Minnie Ha Ha Park, Sunset Hills

Location: 801 Old Gravois Rd, Sunset Hills MO 63127

Website: http://www.sunset-hills.com/455/Minnie-HaHa-Park

Amenities: 3 playgrounds, picnic shelters, soccer fields, walking trails, and scenic views of the Meramec River

Playground Ground Cover: Wood chips

These are photos from the first playground you come to upon entering the park, near shelter D. There is a zipline, a climbing structure, slides, 2 baby swings, and 2 sling swings. All 3 playgrounds are shaded and have small pavilions and restrooms nearby.

 

Playground #2.
This playground is by shelter F. It's more nestled into the woods and very shaded. It's older but it has some nice features, including a rocking horse, 2 baby swings, 2 sling swings, a teeter-totter, and a zipline track.

The BMX area has a big track, pavilion, and restrooms. 

 Overhead view from their Facebook page

Playground #3
This is the last playground in the park, and the one nearest to the river.  One cool feature is a lookout with binoculars for the kids to climb up and look out over the river. There is a digger with a scoop in a sandbox to manipulate, a rock wall, monkey bars, a balance beam, 2 sling swings, and 2 baby swings.

 You could easily walk the entire park, stop to play at all three playgrounds on the trails that wind their way around, and then spend time down at the beach.

Brendan’s Playground at Westhoff Park, O’Fallon MO

Location: 699 Sheppard Dr, O Fallon, MO 63366

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

Playground ground cover:  Rubber mats & poured rubber

The newest and coolest playground at Westhoff is Brendan's playground. This bug-themed, all-inclusive playground includes sling swings, toddler swings, ADA accessible swings, 2 saucer swings, a splash pad, playground instruments, and fully ramped special slides that are safe for those with cochlear implants.  There are benches, picnic tables, and a restroom outside the play area. It is in full sun but there are several “umbrellas” covering areas throughout the play areas.  The play structures have wheelchair-accessible ramps to enter and exit the play structures and the entire play area is fenced in.  One of the play structures is designed for 2-5-year-olds and the other ones are for 5-12 year-olds.

Restrooms

The splash pad has several pop jets that spray water. There used to be 4 bugs but all that's left is one bumble bee.

Music Area

2-5-Year-old Play Structure

Built-in seats!

2nd Play Structure (Ages 5-12)

   

 

3rd Play Structure (Ages 5-12)

        

Amenities of this park include two lighted baseball diamonds, two lighted softball fields, two pee wee fields, sand volleyball, eight horseshoe pits, basketball courts, tennis courts, a handball court, a small skate park, two playgrounds, a pavilion, restrooms, and a concession stand (open during games). This second playground at the back of the park is is quieter than Brendan's. 

Sand volleyball

The skate park is at the front of the park when you first enter. O’Fallon’s facility for skateboarders, BMX bikers, and inline skaters in Paul A. Westhoff Park offers obstacles for patrons of all ages to test their skills. Among the features incorporated in the custom-built concrete design are grind rails and ledges, a bank ramp, a quarter pipe ramp, a stair set, hubba ledges, a mini volcano, a jump gap, and a six-foot bowl.