College Hill Park, Union

Location: 651 College Meadows Dr., Union, MO 63084

Website: https://www.unionmissouri.org/living_here/parks_and_recreation/park_facilities.php

Playground Ground Cover: Wood chips

This is a small playground with one picnic bench and no restrooms. There are 2 sling swings and 1 play structure. The play structure has slides, a tunnel, a bridge, and lots of bars and poles. They could use some more wood chips.

Washington City Park, Washington

Location: Tieman Dr., at North Park Dr., Washington, MO 63090

Website: https://washmo.gov/directory-category/parksandtrails/

Playground Ground Cover: Wood Chips

This playground is near the fairgrounds. It's nothing fancy and there are no restrooms or even places to sit. It's one play structure including slides, bars and poles, and a zip line.

View of the creek next to the playground

Union City Park, Union

Location: 500 West Park Ave., Union, MO 63084

Website: https://www.unionmissouri.org/living_here/parks_and_recreation/park_facilities.php

Playground Ground Cover: Wood chips

This is a huge park right across from the pool complex.  The playground equipment is older but there are a lot of great features here. They have a Liberty swing and an expression swing which are both rather hard to find. The smaller play structure has a tic tac toe board, slides, a gear board, and various bars and poles.

Also on the playground is a stand alone balance beam and some springing cars.

Next to the playground is a fitness trail.

There are 2 baby swings, 2 sling swings, a liberty swing, 2 adaptive swings, and an expression swing.

The large play structure has several slides, a zip line, a tunnel, a bridge, a gear board, a speaker system, and some bars and poles.

Stepping stones and a moving balance beam

Liberty Swing

Restrooms

Expression swing

There is a huge covered pavilion that has dozens of tables inside plus the restrooms are right here making it a great spot for a party. 

Life Time Fitness Outdoor Pool, Ellisville

Location: 3058 Clarkson Rd., Ellisville, MO 63017     636-227-0200

Website: https://www.lifetime.life/life-time-locations/mo-west-county-chesterfield.html?selecteddate=2019-07-03

This $60 million dollar facility was built in 2008 and is state of the art. I was always under the impression that it was a private club and you had to be a member to use their facilities. Recently I learned I was wrong and anyone can swim here! They offer a $50 daily pass per family.  The pool has lap lanes, 2 slides, a water umbrella, and zero entry area with pop jets. Just for comparison's sake,  the Ellisville Edge pool is nearby and they charge $6 per person for non-residents.

These are photos from their website, I haven't made it out there yet but I plan to soon. 

  

Indoor pool

 

This place has it all if you can afford it!  They also have special holiday events and pool parties so if you want to be notified like their social media pages.