Sioux Passage Park, Florissant

Location: 17930 Old Jamestown Rd, On Missouri River, St. Louis, MO 63034

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

Playground ground cover: poured rubber

Amenities:

• 2 Playgrounds
• Trail
• Horseback Riding Trails - Permitted only on designated trails with open riding allowed along the river. The horse trailer parking area is the gravel lot. No horse rentals are available.
• Tennis Courts
• Fishing - Available along the Missouri River in accordance with Missouri Wildlife Code
• Basketball
• Cross Country Course
• 2 Disc Golf Courses
• Year-Round Restroom (Lenz Shelter)
• Boat Ramp - Missouri Department of Conservation’s boat ramp is accessible by driving through the park
• Winter Outdoor Sports - Sioux Passage is a designated Winter Sports area with snowmobiling, sled riding, and cross-country skiing permitted.
• Camp Sites - 5 sites available for primitive camping only, no electricity. Water is available nearby at the restroom on site for campers. Each site has 3 picnic tables, 1 bbq pit, and a fire ring for campfires. No RV camping allowed, only tent camping. Bring your own firewood. Restroom on site to be used for inclement weather emergencies.
• 3 Reservable Shelters: Black Buffalo, Epstein Shelter, Lenz Shelter

This park is huge and has a lot of open land and rolling hills for running around plus fitness trails.

The playground next to the Epstein picnic shelter is small. It has 2 slides - a large one that has rock climbing holds to get up to the slide. There's a small toddler/preschool slide as well. There is a restroom and a parking lot and a huge pavilion right there. 

The second playground has a boat theme. It has a couple slides and 2 sling swings. This playground is located next to the Lenz picnic shelter. There are restrooms and a huge pavilion here as well.

Restrooms and pavilion

Also in this park is access to the river, a wildflower trail, and Mill Creek.

Schroeder Park, Manchester

 
Location: 359 Old Meramec Station Road, Manchester, MO 63021

Amenities: Playground, picnic shelters, basketball goals, tennis courts, sand volleyball court, walking paths, nature trail, amphitheater, and Manchester aquatic center.

Website: http://manchestermo.gov/923/City-Parks

Playground ground cover: Wood Chips

Schroeder Park has a huge playground with areas for all ages. It's one of my favorite parks in the area because the playground is so big and there's such a huge variety of things to do. There are lots of slides, baby swings (2), regular swings (7) and an adaptive swing. There is a sandbox, mallet xylophone, several spring rider toys (animals, cars, etc), a digging area in a sandpit, a merry-go-round, fake boulders to climb on, and a rolley slide. Manchester Aquatic Center is also located here.

This long bouncy thing is always a hit with my kids. One will stand at one end and the other one at the other end and one will jump and try to knock each other off.

The yellow thing in the back is the "digger" and that's a big sandpit.

The big play structure has tunnels, tic tac toe boards, maze boards, rock walls, slides, and more.

They have this smaller playground separated from the main playground. There are 2 swings, 2 spring animals, and a play structure down here.

 Soccer fields next to the playground

Newer covered pavilion with restrooms right down the hill

 The pool entrance

Large boulder area