Outdoors in St. Louis

Shaw Park

Largest & oldest park in the city, with paths & gardens, plus aquatics, ice skating & tennis.

Missouri Botanical Garden

A greenhouse dome, a Victorian home, gardens & more spread across 79 acres.

Lost Canyon Cave and Nature Trail

Self-guided golf-cart tours along a scenic trail with dramatic waterfalls & a cave with a bar.

Fort Zumwalt Park

Tree-lined spot on a 48-acre War of 1812 site, with a historic home & chimney, picnics & fishing.

Grant's Farm

A tram winds around the former Busch family estate, now home to over 100 species of animals.

Castlewood State Park

A leisure destination for St. Louisans in the early 1900s, now popular for hiking & mountain biking.

Tilles Park

Popular park with playgrounds, tennis courts & a spray fountain play area plus a fishing pond.

Faust Park

Former farming estate of Missouri's 2nd governor, with historic buildings & a 1920s carousel.

Lafayette Park

30-acre city park, circa 1851, with a lake & historic elements like cannons & an 1867 house.

Saint Ferdinand Park

Kiener Plaza Park

Frontier Park

Community event site with a large Lewis & Clark statue featuring a stage & a paved biking trail.

O'Fallon Park

Lakefront park offers a seasonal spray pool, sports fields & courts, a playground & picnic pavilion.

Soulard Farmers Market

Kirkwood Park

Carondelet Park

City green space with 2 small stocked fishing ponds, one with pergolas shading the docks.

Tower Grove Park

1868 park that shows its history with carriage rides, grass tennis courts, a wading pool & a gazebo.

Gateway Arch National Park

Park honoring Jefferson's role in western expansion, featuring the Gateway Arch & visitors' center.

Forest Park

Opened in 1876, this 1,300-acre park includes 3 museums, a zoo, athletic fields & golf courses.

Cliff Cave County Park

Long limestone formation gated to protect bats, with natural grounds & river for picnics & hiking.