Friday, February 12, 2016

Lynstone Park, Sunset Hills



Location: 200 Rayburn Ave, Sunset Hills, MO 63127

Website: http://www.sunset-hills.com/454/Lynstone-Park

 Playground Ground Cover: Wood Chips

This is a very nice quiet neighborhood park. It's also partly shaded which is hard to find. There are 2 sling swings, 2 baby swings, a rock wall, a zip line, a climber, a 4 person teeter totter thing, and a play structure. The play structure includes a slide and some monkey bars. There are drinking fountains but no restrooms.










 Horse Shoe Pits







 Community Garden


Basketball Court




Sunday, January 31, 2016

Vogt Brothers Park, St. Charles



Location: 500 Fairgrounds Rd, St. Charles, MO 63303

Website: http://www.stcharlesparks.com/park/vogt-brothers-park/

Playground Ground Cover: Rubber Mats

This is a newer neighborhood park.  It's 10 acres and includes a pavilion by a lake, basketball court, drinking fountain, and restrooms (open April through November). There's a lot of equipment here including 2 baby swings, 2 sling swings, an adaptive swing and 2 play structures. There's no shade at all but besides that it's very nice.











That sign says the restrooms are closed in the winter















Thursday, January 28, 2016

Clydesdale Park, Affton (Officer Blake C. Snyder Memorial Park)



Location: 9801 Green Park Rd, St. Louis, MO 63123

Website: https://stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-departments/parks/places/blake-c-snyder-memorial-park/

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

This park changed names from Clydesdale Park to Officer Blake C. Snyder Memorial Park in Oct 2016.

This park is large but the playground is small. There is not much here except a small play structure and 2 sling swings.

Other amenities include a soccer field, baseball diamond, and an extensive walking/jogging path that winds all over the park. The picnic pavilion is also available, which can be reserved in advance.

TRAILS
Clydesdale Park features a cross-country course and has many paved, gravel and dirt trails approved for walking, biking and roller sports.  It also has a new trail, with a bridge over Gravois Creek that connects to Grant's Trail.  For some good hills, Grant's Trail users can now divert to the Clydesdale Park trails for a real workout.

Fox Run Fitness Trail = paved = 0.8 miles
Bottomland Trail = paved = 0.6 miles
Twin Bridge Trail = paved = 0.4 miles
Heritage Trail = paved = 0.3 miles
Hickory Hollow Trail = Earthen treadway = 0.6 miles
Hawks Rest Trail = Earthen treadway =0.4 miles
Deer Path Trail = paved = 0.4 miles
Grants Trail = accessible connections from Twin Bridge trail and Bottomland Trail








Thursday, December 3, 2015

Oak Tree Park, Brentwood





Location: Bounded by Florence and Porter Aves, Brentwood, MO 63144

Website: https://brentwoodmo.org/index.aspx?NID=497

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

This playground has a woodland theme. It was installed in late 2014 and has a lot of fun features.  There are ramps that make it inclusive but I didn't see any adaptive swings. There are 2 sling swings, 2 baby swings, bridges, a tree hideout, many slides, a spinning chair, climbing walls, tunnels, tree stumps to walk on, and 2 bouncing things. There is a small pavilion nearby and they built restrooms in 2017.






















Restroom and small pavilion area