Matthews Park, Bridgeton

Location: 11099 Ayrshire Dr., Bridgeton, MO 63044

Website: https://www.bridgetonmo.com/Facilities/Facility/Details/Matthews-Park-15

Playground Ground Cover: Poured rubber and wood chips

The park has a great playground that was renovated in 2024. There are bathrooms and a pavilion nearby as well as a ballfield. 

The big play structure for kids over 5 has so many opportunities for climbing! There are also slides, bead boards, floating steps, and more. 

This board is cool, you spin it and the beads go flying

The gravity rail is super fun and the only other one in town is at Rayburn Park in Crestwood. 

The parking lot is large enough to accommodate a lot of families

This used to be a small creek here but they cleared all the brush and filled it in with rock.

The second smaller play structure for kids under 5 has 2 slides and a tic-tac-toe board. This playground is closest to the restrooms and pavilion. 

There is an ADA swing and a sling swing between the 2 play structures

Rayburn Park, Crestwood

Location: Bounded by Fox Creek Ct and Rayburn Ave, Crestwood, MO 63126

Website: https://www.cityofcrestwood.org/Facilities

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

The old playground just had a merry-go-round, a slide, and a swing. It's much better now! The playground was installed in the summer of 2019. There are 2 sections, the first one you come to is for kids over 5 and then if you go up the hill and around the corner you'll see another playground for younger kids. The first playground features the COOLEST swing I have ever seen, it's called a Gravity Rail. There is one play structure with 2 ramps for the swing, a tic-tac-toe board, 2 drums, 2 slides, and a spider web climber. There are a couple benches to sit on and it's partially shaded as well.

Here is the video of the swing, it's so cool! I've never seen a swing like this in St. Louis. Be careful with little kids though, this thing is heavy and I saw quite a few kids fall down while trying to pull it all the way to the top of the ramp. It usually took at least 2 kids or an adult to get it up there. The swing is like a sling swing combined with a zip line, and it goes around in a big loop.

The second playground up the hill features a play structure, an expression swing, a modified merry-go-round, a spinning seat, and a play structure. 

There is one adaptive swing, an expression swing, and 2 sling swings.

View of the first playground down the hill.