The city of St. Louis owns and maintains more than one hundred parks, ranging in size from the 1,371 acres (5.5 km2) of Forest Park to less the than 1-acre (4,000 m2) of Aboussie Park. Parks are administered by the city of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, the National Park Service, or a separate private board, such as Tower Grove Park, which is maintained by a Board of Commissioners but remains city property. Compton Hill Reservoir Park is owned by the city but maintained by the St. Louis Water Division.
The city of St. Louis is also home to several public parks that are owned by other entities. Among these is Baer Plaza, owned and maintained by CVC/Sports Authority, Gateway Arch National Park, owned and maintained by the National Park Service, Kiel Triangle Park, owned by the Bi-State Development Agency, and Luther Ely Smith Park, owned and maintained by the National Park Service.
Parks in St. Louis County
St. Louis County owns and maintains more than forty parks, including playgrounds and nature preserves. It also operates several recreation centers, the National Museum of Transportation, and the Affton Community Center. In addition to parks owned by St. Louis County, several municipalities in the county also own and maintain their own park systems.
† Regions of St. Louis County as defined by the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department.
Parks in St. Charles County
St. Charles County Blueways
The Dardenne Creek Blueway is the first in a planned series of kayaking and canoeing routes connecting St. Charles area parks and recreation facilities. The blueway’s first 3.5-mile stretch links Riverside Landing County Park on the Mississippi River to St. Peters’ 370 Lakeside Park and takes up to two hours for a round trip. The next stage opens in the fall of 2022 and will link to St. Peters’ Lone Wolff Park 5.2-miles to the southwest.[2] Three future phases will connect Jack Gettemeyer Park, O’Fallon Sports Park, and Bluebird Meadow Park for a total of 19-miles (30.6 km) of access along Dardenne Creek.[3] A future route is the Big Creek Blueway, which will connect Indian Camp Creek and Flatwoods parks through Big Creek and the Cuivre River, or about 12.3-miles (19.8 km).[3]
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Parks in Greater St Louis are administered by a variety of state county and municipal authorities The region also is home to Gateway Arch National Park site of the Gateway Arch the only National Memorial in the state of Missouri Among the largest municipal parks is Forest Park which is 1 293 acres 5 2 km2 and is located in the city of St Louis although both Greensfelder County Park and Creve Coeur Park in St Louis County are larger at 1 646 and 2 114 acres 6 7 and 8 6 km2 respectively St Louis County is also the location of two large state parks Babler State Park with 3 8 square miles 9 8 km2 and Castlewood State Park with 2 8 square miles 7 3 km2 The largest state park in the region is Meramec State Park located near Sullivan Missouri with 10 8 square miles 28 km2 of parkland Contents 1 Parks in the city of St Louis 1 1 Non municipally owned parks 2 Parks in St Louis County 3 Parks in St Charles County 3 1 St Charles County Blueways 4 State parks 5 References 6 External linksParks in the city of St Louis EditThe city of St Louis owns and maintains more than one hundred parks ranging in size from the 1 371 acres 5 5 km2 of Forest Park to less the than 1 acre 4 000 m2 of Aboussie Park Parks are administered by the city of St Louis Department of Parks Recreation and Forestry the National Park Service or a separate private board such as Tower Grove Park which is maintained by a Board of Commissioners but remains city property Compton Hill Reservoir Park is owned by the city but maintained by the St Louis Water Division Parks owned by the city of St Louis 1 North City Created Central Corridor Created South City Created Amherst Park 1970 Aloe Plaza 1931 Aboussie Park 1981Barrett Brothers Park 1947 Aloe Plaza West 1969 Alaska Park 1995Beckett Playground 1959 Citygarden 2009 Amberg Park 1963Busche Park 1913 Forest Park 1876 Bellerive Park 1908Chambers Park 1966 Franz Park 1915 Benton Park 1866Columbus Square Park 1980 Gateway Mall Plaza 1970 Berra Park 1945DeSoto Park 1908 Greg Freeman Park 1980 Buder Playground 1912Dickman Park 1938 Kaufmann Park 1932 Carnegie Park 1899Eugene Tink Bradley Park 1958 Kiener Plaza 1962 Carondelet Lions Park 1929Fairground Park 1908 Kingsbury Square Park 1980 Carondelet Park 1929Father Filipiak Park 1980 Lucas Gardens Park 1857 Cherokee Park 1924Fountain Park 1889 Memorial Plaza 1932 Chouteau Park 2008Fourteenth Street Mall 1976 Phillip Lucier Park 1980 Christy Park 1910Frank Williamson Sr Park Parkland Park 1968 Poelker Park 1986 Clifton Heights Park 1912Gregory J Carter Park 1951 Samuel Kennedy Park 2007 Compton Hill Reservoir Park 1867Gwen Giles Park 1959 Serra Sculpture Park 1981 Eads Square Park 1979Hamilton Heights Park 2002 Taylor Park 2008 Fanetti Plaza 1979Hickey Park 1947 Washington Square Park 1840 Fox Park 1917Hyde Park 1947 Francis Park 1916Ivory Perry Park 1961 Francis R Slay Park 1926Jackson Place Park 1816 Fremont Park 1963Jet Banks Park 1963 Gravois Park 1812Loretta Hall Park 1842 Joe Leisure Park 2000Marie Fowler Park 1981 Laclede Park 1812Murphy Park 1962 Lafayette Park 1838Norman Seay Park 1936 Lindenwood Park 1947North Riverfront Park 1980 Lyon Park 1868O Fallon Park 1908 Marquette Park 1915Penrose Park 1910 McDonald Park 1928Rumbold Park 1945 Mestres Park 1937Russell Park 1950 Minnesota and Hill Park 1924Ruth Porter Mall 1975 Minnie Wood Memorial Square 1925Sherman Park 1917 Mount Pleasant Park 1812St Louis Place Park 1850 Pontiac Square Park 1908Strodtman Park 1924 Ray Leisure Park 1958Tandy Park 1918 River Des Peres Extension 1954Turner Playground 1937 River Des Peres Park 1926Unity Park 2004 Sister Marie Charles Park 1982Vivian Astra Park 1921 Soulard Market Park 1908W C Handy Park 1941 St Louis Square Park 1882Walnut Park 1974 St Marcus Commemorative Park 1977Windsor Park 1947 Sublette Park 1915Yeatman Square Park 1906 Terry Park 1945 Dates based on city ordinance date establishing park 1 Parks owned by the city and maintained by the St Louis Water Division Citygarden is owned by the city and maintained by the Gateway Foundation Tower Grove Park is owned by the city and maintained by a Tower Grove Park Board of Commissioners Tiffany Park 1980Tilles Park 1957Tower Grove Park 1868Willmore Park 1947Non municipally owned parks Edit The city of St Louis is also home to several public parks that are owned by other entities Among these is Baer Plaza owned and maintained by CVC Sports Authority Gateway Arch National Park owned and maintained by the National Park Service Kiel Triangle Park owned by the Bi State Development Agency and Luther Ely Smith Park owned and maintained by the National Park Service Parks in St Louis County EditSt Louis County owns and maintains more than forty parks including playgrounds and nature preserves It also operates several recreation centers the National Museum of Transportation and the Affton Community Center In addition to parks owned by St Louis County several municipalities in the county also own and maintain their own park systems Parks in St Louis County Name Area acres Region of St Louis County Bee Tree Park 199 SouthBella Fontaine Park 300 NorthBissell House 9 3 NorthBlack Forest Park 4 3 SouthBohrer Park 16 SouthBon Oak Park 15 NorthBuder Park 75 SouthCastlepoint Park 11 NorthCliff Cave Park 560 SouthClydesdale Park 117 SouthCreve Coeur Park 2 114 WestEbsworth Park 10 5 WestEndicott Park 24 NorthFaust Park 197 WestEndicott Park 24 NorthFort Bellefontaine Park 305 6 NorthGreensfelder County Park 1 646 WestJefferson Barracks Park 426 SouthKing Park 4 NorthKinloch Park 9 NorthLaumeier Sculpture Park 105 SouthLarimore Park 22 NorthLemay Park 18 5 SouthLone Elk County Park 546 WestLove Park 89 WestMathilda Welmering Park 6 SouthMcDonnell Park 133 NorthMemorial Park 2 7 NorthOhlendorf Park 10 SouthQueeny Park 564 WestShaw Park 30 WestSioux Passage Park 188 NorthSimpson Park 206 SouthSpanish Lake Park 245 NorthStacy Park 35 WestSt Vincent Park 133 NorthSuson Park 98 SouthSylvan Springs Park 70 SouthTilles Park 75 WestUnger Park 140 SouthVeterans Memorial Park 250 NorthWest Tyson County Park 670 WestWinter Park 160 South Regions of St Louis County as defined by the St Louis County Parks and Recreation Department Parks in St Charles County EditSt Charles County Blueways Edit The Dardenne Creek Blueway is the first in a planned series of kayaking and canoeing routes connecting St Charles area parks and recreation facilities The blueway s first 3 5 mile stretch links Riverside Landing County Park on the Mississippi River to St Peters 370 Lakeside Park and takes up to two hours for a round trip The next stage opens in the fall of 2022 and will link to St Peters Lone Wolff Park 5 2 miles to the southwest 2 Three future phases will connect Jack Gettemeyer Park O Fallon Sports Park and Bluebird Meadow Park for a total of 19 miles 30 6 km of access along Dardenne Creek 3 A future route is the Big Creek Blueway which will connect Indian Camp Creek and Flatwoods parks through Big Creek and the Cuivre River or about 12 3 miles 19 8 km 3 State parks EditEleven Missouri state parks are in Greater St Louis and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources also operates several state historic sites in the region 4 State parks in Greater St Louis Name Area acres Babler State Park 2 441Castlewood State Park 1 818Don Robinson State Park 818Hawn State Park 4 954Jones Confluence Point State Park 1 121Meramec State Park 6 896Robertsville State Park 1 224Route 66 State Park 419St Francois State Park 2 734St Joe State Park 8 243Washington State Park 2 148References Edit a b Browse St Louis City Parks stlouis mo gov Retrieved 2022 11 07 Schlinkmann Mark Second stretch of St Charles County s blueway to open this fall STLtoday com Retrieved 2022 11 01 a b Blueways St Charles County MO Official Website www sccmo org Retrieved 2022 11 01 http mostateparks com External links EditSt Louis City Parks Division List of St Louis City Parks St Louis Amusement Parks of the past Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parks in Greater St Louis amp oldid 1134205516, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
