Kidsville Storybook Walk

Join Us for a Family Activity in the Park!

Make a family trip to visit our Storybook Walk trail in Centennial Park. Read the pages of the storybook that are displayed along the path while spending quality outdoor time with your children.

Map showing Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, with a walking trail around Lake Watauga. Features include Centennial Park Walking Trail, Lake Watauga, Centennial Park Free Parking, and Events Ellipse. A marked route indicates a 0.2 mile, 3-minute walk along the trail.

Three people walking on a path near a sign for Kidsville Storybook Walk, with a classical building resembling the Parthenon in the background. The scene is set in a park with trees and a clear blue sky.

Storybook Walk Map

You can enjoy the Walk anytime during park operating hours of 6 AM - 8 PM.

The Kidsville Storybook Walk has a new location!

The Walk is now located along the path on the east side of Lake Watauga. The Walk begins near the James Robertson statue.

Parking

Free, handicap-accessible parking is available in the lots along 25th Avenue.

WeGo Transit

Centennial Park is accessible via WeGo bus routes 3, 50, 77, and 75.

Cover of the book "Emile and the Field" featuring a young boy in a field of colorful flowers with a black cat silhouette above and the title written across the image.

February’s Story

Emile and the Field by Kevin Young

Take a walk on the Centennial Park Walking Trail around Lake Watauga and read the pages of the storybook, Emile and the Field by Kevin Young. This lyrical ode to one boy’s love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine…and even to share. In spring, summer, and fall, Emile’s neighborhood field gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children…and their sleds.