The first thing you need to know about Koeneman Park is it has no entrance on Lucas & Hunt despite…read moreits street address. Instead, you'll need to wind through a subdivision to find it. Once you do it's a nice park with a variety of amenities, including fishing. Recent improvements--such as a new basketball court, pedestrian fishing bridge, and lakeside picnic shelter--have enhanced it. Koeneman also has a fairly large playground, two ball fields, and several picnic areas. These are all built around the fishing lake that serves as the park's unique and signature feature.

This is a nature area with a 1-2 mile natural hiking trail in northwest St. Louis County…read more It's a bit hidden and some online info is confusing. The city website, for example, misplaces the park by putting it on the southeast corner of Bellefontaine and Chambers roads. It's on the southwest corner. And, though the park's formal address is on Bellefontaine, the entrance is on Chambers. The park sign is nearly overgrown and the lot is just a wide gravel drive. Other than a picnic table there are no amenities such as restrooms at Wilderness Park.

Like its community, Royal Park is mostly intact but tired and scarred…read more It's off Chambers Road at Royal Drive across from the White Barn drive-thru hamburger joint. The city of Moline Acres owns the park. It's well under 1 acre, and has a small playground with the usual features, benches, bike racks, and a covered table, In mid-January 2021 playground pieces were damaged and the picnic table was badly burned. Though suffering from neglect the park was still usable. A small building blocks the park from Chambers, but there's a park entrance behind the building. There are no restrooms here. Since White Barn lacks seating, Royal Park could be a solitary spot to enjoy your meal.

Nice little park, awful location…read more This would be a terrific neighborhood park--if it were in a neighborhood and not at the corner of busy Bellefontaine and Chambers roads. The park is nearly an acre in size with an unfenced playground just mere feet from the high speed traffic whisking by on Bellefontaine Road. Klein also has a couple of bench style swings, a picnic table, and gazebo. There are no restrooms. There is plenty of parking because the park also borders a strip shopping center.

The 127-acre park in north St. Louis is an unpolished gem in the city's parks system. Located…read moreelsewhere in St. Louis the expansive park might shine with well maintained gardens, floral features, fresh paint, and renovated early 19th-century buildings to show off their charms. Central among the rolling hills and mature trees are the fishing lake and small island. The park also has a football field, tennis courts, inclusive playground with splash pad, and multiple picnic pavilions as well as open green spaces. A rec center is on the edge of the park. It includes an indoor walking track, fitness equipment, indoor and outdoor water features, basketball courts, meeting rooms, and other amenities. Nestled against Interstate 70 there's a park entrance on Carrie Ave. that crosses the highway. The main entrance is at the corner of West Florissant and Harris. The rec center connects to the park but also has its own West Florissant entrance. Unnecessary one-way streets with few directional signs are the biggest issues of the park. Just inside the West Florissant main entrance the road forks. Take the left fork and you're on a short one-way road out of the park. The right fork starts a large, one-way loop around the lake even though the road is wide enough for street parking and two-way traffic. Directional signs are scarce. I discovered too late I was driving the wrong way on a branch loop from the main road. The one-way streets are so unnecessary I saw drivers simply ignore directional signs where they existed.

This city park has a variety of amenities for picnics, sports, or just play but the playgrounds are…read moreclose to a busy roadway and parking is along the street. Two baseball/softball fields and a football field are available for team sports. A couple of playgrounds are near a picnic pavilion. The covered pavilion has electricity and restrooms. The unfenced playgrounds are close to busy Chambers Road with only a wood post fence as a barrier. Because there's no lot you're forced to park on Chambers or side streets and walk next to traffic to Tanglewood.

This park on the city's north side has some unique features. However, judging from the trash and…read moreovergrown fields in mid-summer it doesn't get much regular maintenance. There's a playground, picnic pavilion, and ball field. But, Penrose also has handball courts and a velodrome--a concrete, oval inclined bicycle track. An asphalt jogging path has fitness stations along its route. Some stations sat among overgrown grass. The park is just off I-70 between the city's Penrose and Mark Twain neighborhoods.

Named for the Mayor of Saint Louis from 1933 to 1941, Dickman Park backs up to the train tracks and…read morethe 5 acre park doesn't have much for services. What it does have is a nice looped walking trail that was in use by a few folks today with their dogs. The grass is green and there are a few shade trees. It was a nice break and opportunity to get back to nature. There is street parking along Baden Avenue. [Review 17216 overall - 127 in Missouri - 733 of 2022.]

This 1-acre park managed by the village of Riverview has a picnic pavilion, a couple of…read moreplaygrounds, and green space. It's easy to miss since there's absolutely no signage. Also, Riverview lists the location as Toelle and Chambers roads. Parents needn't worry much about a toddler making their way onto busy Chambers: the park is actually on the cross street and sits considerably back from Chambers. No restrooms here. The park was named for a Riverview fallen police officer.