Playground
Beartracks Underbridge Playspace
In collaboration with Missoula Parks & Recreation, the Missoula Downtown Foundation (MDF) has been working to transform a dark and dreary parking lot adjacent to Caras Park into a vibrant and engaging playspace for all ages.
Listed under Playgrounds · Picnic spots · Basketball courts

About this place
What was once a dim, unused space beneath Beartracks Bridge is now a vibrant underbridge playspace—a creative, welcoming area for people of all ages. The transformation includes art installations by Ann Karp of Sideways Gaze, along with new picnic tables, a basketball hoop, ping pong tables, cornhole boards, and even stylized dumpsters that make waste collection feel like part of the experience.
Practical information
- Town
- Missoula
- Managed by
- Nonprofit, City
- Phone
- (406) 543-4238
Activities
- Picnicking
- Basketball
- Ping pong
- Cornhole
Sources
- from missouladowntown.com/beartracks-underbridge-playground updated
- from missouladowntown.com/caras-park/caras-park-anatomy updated





