Millar Park, University City

Location: 1351 N. Hanley Rd., University City, MO 63130

Website: https://www.ucitymo.org/105/Parks

Playground Ground Cover: Poured rubber

This playground is awesome! Amenities include a playground area, picnic pavilion with restrooms,
2 baseball diamonds, football and soccer fields, and a 1/2 mile fitness trail with exercise stations. All the equipment looks new and the park was well cared for.

Ballfields

The playground has 2 areas, one for kids over 5 and one for little guys. The larger area has tons of complex climbing things, ropes and more.

This twisted blue pole on the left spins around

 2 sling swings, an adaptive swing, and an expression swing

Pavilions nearby

The smaller play area has a small slide, some stepping stones that move, and a little bridge.

Spinning wheel

Wilson Park, Granite City

Location: 2900 Benton St., Granite City, IL 62040 

Website: https://gcparkdistrict.com/our-parks-%26-facilities

Playground Ground Cover: Wood Chips

Wilson is a huge park and has pickleball, baseball/ softball diamonds, trails, a basketball court, an ice rink, picnic shelters, picnic tables, playgrounds, a skate park, tennis courts, concessions, a swimming pool, restrooms, a gazebo, and a prairie/ songbird site. 

As you can see the big playground is right next to the pool. 

This playground is older but it's huge, with a ton of things to do, including slides, a rock wall, a bridge, and tons of climbing bars. 

There are 2 baby swings, 2 expression swings, and 4 sling swings.

The skate park is a very good one with lots of ramps, rails, and curbs. 

Here you can find a tic-tac-toe board, a steering wheel, and a gear board.  

Spring ride-on animals

Fitness trail equipment

This is a smaller playground near a pavilion near the exit and it has a slide, baby swings, and sling swings. 

This is the General Motors (Republic) F-84F-30-GK “Thunderstreak” (AF 51-9451). This particular display is sponsored by the Granite City American Veterans Post 51.