of the park, but not to the entrance which oddly enough isn’t labeled and looks like the entrance to a government compound so I thought I was in the wrong place and about to get in trouble. The entrance is the gated extension of Hill Rd into the park and once in the parking lot, have to find the trail, which I posted a photo of. There is also the very beginning of the trail by the front gate if you have as much trouble as I did! Very much worth the search for such a fun walk. Note that it is posted that all dogs must be on leash, no motor vehicles, and park closes at dusk.

Nice little park to go on an early morning walk. We're from out of town and just wanted a nice place to take a stroll. It's located in a pretty little residential area. It's not crowded and offers some nice views of the city skyline. There are some nice gradual hills too, so if you want a slightly challenging run or walk this is a good option. It's also clean which is nice.