Des Peres Park, Des Peres

Location: 12325 Manchester Rd., Des Peres, MO 63131

Amenities: 

• 3 Baseball / Softball Fields (April - July)
• Bike / Jogging Trail (one mile, half mile, and quarter mile tracks)
• Reservable Gazebo
• Lake / Fishing (2 acres, lake stocked with blue gill, bass, and catfish)
• 6 Lighted Tennis Courts
• 3 Lighted Pickleball Courts
• 1 Multi-Purpose Court
• Nature Area
• Parcourse Fitness Trail
• Reservable Picnic Pavilion with Grill (Reservable April - November)
• Picnic Sites
• Play Fountain (Memorial Day-Labor Day, controls by bathroom entrance)
• 2 Playgrounds (tot playground and 5-12 year-old playground)
• Rest Rooms (year-round)
• Shuffleboard Courts
• 2 Soccer Fields (Second week in August - Second week in November)

Website: http://www.desperesmo.org/87/Des-Peres-Park

Playground ground cover: Rubber mats, poured rubber, and astroturf

Des Peres Park has 2 very nice playgrounds fairly close to each other. One is designed for younger children, and the other is for kids 5 and up.  The larger playground has several slides, a climbing wall, a zip line, a pretend window, maze boards, ramps, and a splash pad (seasonal).  The button to turn on the splash pad is by the restrooms - there is no sign to direct you to the button. There's also a great little trail that goes around a lake, with a wooden boardwalk. There are usually ducks and geese to watch in the lake.

The tot playground was replaced in 2024. It has many wonderful features including a we-go-round (modified merry-go-round for kids of all abilities), a roller slide, astroturf hills, and more!

These astroturf bumps are fun!

This webbed structure is cool with lots of options for climbing.

There are 2 sling swings, an ADA swing, and 2 baby swings.

The play structure has a gear board, a bubble window, slides, a small rock wall, a steering wheel, a tic-tac-toe board, and lots of bars and poles. 

The larger playground for kids over 5 has a large play structure with slides, tunnels, maze boards, ramps, drums, and lots of bars and poles for climbing. 

Overhead photos from their website 

Longview Farm Park, Town and Country

Location: 13525 Clayton Road, Town and Country, MO 63141

Amenities: playground, paved trails, lake, picnic shelter, tennis courts, restrooms, horses, creek

Website: http://www.town-and-country.org/151/Longview-Farm-Park

Playground ground cover: Astroturf

This park is better known as "horsey park" among the toddler set because of the horses here (The horses are owned by Equine Assisted Therapy, an amazing organization). It is a fun place to visit for toddlers because of the awesome playground and the horses, and they also have a creek! This park should be on your must-visit park list.

If the horses are not in the barn, then they are out in the pasture. Kids love to look for them.

The playground is right outside the barn.

The playground was replaced in 2024. The new playground has a section for 5 and up, 2-5 years old, and hillside play. 

Free little library

Restrooms and drinking fountain

Covered pavilion with electric grill 

There are 2 sling swings, 2 baby swings, and 2 ADA swings

Adaptive merry-go-round

The playground for 5 and up has many opportunities for climbing. There are also slides, webbed climbers, and monkey bars.

This section of the playground has a tractor, some hay bales, and 2 horses to climb on.

The hillside area has a slide, a hill you can roll down, and bead spinners. 

These interactive free-standing panels are awesome!

If you walk the path you will come to the creek and the lake.

Catch and release fishing is permitted at Longview Farm Park as long as each fisher is licensed and permitted through the Missouri Department of Conservation (unless exempt per MDC). For more information on licensing and permits, please visit their website: https://mdc.mo.gov/fishing.

 

Horses in the pasture

Here is the map with the length of the different trails.