Loring Park Park

Address: Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN 55403, United States

Website: https://www.minneapolisparks.org/parks—destinations/parks/loring-park/

Hours: Open daily dawn to dusk

Admission: Free

Loring Park is a public urban park in the Loring Park neighborhood immediately west of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It functions as one of the city’s principal downtown green spaces.

The park offers lawns, walking paths, a small pond, specimen trees and open lawns used for recreation and festivals. Several large public events and community gatherings use the park’s open areas, and visitors also come for informal recreation and city skyline views.

Created as part of Minneapolis’s late 19th- and early 20th-century park development, the park and surrounding neighborhood evolved as a mixed residential and cultural district. Over time the park has been adapted to host events and public art while retaining landscaped areas.

Loring Park sits adjacent to the downtown Minneapolis grid and the Loring Park neighborhood, within easy walking distance of the central business district and cultural institutions to the east and south.

• Central location: Located immediately west of downtown Minneapolis, with the Basilica of Saint Mary and several cultural venues nearby.
• Activities and views: Hosts a variety of public events and festivals; the landscaped lawns and pond provide urban green-space and skyline views.

Loring Park is a short walk west from downtown Minneapolis. Accessible via Hennepin Avenue and adjacent to the Walker Art Center; several city bus routes stop nearby and street parking is limited.

• Visit during the annual Loring Park Festival in summer if seeking community events.
• The park is adjacent to many downtown attractions - pair the visit with dinner in nearby restaurants in the West End.
• The seasonal ice rink is popular in winter; check the park's events calendar.