Thursday, April 21, 2022

Cornerstone Playground at O'Fallon Park, St. Louis City

 



Location: 799 E. Taylor Ave., St. Louis, MO 63147

Website: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/parks/parks/browse-parks/view-park.cfm?parkID=68&parkName=O%27Fallon%20Park

Playground Ground Cover: Rubber mats

The park is named after John O'Fallon, a colonel who fought in the War of 1812 and nephew of William Clark. The park is 126.63 acres and has a lake with a boathouse. The lake is stocked with catfish and sunfish. Amenities include basketball courts, tennis courts, softball fields, and a football field. It has a playground, multiple picnic grounds, and a spray pool. The playground is an Unlimited Play Playground which is inclusive for everyone. The playground includes ramps, a rolley slide, saucer swings, boulders, musical instruments, a spinning chair, a rock wall, ADA swings, and various bars and poles. It features an outer space theme that includes a rocket ship, airplane, rubber tile safety surfacing, swings, net climber and is an "out of this world experience".  Also located in the park is a YMCA with both indoor and outdoor pools. There is also exercise equipment along the walking paths.  








The splash pad is a small square with pop jets next to the playground, and there is some shade.


These pop jets are near the boathouse. 











Photo credit to Mark Groth at the city website, and Cunningham Recreation. 

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