Discover Walton

Walton offers a variety of ways to make your stay more diverse: parks with different focuses, recurring annual events, memorial sites and historical points of interest all form part of the cityscape. If you are planning a trip with children, a dog, an interest in regional festivals or an appreciation of history, you can organise your days around these themes. When looking for a holiday apartment or holiday home in Walton, it helps to decide on your preferred travel rhythm in advance.

Parks for active and relaxing days away

On 26 April 2025, the City of Walton opened the Dr. O’Dell Moreno Owens & Family Nature Park to the public. The park is therefore still a relatively new part of the local offering. For families with children, the two playgrounds in Walton Community Park are also specific places to visit. Those travelling with a dog will find Walton Dog Park there, with an obstacle course and a fenced-in area. These places can be included in your daily planning without everyone in your group having to choose the same focus.

Other parks add to the selection. Shor Lake Park offers fishing opportunities. Aosta Valley Pocket Park has a playground. When planning, you can therefore choose between a stay centred on fishing, a short visit to a park or time on a playground. Which of these options suits your trip depends on your preferred daily routine and the interests of your group.

Festivals with recurring dates

Walton's Old Fashion Day takes place every year in September and begins with a parade. Those travelling at this time can make the festival day a special focus of their trip. Walton's Christmas on Main offers another fixed annual date: the event takes place every year on the first Friday in December. This clearly distinguishes the two dates and provides different seasonal reasons to stay in Walton.

Food trucks are part of the offering at the Benton Family Farm Craft Fairs. This adds a culinary aspect to the events without requiring you to plan your entire trip around it.

Memorial sites and history

Walton's Veteran's Memorial comprises seven pillars with engraved bricks. The site offers a specific connection to remembrance and provides a different focus from the parks and events. The Abner Gaines House is also historically significant: it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Those interested in history and local memorial sites can include both stops in their own travel planning.

An additional motorsport date

Florence Speedway is a dirt oval track in Union, Kentucky. Dirt-track races take place there on Saturday evenings from March to October. This programme item represents a distinct motorsport focus and can be scheduled based on the months and evenings specified.

Choosing Walton to suit your travel style

Walton is suitable for planning a trip in which you can choose between nature and park visits, family moments, bringing your dog, fishing opportunities, festivals, motorsport and history. A holiday apartment or holiday home in Walton can serve as the starting point for putting together your own days away. What matters less is an overall assessment than which of the experiences mentioned should shape your stay and when you would like to travel.

Other destinations you can consider when planning include Florence, Verona, Petersburg and Hebron.

For the higher-level travel overview: Boone County.