Sioux Passage Park, Florissant

Location: 17930 Old Jamestown Rd, On Missouri River, St. Louis, MO 63034

Website: https://stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-departments/parks/places/sioux-passage-park/

Playground ground cover: poured rubber

Amenities:

• 2 Playgrounds
• Trail
• Horseback Riding Trails - Permitted only on designated trails with open riding allowed along the river. The horse trailer parking area is the gravel lot. No horse rentals are available.
• Tennis Courts
• Fishing - Available along the Missouri River in accordance with Missouri Wildlife Code
• Basketball
• Cross Country Course
• 2 Disc Golf Courses
• Year-Round Restroom (Lenz Shelter)
• Boat Ramp - Missouri Department of Conservation’s boat ramp is accessible by driving through the park
• Winter Outdoor Sports - Sioux Passage is a designated Winter Sports area with snowmobiling, sled riding, and cross-country skiing permitted.
• Camp Sites - 5 sites available for primitive camping only, no electricity. Water is available nearby at the restroom on site for campers. Each site has 3 picnic tables, 1 bbq pit, and a fire ring for campfires. No RV camping allowed, only tent camping. Bring your own firewood. Restroom on site to be used for inclement weather emergencies.
• 3 Reservable Shelters: Black Buffalo, Epstein Shelter, Lenz Shelter

This park is huge and has a lot of open land and rolling hills for running around plus fitness trails.

The playground next to the Epstein picnic shelter is small. It has 2 slides - a large one that has rock climbing holds to get up to the slide. There's a small toddler/preschool slide as well. There is a restroom and a parking lot and a huge pavilion right there. 

The second playground has a boat theme. It has a couple slides and 2 sling swings. This playground is located next to the Lenz picnic shelter. There are restrooms and a huge pavilion here as well.

Restrooms and pavilion

Also in this park is access to the river, a wildflower trail, and Mill Creek.

Behlmann Park, Florisssant

Location: 919 Loeckes Dr., Florissant, MO 63031

Website: https://www.florissantmo.com/egov/apps/locations/facilities.egov?view=detail&id=12

Playground Ground Cover: Wood chips

This playground is a bit hard to find. There are no markers or signage. You can drive down Loeckes Dr. until you get to 919 Loeckes. There's an empty field there and if you walk into it and look to your right you'll see the playground down a ways.

There is a basketball court to the left, the playground is to the right.

There is just one play structure and it has 2 slides, a balance beam, a tic tac toe board, a steering wheel, and some bars and poles.

There is one picnic bench to sit on, but no shade or restrooms. 

This map shows how to get in to the park and the playground is circled in red.  It's basically just a big green space between subdivisions.

Bangert Pool, Florissant

Location: 275 S. New Florissant Rd, Florissant, MO 63031

Website: http://www.florissantmo.com/topic/subtopic.php?topicid=27&structureid=20


Bangert Pool, located inside Bangert Park, is Florissant’s outdoor swimming pool. This pool has a zero depth entry, water play structure, Aqua Zip’N, 1 and 3 meter diving boards, splash pad and large open swimming area. 

Their normal hours are 12:30 to 7:30 during the week and 11:30 - 7:30 on weekends. Their rates for non residents are $10 for adults and $8 for kids 4-17, kids under 4 are free. They do have a tot time during the summer on Monday and Wednesday for kids 6 and under, check the website for current dates and times. 

The pool is very long with the zero entry and kids playground at the south end. The pool gets deeper as you go north. The deep end has 2 diving boards and lap lanes. There is a big tube slide that you have to be 48" to go down. There is also 1 smaller slide. There is a splash pad area but it wasn't turned on when I was there.

There used to be 2 small blue slides but now there is only one. It says max 225 pounds.

The children's play structure was fun! Lots of fountains, a tunnel, sprayers, and a slide. 

Splash pad area

Concession stand

Zero entry area with pop jets

Deep end

2 diving boards