Harwood Park, Des Peres

Location: 1142 Harwood Rd., Des Peres, MO 63131

Amenities: Playground, picnic shelter, benches

Website: http://www.desperesmo.org/92/Harwood-Park

Playground ground cover: astroturf, wood chips

Harwood Park is a small quiet neighborhood park. There is no parking lot, but there is plenty of street parking. There are 2 playgrounds, one for kids under 5 and one for kids over 5. There are also 2 sling swings and 2 baby swings adjacent to the playground. The park has a few trees around the playground which offer a little shade.  The park also has a large grassy area with benches, great to play frisbee or tag! There are no restrooms, but there are lots of fast food places on Manchester near by. 

The play structure for kids under 5 has several slides, a bridge, a tunnel, and several bars and poles. 

The play structure for kids over 5 has several large rock walls, some stepping stones, several slides, a gear board, a telescope, and lots of bars and poles. 

Pioneer Park, Des Peres

                              

Location: 960 Tallie Dr., Des Peres, MO 63131

Amenities: playground, picnic shelter, walking path, sprayground, tennis courts, restrooms, basketball court, walking trail, baseball fields, and soccer fields.

Website: http://www.desperesmo.org/101/Pioneer-Park

Playground ground cover: Rubber mats

This is a great park! It has every kind of sporting field you could ask for, a spray pole, restrooms, a newish playground, and it's partly shaded. 

 Plenty of parking

  The button to activate the spray pole is by the restrooms.

The small play structure has stepping stones, a pretend window, and a slide.

There are 2 sling swings, 2 baby swings, and an adaptive swing.  There are 2 play structures, one for littles and one for kids over 5.

The big play structure has a pretend window, a chain climber, a bridge, slides, a rock wall, and bars and poles.

 There is a spinning seat and a modified teeter-totter.