Rock Spring Park, Alton

Location: 2100 College Ave., Alton, IL 62002

Website: https://www.riversandroutes.com/directory/rock-spring-park/

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber and dirt

Rock Spring Park is home to an 18-hole disc golf course completed in 2008. The course length is 2,266 yards with concrete tees and DISCatcher targets. The combination of excellent terrain use, innovative pin location, and a fantastic risk/reward tradeoff on the front 9 holes make this a must-try park for all ages. 

This park also turns into a winter wonderland every year during the Christmas season. Dubbed Christmas Wonderland the "Grandpa Gang" installs over 4 million lights every year. 

The first playground you come to has a small play structure with a couple slides, a small tunnel, a steering wheel, an abacus, a little telescope, and some bars and poles. There is an old covered pavilion here too. As an added bonus it's partly shaded. 

This dino play structure is further back and kind of overgrown. 

There are 4 sling swings but there are lots of weeds around.

Nice creek!

There is also a 2.4-mile loop trail here. It's considered an easy route, it takes an average of 47 min to complete. This is a popular trail for hiking, trail running, and walking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of the day.