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Sunday, May 5, 2019

O'Day Park, O'Fallon






Location: 1000 O'Day Park Dr., O'Fallon, MO 63366

Website: https://www.ofallon.mo.us/oday-park

Amenities: 
  • O'Day Lodge – activity & conference center
  • Amphitheater
  • Adventure playground
  • Pavilions, group camping, trails and walking paths

This park is the newest park in O'Fallon, MO. Everything here is brand new and gorgeous. The Lodge would be great for a birthday party or event. The amphitheater is wonderful for concerts and holiday events. The playground has a creek and there are trails and walking paths everywhere. 

The Adventure Playground has unique play equipment including the rope course, group swings and wooden log climbers and slides. The entire play area has astroturf flooring and unique play equipment.

Here are some of the pavilions:


Playground map





"The 57-acre park has miles of paved and natural paths. Take the kids on a hike through the Long Meadow to find the Hidden Prairie. Look for brightly-hued dragonflies zigzagging through the Wet Meadow. Bring binoculars for a closer look at birds nesting in the spring or migrating through in the fall. Set up camp and toast marshmallows in the fire pit."


 Amphitheatre and lodge


Restrooms at entrance to the playground area



Rolly slide, hammock, and rope climber area. 






Splash pad/creek area. The jets are at the top, the water flows down all these squares to a creek and ends by going under a bridge. Recently I have heard about several kids getting hurt there, so please exercise caution. Bring water shoes and maybe keep little guys away. The sharp edges are worrisome.









Little dam


I would advise everyone to put water shoes on their kids if possible. The area is textured and I've heard that some kids have stubbed their toes or cut their feet because of the rocks under the water.



This area is for older children, and features a huge climbing wall, a group swing, saucer swing, and more.










 Double swing! I've never seen this at any other playground.


Rope course 








 They have 2 expression swings, 2 bucket swings, a saucer swing, a double swing, and 4 sling swings. 











 Pavilion off the playground has 8 tables and a view of the woods below. 






 






Basically this is one of the coolest playgrounds in St. Charles. I will mention again that this is an adventure playground, meant for older kids. It may be challenging for toddlers because there are blind spots and it's large, so you'll definitely need to keep an eye on little guys if it's busy. I have a list of toddler enclosed playgrounds here



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