Tranquility Park is one of Omaha’s largest and most ecologically significant parks—serving not only west Omaha, but also providing essential access to nature and recreation for residents across the city. As a hub for both organized sports and unstructured outdoor activity, the park plays a vital role in Omaha’s overall recreation system.

The current redevelopment plans for Tranquility Park—including sports field upgrades, expanded parking, and critical underground infrastructure improvements needed for a thriving city—create a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine, enhance, and fully integrate a modern natural surface trail system into the park’s evolving recreational landscape.

While some segments of the existing natural surface trail system are expected to remain largely intact, particularly in the “tree nursery” south of Fort Street on the west side of the park, the scale of the planned redevelopment and associated site work will significantly impact the legacy trail system. Grading, drainage shifts, vehicular access changes, and reconfigured land use will disrupt or eliminate key alignments, alter natural flows, and compromise the functionality of existing trails.

These cumulative impacts create the opportunity for a thoughtful reimaging of what a modern trail system and bike park at Tranquility Park can be.