Swansea Kingdom at Schranz Memorial Park, Swansea, IL

Location:  377 Honeysuckle Lane, Swansea, IL 62226

Amenities: playground, picnic shelter, restrooms, sprayground, trails

Website: http://www.swanseail.org/1082/Parks-Recreation

Playground ground cover: Rubber chips & wood chips

This is a great park with a castle theme. The equipment is all new as of 2025 on the big playground.  A ramp connects the regular playground to the tot lot, which is fenced in except for the one entry point. The tot lot has two baby swings, an adaptive swing, and a sling swing. There is a toddler/preschool-sized slide, monkey bars, a bridge, a steering wheel, drums, and a small sand play area. There's a fenced-in splashpad on the other side of the parking lot, (I would consider the location to be a bit of a drawback, because children are often running back and forth across the parking lot between the two). It has two child-operated spray guns, as well as fountains of various types and heights. There's also one large picnic shelter, several smaller ones, and a walking trail that winds around the park. 

The splash pad

The tot area

Amphitheatre

The big playground is huge and has everything a kid could want, including a modified merry-go-round, interactive boards, boulders, a modified teeter-totter, drums, a rock wall, a tunnel, lots of slides, and a dragon climber. 

There is one expression swing, 3 sling swings, 1 adaptive swing, and 2 baby swings. 

Castlepoint Park, St. Louis County

Location: 2645 Baroness Dr., St. Louis, MO 63136

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

Playground Ground Cover: Poured rubber

Amenities: Playgrounds, trails, basketball, horseshoe pits, volleyball, hopscotch, a reservable shelter, and a splashpad.

This splash pad is small, featuring about six jets that shoot up to varying heights. The button to turn it on is right next to it in the restroom building.

 There is a walking trail here with workout equipment along the way. 

                                

                                

Pavilion

The playground was replaced in late 2025, and there is a play structure for kids over 5, and one for kids under 5. 

The smaller play structure has a tunnel, slides, and maze boards. 

The larger play structure has a lot of monkey bars, stepping stones, slides, and interactive boards.

Cute little doctor-themed playhouse

There is a baby swing, an adaptive swing, and 2 sling swings.