St. Louis is the Gateway to the west and many important missions into the west begin here. Although the official start of the Oregon trail is Kansas City, most of the people traveled through St. Louis. One of the trails that shoots off of the Oregon Trail is the Bozeman Trail. This trail connected the…
Maryland Heights Community Center Grand Opening
On May 16, 2017, Maryland Heights Community Center had their Grand Opening celebration. They had an amazing turnout! And they had set up a scavenger hunt where if you received all the stamps you could be entered into a drawing and you could earn prizes. My children and I had fun exploring the new center…
Schafer Park
Schafer Park is a 7 acre community park in St. Ann with a parking lot at the end of Wright Ave, map here. The park has a bathroom, two mini shelters, two BBQ grills, and a pavilion. For recreation, it has two ball diamonds, horseshoes, a tennis court, a walking path, and a playground. The…
It’s Camping Season! Dr. Edmund Babler State Park
The weather is beautiful in St. Louis in May. Spring time is a great time to go camping before the intense heat of summer hits. My family and I took advantage of a beautiful early spring weekend in February and went camping at Dr. Edmund Babler State Park. The state park is in St. Louis…
A Grand Adventure- Our trip to Vago park
“Aunt Rachel, you tricked us! You said we were going to an amazing playground.” I replied, “You will just have to wait and see what comes along on our adventure.” My nieces and nephew had come to visit and wanted to go to a park so I took them for an adventure at Vago park….
New Community Center in Maryland Heights!
Maryland Heights has been working on a new Community Center for around two years and it opened on April 3rd! If you live near Maryland Heights, go in to check out the new center. You have a two more days to try out a new class! If you make it in to try a new…
Christmas in Texas
After weeks of a nasty head cold, I was finally feeling better and was able to travel with my family to East Texas for Christmas! Texas was warm and beautiful this time of year. And while this post is not about St. Louis, I thought I would share some of the fun parks we found…
Muddy Caves and Scaling Heights
A weekend full of mud, salamanders, interesting plants and scaling new heights was accomplished. My family made our third trek to Greensfelder County Park in Western St. Louis County. The area is beautiful with trees and an old mountain range (or hills). My children have been completing the St. Louis County Jr. Ranger Scavenger Hunt, http://www.stlouisco.com/ParksandRecreation/AboutUs/ParkRangers/JuniorRanger ….
Explore your world!
St. Louis area is an amazing place to live and play. This website is here to serve as a guide to the various parks in the greater St. Louis area and St. Louis. St. Louis County includes 91 cities! Many of the cities have their own parks. County, State, Conservation department, and national parks are…
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