Lions Park offers the usual amenities you'd find at a neighborhood park, but one thing that stands out about this park is its vast open spaces. People use the open spaces for soccer, games of catch, or just lounging around in the sun. Other things offered at Lions Park include walkways and trails, playground equipment, grills, a basketball court, two tennis courts, four softball fields, a soccer field, game squares, skating rinks in the winter for hockey and general use, and a warming house. The park also offers two parking lots -- one with 76 spaces, the other with 66 spaces.
Lebanon Hills Regional Park is located on Pilot Knob Road at the intersection of Carriage Hills Drive. This enormous park offers 13 miles of nature trails for hiking, 10 miles of horse trails, 6 miles of mountain bike trails, campgrounds, a visitors center, a fishing pier, and kayak and canoe rentals for $8 an hour or $35 a day for the 5-mile portage trail including paddles and life vests. Grills and picnic tables are also available. The visitors center provides maps, courses, vending machines and restrooms, and will even loan visitors fishing gear.
Foxborough Park offers a playground for children and various athletic facilities, including basketball courts, soccer fields, biking/hiking trails and softball fields. In addition, there are shelters for picnics here.
Ritter Farm Park is located on the west side of I35. Use the 195 St bridge off of Kenrick Ave to access the park. It includes the Ed Mako learning center, archery range, equestrian trails, walking paths, grills, picnic shelter, offshore fishing on Lake Marion. Dogs are welcome, but need to be leashed.
Red Oak Park is a 36-acre community park located half a mile south of Cliff road. This park features ample opportunities for outdoor recreation, winter or summer, including Burnsville's only disc golf course. Overnight parking is prohibited.
Located in a building that was once a covenant of Incarnation Catholic Church, The Center for Performing Arts became an arts center in 1995. Currently the center offers numerous youth and adult dance classes. Students can take piano, cello, guitar, percussion and strings lessons. There are a number of health arts practitioners in the building who offer classes in Tai Chi, body work, yoga, movement integration and more. The Center for Performing Arts also rents space to artists for rehearsal.
On the north side of the building, The Center for Performing Arts is home to the Kingfield Community Garden, where 35 people from the surrounding area garden the 12 raised beds.