Cascades Park

Cascades Park

Cascades Park features historic sites, recreation areas, and lush landscaping.

Free Wi-Fi is available at this stop on the Talgov network. Located in the heart of downtown, Cascades Park offers a variety of outdoor and recreational amenities, including a state-of-the-art amphitheater, interactive water fountain, children's play area, Smokey Hollow Commemoration, and miles of multi-use trails. Constructed by Blueprint 2000 in partnership with the City of Tallahassee and Leon County, Cascades Park is a stormwater facility that doubles as a unique urban park. Designed to flood, the park will offer relief to nearby areas during major storm events.

More information about the park and its facilities is available here.

Florida’s capital city and its surrounding area have many additional interesting sites to see and to visit. Narrated fun sight-seeing tours are offered daily by local guided tour companies in Tallahassee.

  • Tours in Tallahassee (850-212-2063) offers a wide variety of informative tours including its popular Hop-On Hop-Off City Loop Driving Tours, university tours, plantation tours, African American heritage tours, downtown walking tours, and tours to The Forgotten Coast, Thomasville, and through the historic canopy roads. Tours in Tallahassee also offers Historic Downtown Ghost Walking group tours based on actual historical events and people.
  • Tallahassee Segway Tours (850-385-6376) hosts regular Segway jaunts in the downtown, university, and Gaines Street corridors that launch from their location on South Monroe Street. We hope that you take the time to explore our beautiful area further. For more information on times and prices, please visit each company’s website.
  • <p>Cascades Park has several attractive water features. Courtesy of Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency</p>
  • <p>Storage tanks for gas plant next to Centennial FieldCourtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • <p>Fenced area during environmental mitigation, 2006Courtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • <p>Stormwater pond during environmental mitigation, 2006Courtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • <p>Culvert installed during environmental mitigationCourtesy of State Archives of Florida</p> <p>20</p>
  • <p>Cascades Park’s namesake water features, 1912Courtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • <p>Prime meridian marker placed in 1925Courtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • <p>Side of prime meridian marker placed in 1925Courtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • <p>New prime meridian marker in Cascades ParkCourtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • <p>4Leon County inset of new prime meridian markerCourtesy of State Archives of Florida</p>
  • Cascades Park