Verified Venue
Tom Lee Park
TL;DR
Tom Lee Park (Downtown riverfront) appears in 3 Hey Memphis guides. Everything below was checked at Tom Lee Park's own page before we published it, most recently on October 13, 2026.
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What we’ve verified
Each note below comes from a different Hey Memphis guide, written when we checked this place at the source.
- Things to Do in Memphis With Kids
The redesigned riverfront park's Life on the River playground is the best in the city — river-themed climbers and slides with a Mississippi view. Free, open 5am–8pm daily.
- Parks & Outdoors in Memphis
The 31-acre riverfront park reborn in a 2023 redesign — the Sunset Canopy, a huge Life on the River playground, the elevated Memphis Flyway walkway, and wide-open Mississippi views. Free, open 5am–8pm. Named for Tom Lee, who pulled 32 people from a capsized steamer in 1925 though he couldn't swim.
- Free Things to Do in Memphis
The redesigned riverfront park — playgrounds, courts, big lawns, and the best sunset over the Mississippi in the city. Dawn to dusk.
Go to the source
Hours and prices change without notice, so we always send you to Tom Lee Park’s own page rather than reprinting details that can rot: memphisriverparks.org.
If you’re headed there anyway
Other places we’ve verified that show up in the same guides.
- Big River CrossingDowntown / West Memphis
- National Civil Rights MuseumDowntown
- Shelby Farms ParkCordova / East
- Memphis ZooOverton Park
- Memphis Brooks Museum of ArtOverton Park
- Stax Museum of American Soul MusicSoulsville
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