O'Day Park, O'Fallon MO

Location: 1000 O'Day Park Dr., O'Fallon, MO 63366

Website: https://www.ofallon.mo.us/oday-park

Amenities: 

• O'Day Lodge – activity & conference center
• Amphitheater
• Adventure playground
• Pavilions, group camping, trails and walking paths

This park is the newest park in O'Fallon, MO. Everything here is brand new and gorgeous. The Lodge would be great for a birthday party or event. The amphitheater is wonderful for concerts and holiday events. The playground has a creek and there are trails and walking paths everywhere. 

The Adventure Playground has unique play equipment including the rope course, group swings and wooden log climbers and slides. The entire play area has astroturf flooring and unique play equipment.

Here are some of the pavilions:

Playground map

"The 57-acre park has miles of paved and natural paths. Take the kids on a hike through the Long Meadow to find the Hidden Prairie. Look for brightly-hued dragonflies zigzagging through the Wet Meadow. Bring binoculars for a closer look at birds nesting in the spring or migrating through in the fall. Set up camp and toast marshmallows in the fire pit."

 Amphitheatre and lodge

Restrooms at entrance to the playground area

Rolly slide, hammock, and rope climber area. 

Splash pad/creek area. The jets are at the top, the water flows down all these squares to a creek and ends by going under a bridge. Recently I have heard about several kids getting hurt there, so please exercise caution. Bring water shoes and maybe keep little guys away. The sharp edges are worrisome.

Little dam

I would advise everyone to put water shoes on their kids if possible. The area is textured and I've heard that some kids have stubbed their toes or cut their feet because of the rocks under the water.

This area is for older children, and features a huge climbing wall, a group swing, saucer swing, and more.

 Double swing! I've never seen this at any other playground.

Rope course 

 They have 2 expression swings, 2 bucket swings, a saucer swing, a double swing, and 4 sling swings. 

 Pavilion off the playground has 8 tables and a view of the woods below. 

 

Basically this is one of the coolest playgrounds in St. Charles. I will mention again that this is an adventure playground, meant for older kids. It may be challenging for toddlers because there are blind spots and it's large, so you'll definitely need to keep an eye on little guys if it's busy. I have a list of toddler enclosed playgrounds here. 

Preservation Park, Town and Country

Location: 12625 N. Outer 40, Town & Country, MO 63141

Amenities: picnic shelter, playground, sand volleyball, tennis courts, paved and wood chip trails, restroom, athletic fields

Website: http://www.town-and-country.org/141/Parks-Recreation

Playground ground cover: Poured Rubber

Preservation Park is right off highway 64/40, which means you hear traffic sounds, so it isn't as peaceful as some parks, but it does offer a nice playground with slides/climbing structures for both toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged children, as well as 4 sling swings and 2 baby swings. There's a sand volleyball court right next to the playground (which doubles as a sandbox, at least for my toddler). A picnic shelter and restrooms are adjacent to the playground. The park also has tennis courts, a paved trail which goes around the CBC High School fields and a wood chip trail thru the woods.

The smaller play structure has steering wheels, tic tac toe board, ABC board, slides, and various bars and poles. 

The larger playstructure has slides, a tic tac toe board, steering wheels, and various bars and poles.

Sand volleyball court and tennis courts

Paved path through the woods

The covered pavilion had 6 tables inside and has a grill as well.

This playground is older but it's in great condition. It's clean and not very busy and has restrooms and a pavilion right off the playground. This is a good playground for all ages to enjoy.