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.

Ollie's Fun Forest at City Centre Park, St. Peters

                                       


Location: 1 St. Peters Centre Blvd, St. Peters, MO 63376

Website: http://www.stpetersmo.net/st-peters-parks.aspx#citycentre

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

As of late 2022, everything here is brand new. The old playground wasn't even old and was in great condition, but this playground is much nicer, and is inclusive for everyone!

This playground is just west of the Rec Plex.  If you look at this map it's circled in red.

New restrooms that are open during winter (yay!).

Spencer Creek is easily accessible from the playground.

The playground is completely enclosed with a fence. 

Brand new covered pavilion next to the playground.

This playground has everything you could ever want. There are lots of maze boards and gears on the equipment. There's a rolley slide, a caterpillar to climb on, a rocking boat, an amazing zipline, musical equipment, things that spin, and even a creek. 

Rocking boat

Musical instruments

Modified teeter-totter

The zipline has a high back seat and a regular seat for standing or sitting.

There are 2 adaptive swings, a sling swing, and a baby swing. 

2 saucer swings

Cool bench

Cool stumps to climb

The large play structure features a tree house design with slides, ramps, and various boards.

The merry-go-round is built into the ground so it's accessible to everyone

Love the accessible ramps 

This playground is connected to the Rec Plex via a nice walking trail that goes past the gazebo and lake.  In 2024 a sensory trail was added, and it is super interesting! It's right behind the playground so you can't miss it. It's very shaded as it's in the woods and there are lots of interesting things to explore. There are plaques everywhere explaining what you are seeing. 

This hand pump makes the water come out to the shallow creek and there are dams and other things to manipulate the water. 

The creek is full of junk and tree limbs but it's easily accessible from the trail.