Discover Osseo: Parks, Music and a Distinctive Water Tower

Discover Osseo through its various public spaces: In the downtown area, Henry J. Boerboom Veterans Memorial Park shapes the townscape, while the Osseo Water Tower tells the story of the area’s infrastructure and the history of its business district. Sipe Park in the southeast is another place to visit. Together, these sites offer different perspectives on Osseo—from summer events to a distinctive landmark.

Parks with different features

Henry J. Boerboom Veterans Memorial Park is located at Central Avenue and 4th Street in downtown. During the summer months, its band shell hosts concerts, performances and film screenings. If you would like to include cultural events in your travel plans, you’ll find several formats here: music, performances and film. This is another way to get to know Osseo through its public events and consider which type of program appeals to you most.

Sipe Park is located in the southeastern part of Osseo and is intended for family-oriented activities and sporting events. This gives it a different focus from the band shell in the downtown park. For families who would like to include sports activities or community events in their travel plans, Sipe Park is another point of interest. The two parks thus offer different ways to discover Osseo beyond its architectural history.

A landmark with a functional history

The Osseo Water Tower is a steel water tower built in 1915. Its purpose was to store water and maintain water pressure in the municipal water system. The structure thus tells the story of a specific function of the town’s infrastructure. At the same time, the tower remains a distinctive visual feature of the Osseo landscape—an interesting sight for anyone interested in a town’s development as well as its parks and events.

The tower is located at the northern end of Osseo’s historic business district. The district extends south for three and a half blocks along the historic route of the Jefferson Highway to MN-81. Details about the tower and business district give the town a clear historical context: a structure dating from 1915 stands alongside a business area whose layout follows a former transportation route. Those interested in local history can explore both of these aspects while discovering Osseo.

Events and finding your way around town

The Osseo Lions Club supports the annual community event Osseo Lions Roar. The Lions Roar Parade starts at Sipe Park and travels along Central Avenue through Osseo. Its starting point and route make it easy to locate within the town. For visitors who enjoy community events and public cultural offerings, these different formats offer distinctive insights into Osseo.

A schedule of musical performances and films has also been prepared for “Music and Movies in the Park 2026.” This identifies music and film as components of the 2026 event program. Together with the concerts, performances and film screenings at the band shell, this shows that cultural events offer another way to experience Osseo. The details distinguish the park’s general summer offerings from the schedule prepared for 2026.

When choosing a vacation rental, you can use these local connections as a guide: Would you like to get to know Osseo mainly through its downtown area, historic business district and water tower, or are you especially interested in the southeastern part of town with Sipe Park? These points of interest can help you match your interests to the area you’d like to visit, without making your choice depend on just one attraction.

Discover more places

If you’d like to discover more places: Crystal, Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, Golden Valley, Mound, Richfield, Minneapolis and Excelsior.

For the broader travel overview: Hennepin.