Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park

I can’t believe I haven’t provided a review for Kleiner Park yet??? We absolutely hands down love this place!!! The playground area is perfect to kids 2 to 12 as most places are. However, a couple weeks ago, we showed up to play on the playground but were blown away with the Splash Pad being turned on. What!!! There was water and kids everywhere! Our son LOVED the water flowing everywhere. There was water shooting here, water shooting there and umbrellas of water to stand under. Boy he had a ball!
Summertime at Kleiner Park is amazing! Have a ball if you dare.

This park is pretty epic.
It’s much larger than I was expecting and a great addition to Meridian (conveniently located right next to The Village). There’s a band shell for summer concerts, huge play area, covered barbecue area that can be reserved for private parties, and a pond with fish! I think they may also feature family movie nights in the summer months.
The only thing the park is missing at the moment is large shade trees – all of the landscaping is very young. This, however, does leave you with vast expanses of lawn in which you may fly a kite unobstructed. So, there’s that.
Overall, a great place to hang, have a picnic, and do a little fishing. My son caught his first large mouth bass here (smack in the middle of Meridian? Who knew?).
Get to it!

I love right next to this park and am obsessed with it. It is the most beautiful, clean, spacious park in meridian. Well done!

It is a avg. runn of the mill park. Nothing to get excited about. Seemed to be made for old people.

This review is not for the whole Kleiner Park, which is a very nice park for kids and adults (and would get a 4 or 5 star rating), but for the inclusion of this park in the off leash dog category by Unilocal.It they had a zero star, I would give it for this category.
There is NO enclosed area for off-​leash running of dogs. For a temporary trial, the Meridian Parks (MPRD) allowed certain areas around the lake to be an off-​leash area for dogs. It appeared that this was an experiment to try and drive geese off the grass and paths and to minimize the goose poop. At times, it became a veritable mine field for humanoid walking in those areas when geese called it their home. However, there is no «official» language in the MPRD for Kleiner Park web pages saying whether this has been continued or not. (I would assume not.) In any event, I would not trust my dogs to run off leash in this park unless you were 210% assured of them being under unerring voice command. A dog with high prey and hunting instincts is liable to chase wildlife or other animals. With moving cars, this is a prescription for doggie disaster.
Currently there is no dedicated off-​leash dog park in Meridian. Plans for a new dog park at Storey Park are in the works, but that will not be until at least 2015. Review the Nampa Dog Park for the current best dog park in the area. Beats anything in Boise and if Meridian does it right, their new dog park should give the Nampa one a run for its money.

Such a great park! So much space and a great location. Love the water pad and walking paths.

Great park, lots to do, open plan. Kids area is good, water pad VERY COOL. Band shell for music nights, shelters for rent through the city. The senior center is ok, attended a wedding in there.

This is a great new park in Meridian right next to the Village of Meridian. They really put a lot of thought into this park and have a little of everything for just about any situation. The playground for the kids is really cool and modern, there is a place for the kids to play in the water, bocce ball, basket ball, a very nice walking path, a couple ponds, and an amphitheater. This summer they have started using the amphitheater to do concerts in the park which are really fun. They have vendors there so you can buy food and they allow alcoholic beverages in the amphitheater so you can enjoy a cold one wail listing to the band. My wife and I had a great time and will definitely be going back. The best part is that the play ground is right next to the amphitheater so our kids can go play and still be in eye sight wail we enjoy the concert. It really is a great evening out.

Found this place off a hotel recommendation while driving through Boise. Beautiful park, lots of places to walk. I went there to walk my dog (who was a bit nuts after the car ride) — very well marked paths for walking, there is an off leash dog space designated for big dogs and then also little dogs, as well as playground for the kiddos.

I’m surprised there wasn’t already a listing for this park, which has been around for over a year now, and I’m ashamed I didn’t think to mention it before.
The summer splash pad has been somewhat of a mixed bag. When they first opened, the paint was too slippery when wet so they had to refinish it. Now it’s less slippery, but a little too rough relative to similar splash pads. And yes, it’s nothing compared to the splash pad at Settler’s Park, but Julius M. Kleiner has a lot of other amenities to offer.
There’s a playground with swings and slides to suit all ages, as well as covered picnic areas. It’s a lot easier to find a shady spot here in the summer. What little shade there is at Settler’s is almost always reserved. Like Settlers, it has a fishing pond but it’s larger with nice sitting areas just for relaxing. There’s also an amphitheater.
The real treat that makes this park unique is the hills. Children like to roll down in the warmer months and sled those rare times we get enough snow.
I feel very fortunate to have such a great park nearby.