St. Cyr Park, Bellefontaine Neighbors

Location: 1045 St. Cyr Rd., Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO 63137

Website: https://www.cityofbn.com/departments/parks-and-recreation/park-reservations/st-cyr-park

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

This is your average playground, nothing special about it. It's just one play structure and some benches. I didn't see any restrooms but the website says there are here. The one slide is 3 stories tall! There is also a rock wall, some drums, stepping stones, and various bars and poles.

Tennis courts

Tanglewood Park, Bellefontaine Neighbors

Location: 1180 Chambers Rd, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO 63137

Website: https://www.cityofbn.com/departments/parks-and-recreation/park-reservations/tanglewood-park

Playground Ground Cover: Poured rubber and wood chips

This is just a basic neighborhood park. There is a parking lot and a restroom but I didn't check to see the condition. There is a shelter with electricity and a BBQ pit, and some ball fields as well.  My daughter was thrilled to see there was a merry-go-round! You hardly see them anymore.

There are 2 playgrounds, one for kids over 5 and one for the little guys. 

There are 2 sling swings but no baby swings. 

The big play structure has a chain climber, different slides, a rock wall, and lots of bars and poles.

The smaller play structure has a bridge, slides, hand over hand bars, and other various bars and poles.

White Birch Bay Aquatic Center, Hazelwood

Location: 1186 Teson Rd., Hazelwood, MO 63042     314-731-0980

Website: https://www.hazelwoodmo.org/facilities/facility/details/White-Birch-Bay-Aquatic-Center-8

Amenities: The amenities offered at Hazelwood’s White Birch Bay Aquatic Center are second to none when compared to other municipal water parks. Not many places can boast about having two lightning-fast water slides, one for tubing and the other for body surfing. The facility also has a one-of-a-kind, 360-degree bubble slide that kids can climb and bounce off into the water. In addition, it provides a 600-ft. lazy river that generates waves, a giant bucket that dumps hundreds of gallons of water over a colorful play structure, and a little tot wave pool with spray features and a shark slide. For those who like to lap swim and dive into the pool, the Aquatic Center has a 25-meter competition pool, known as the “Shark Tank” which has two diving boards. Plus, the facility has a full-service concession stand that serves hot food, cold treats and refreshing beverages. The pool is open 12-7 daily.

 I've been to almost every pool in town and I've never seen this bubble slide before! Or a tiny tot-wave pool! There were zero entry areas all over and pop jets galore. The lazy river requires you to be in an inner tube and it was very relaxing. Unfortunately, my daughter was too short to go down the big slides (you have to be 48"). She was bummed cause they looked amazing!

This is the tiny tot-wave pool. How pretty is it with the waterfall! 

It wasn't very deep and the waves made you feel like you were in the ocean. 

Unique shark slide

Lazy river

 Whirlpool

Bubble slide! You climb up it like a rock wall and then jump and bounce off it into the water!

The shark tank deep pool with diving boards

Photo credit to their website

 Speed slides

We really enjoyed this pool. The only negative thing I encountered was the concession stand. The line was so long, it took about 30 minutes to place my order, and they were already out of a ton of things. My daughter wanted a pretzel with cheese and it was only 2:00 and they were already out.  Besides that though it was great! The facility was very fun and different and we had a blast!