The Lodge at Des Peres Outdoor Pool, Des Peres

Location: 1050 Des Peres Rd., Des Peres, MO 63131

Amenities:

• Family pool with zero-depth entry and children's slide oceanic entry
• cool water whirlpool
• sunning pad with just enough water to cover your feet
• lazy river (single and double tubes)
• flume slide and 75-foot speed slide
• splash pad
• concession stand

Website: https://www.desperesmo.org/150/Aquatic-Centers

The Des Peres outdoor pool is a very nice facility. The family pool is great, with slides for preschoolers - kids need to be able to go up the stairs and sit down on the slide by themselves. Parents can stand at the bottom of the slide to catch their kids.

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The splash pad area is wonderful for kids and has a ton of sprayers and moveable animals that spray water.  My daughter loved standing under the buckets waiting for them to dump water on her head.

The 2 big slides are for kids 48" and up and they are fun! The blue slide is slow and twisty and the yellow speed slide sends you flying straight down into the water at a very fast speed. It was intense and so fun!

Dade Park, Ferguson

Location: 414 Dade Ave, Ferguson, MO 63135

Website: https://www.fergusoncity.com/618/Dade-Park

Playground Ground Cover: Grass

Amenities

• Ball field
• Playground
• Picnic pavilion
• Basketball court (2)
• Multiuse trail
• Tennis Court

Dade Park playground was replaced in 2024, and it was much needed! The new playground is so much better.

The new playground is on poured rubber, and has so many great features including some umbrellas for shade.

The play structure has tunnels, slides, speakers, drums, a rock wall, a webbed climber, tic-tac-toe board, and plenty of bars and poles for climbing.  There are no restrooms here. 

There is an expression swing, a baby swing, and 2 sling swings.

Drace Park, Town and Country

Location: 2310 Cedar Valley Rd., Town & Country, MO 63131

Amenities: playground, picnic shelter, trails, historical log cabins, restroom

Website: https://www.town-and-country.org/143/Drace-Park

Playground ground cover: Astroturf

Drace Park replaced the playground in 2023. The new playground is more natural and I love the astroturf flooring. 

The old playground

There is a large parking lot with plenty of parking and a restroom building right at the entrance. It looks like they are building a pavilion but it's not complete yet. 

There is a saucer netted swing, a baby swing, an ADA swing, and 2 sling swings.

This wooden tower has climbing grips, a metal slide, and 3 hammocks underneath. 

These log cabins are great in family photos

In 2016 they added a nature play area. The playground is cool, but this area in the woods is super cool and not found at many other parks around here. My kids loved playing with the natural materials in the shaded woods!

 Xylophone in the Music and Movement area-  but over the years the mallets have disappeared. 

 Building area

The blocks have disappeared as well.

 We miss these scarf hammocks

Free little library