Cancel

    Open app

    Search

    Turtle Playground

    4.2 (37 reviews)

    Turtle Playground Photos

    You might also consider

    Recommended Reviews - Turtle Playground

    Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
    Yelp app icon
    Browse more easily on the app
    Review Feed Illustration

    Reviews With Photos

    Dan T.

    Do you have a kid/kids who like turtles...or do you just like turtles...or interesting parks? Nestled along the edge of Forest Park, but also along the highway, Turtle Park is worth a stop. There's no playground equipment and parking is available on the street and in a small lot. It's worth a stop.

    Quyen H.

    Turtle park is a pretty cool sculpture park with small playground that we visited sometimes. There is a variety of giant turtle sculptures, mini turtles, some turtle eggs and even a gigantic snake. It's pretty fun to see some older kids climbed up to slide down from the turtles. The park is pretty small, so we usually spent about 30 minutes or so here. The park is clean. There is small parking lot nearby but it fills up quickly. Street parking is way to go. There is also a nice walking path to the zoo.

    JD D.

    Fun time! There's a small parking lot and plenty of street parking. Our nine year old loved it. There's turtles to climb on and a smaller traditional playground. Close to the zoo.

    Jeremy J.

    We did a lot of fun things while we were in St. Louis. This one is another excellent adventure that we had. It is that of the turtle playground. It is located close to the zoo it's real easy to participate in play. My kids really enjoyed climbing all over the turtles in doing the slides and just having a really good fun time

    Thanh T.

    Super cute little playground. Love love love all the turtles!!! A bit noisy being right next to the freeway. But awesome at sunset. Fun place for all ages! Easy parking lot for the park or plenty of street parking too.

    I like turtles
    Jason V.

    It's a cool park, but not really a typical one. No playground, but there are seven large and small concrete turtles to climb on, plus a snake. Enjoyed by both kids (mostly) and adults. It's cool eye candy, and knowing it was done by the late, great Bob Cassilly (the man behind the City Museum). And its noisy, especially when you're next to Highways 40 & 64. It's got a private parking lot, as well as a picnic area. I wish this park existed when I was a kid, as I probably would have enjoyed it more and I probably would've been small enough to get into the turtles' mouths! Check this out when you have downtime from the Zoo - you can walk to the park from the South Entrance, involving crossing the highway bridge. It's all unique and should be experienced by locals and travelers. Take a selfie with a turtle while you're at it!

    Andy V.

    In the age of all things Instagram, Turtle Playground is a total hit. It's a small park, located near the zoo (both free so bonus). Again, it's small so you'll probably take your photos and go, unless you have children who may want to play with the turtles. Now, the park has all of these turtle sculptures! Huge turtles, small turtles and even baby turtles that look like they are hatching! It's all really neat. They have names and stories associated with them and they can be climbed on, jumped on, and most definitely take your photo with them. There is a small lot for parking but also there is street parking available. It's located near the highway so it's not necessarily quiet here, but you've got to come and see these turtles at least once if you're in town.

    Turtle Power!
    Don R.

    Gigantic turtles! Gigantic turtles right by the interstate! That's right, folks. And they're not even ninjas. What a cool little place! My wife and I were out with the kid one afternoon, and I decided that it would be fun to leave our afternoon up to my Yelp app. I plugged in "Parks", and up came the Turtle Playground. The map feature was a little off, so we spent a few minutes driving around the zoo, but we eventually found our way. If you have the same problem, it's an easy fix. The park is the same exit as the Zoo, but on the south side of the interstate. It's on the same street as some apartment buildings. It was a nice little visit. The park was a bit littered upon, and the interstate noise was a little loud, but it was overall a good experience. I wouldn't necessarily rely on this park as a place to take kids to play, but certainly nice to visit, and definitely great for photos. Don't come here after it rains. Some of the coolest photos are in and around the mouths of the turtles, but when it rains, the water builds up. This is a great park on a sunny day.

    Zebra exhibit
    justin s.

    Great place to park for free before going to the zoo. Number 1 secret pro tip. And then hit up pat Connolly's tavern before rolling deep into the zebra exhibit. Mufasa ain't got nothing on my game.

    Crunch Roll Candice.
    Carl F.

    i like turtles. One of my first crushes was Raphael from TMNT (amongst David Bowie in Labrynth, Burt Ward from the original Batman and Robin, Bill Murray in Ghostbusters and David Letterman), so natchers I was going to make time in our busy STL sched for some snappers. First and Foremost, don't follow the yelp addy when trying to find this listing. You'll end up ass backward on the complete wrong side off the park. Here's a better idea of where to get your daily dose of reptilia: In front of Pat's bar (sign looks like 'Rats') and behind the zoo (meaning just across the highway). You're welcome. Now go plank some turtles! Oh! And don't forget your camera and party pants because you're gonna want to remember this place and defo wish you had on pants with a fair amount of stretch to scale these suckers. Turtles on the half shell: Turtle Plank! Errr, I mean 'Power'!

    taken from website
    Aaron J.

    Turtle Park, now that is a fun little park to hang around and give you an opportunity to revert back to a child. The giant turtles across from the St. Louis Zoo make Turtle Park even more appropriate of a place to play. Whenever I go there with friends, we seem to be going for the main reason to take as many stupid pictures of each other as much as we possibly can. Most of the time this deals with us either being eaten or squashed. Either way it makes for good times. Since Turtle Park is a park, it is a great place to go with family or friends to have some fun self-entertainment.

    Mike S.

    A fantastic place for kids of all ages! On a recent trip to the STL Zoo we parked in the Dogtown neighborhood and visited Turtle Playground. It was a beautiful day, and our 1.5 year-old daughter LOVED it. Large stone turtles are scattered all about, some large enough to be used as slides, and some megalithic stone snakes curve their way across the landscape. An abundance of fragrant pine trees dot the area, and provide ample shade, even in fall and winter. In short, our baby loved it, and there were many older kids having a great time in the park as well. A very unique place -- STL is lucky to have it! A foot bridge makes it easy to cross over I-64 and brings you very close to the Zoo entrance, making it easy to visit both the Turtle Playground and the Zoo without having to re-park your car. I think our daughter liked the playground better than the Zoo itself.

    Andy B.

    Giant turtles make any person turn into kid again! This is a nice little park in a convenient spot of Dogtown. This park is plenty safe, I guess some people expect a kids park to have a fence and a twenty foot buffer from the road? I don't think that's necessary here, since you should be playing with your children anyway. This isn't a park with slides and swings. This is a park with imagination and dreams! (See what I did there?). Anyway it's a unique park that is another, only in STL, that everyone with or without children should visit. Also Pats bar across the street is a great place to grab some food too.

    See all

    2 months ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    2 years ago

    Helpful 7
    Thanks 2
    Love this 5
    Oh no 0

    11 months ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Dan T.
    1218
    908
    4273

    3 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    2 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of JD D.
    0
    28
    20

    2 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Jeremy J.
    1819
    6429
    75076

    4 years ago

    Helpful 15
    Thanks 0
    Love this 16
    Oh no 0

    4 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 0

    7 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Andy V.
    1493
    2175
    10960

    8 years ago

    Helpful 8
    Thanks 0
    Love this 5
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Ashley B.
    7
    110
    135

    3 years ago

    This is a fun park! The turtles are very cute and unique. The only thing is that the location isn't the best being right by the interstate.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    13 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    4 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    7 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Carl F.
    4835
    2933
    20326

    14 years ago

    Helpful 4
    Thanks 0
    Love this 9
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Dave F.
    833
    880
    1657

    16 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 5
    Oh no 0
    Photo of David N.
    4671
    4494
    3242

    14 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Mike S.
    3
    112
    10

    10 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Amber D.
    0
    494
    6040

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of DeAnne P.
    327
    100
    461

    12 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    13 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    13 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    15 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    12 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    15 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    6 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    9 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    16 years ago

    Wonderful sculptures. Fun to climb and take photos. Great for kids to climb around.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    Ask the Community - Turtle Playground

    Review Highlights - Turtle Playground

    Turtle Park, now that is a fun little park to hang around and give you an opportunity to revert back to a child.

    Mentioned in 7 reviews

    Read more highlights

    You might also consider

    Verify this business for free

    People searched for Parks 3,217 times last month within 15 miles of this business.

    Verify this business

    Brentwood Park

    Brentwood Park

    (9 reviews)

    The playground it self is amazing... that would receive 5 stars. I travel a ton in the US- I have…read morekids ages 6 to 25, so I have been to a lot of parks and this has to rank on the top!!!! But- parking... Brentwood Parks And Recreation needs to align with the city to help with signage for parking. The lot is not large enough (maybe 60 spaces not positive) to have two directions. Even with it being clear to many that the natural flow was counterclockwise, a few felt the need to go against the natural flow. Then the streets around the park were full causing the streets capable of only allowing for a single lane of traffic. Even with a clear flow and literally no room for cars traveling in opposite directions... some attempted to push in, causing longer stand stills. It's like trying to go to the zoo/forest park on the weekends. But the park itself is fun!!! I do wish there was more shaded areas within the park itself. Parking needs to be fixed... there is no way an emergency vehicle could have gotten in to help if help was needed. That is a big concern.

    This playground is an awesome kid hangout. My kids love this place and can play here all day. This…read moreplayground just opened last weekend and we went here this past Sunday. It was busy and parking was tight. There are so much things for kids to do here. Rock climbing, swings, Little zip line, splash pad etc. I can tell my kids and Chloe would love to go here a lot in the near future.

    Oak Tree Park - Water fountain in the pavilion

    Oak Tree Park

    (6 reviews)

    One of our FAVORITE parks! I'm a mom of 3 (6,4,1) and this park is perfect for them. First, it's…read moreall a height that doesn't give me a heart attack to let them play freely. Also, it's very open and I can see all parts of the park so even thought it's not fenced, it just feels safe. The kids love that part of it is a tree that you climb inside. Bathrooms are close so great for potty training toddlers who have to go RIGHT NOW. There are 4 picnic tables in the pavilion, 2 drinking fountains and some sunshades with benches. We had our kids' birthday party there and it went extremely well. Super affordable to rent! The only downside is one parking lot is a flat trek to the playground but a longer one and the other parking lot is fairly close but you have to walk down a big hill and so then also back up. So anyone who is more limited with ambulation or someone who fatigues very quickly may not find this playground particularly accessible. Otherwise it is a super fun and simple playground!

    Such a hidden gem in the St. Louis public playgrounds. Plenty of parking, great walking trail, and…read morea massive playground. We were the only ones on the playground the entire time-about an hour. Meanwhile we were able to meet a bunch of nice dogs going on long walks. Oak Tree Park pavilion is available to rent through the Brentwood Park system. It's pretty cheap ($60 for non-residents, $40 for residents). There are four picnic benches under the shelter, where the bathrooms are also located.

    Turtle Playground - parks - Updated May 2026

    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...