Stieren Playground, Sunset Hills

Location: 13408 W. Watson Rd., St. Louis, MO 63127

Playground Ground Cover: Wood chips

Website: https://www.sunset-hills.com/881/Stieren-Inspirational-Site

The Stieren Family Playground opened at the end of 2018 and has some unique features. It's located right across the road from the ball fields. The centerpiece of the playground is a concrete tugboat with a steering wheel and slides. Also, see if you can find all the cute animals on it!

There are 2 baby swings and 6 sling swings. 

The 100-foot zipline is awesome!

Next to the playground are 2 small covered pavilions. 

Another cool feature is the half-mile trail through the woods with fitness equipment. 

They added regular playground equipment during 2023. There is a free-standing web spinner, a modified merry-go-round, and 2 very tall play structures with climbing netting in between. 

Sand diggers

Free-standing rock wall

They build a new restroom building at the entrance by the parking lot sometime during 2023. This is a great addition and there are also water fountains. 

Compton Hill Reservoir Park, St. Louis City

Location: 1700 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104

Website: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/parks/parks/browse-parks/view-park.cfm?parkID=29&parkName=Compton%20Hill%20Reservoir%20Park

Playground Ground Cover: Poured rubber and wood chips

The historic park was placed into ordinance in 1867.  It takes up 35.8 acres of land near in the neighborhood of Compton Heights. The Compton Hill water tower, built in 1899 is a South Saint Louis landmark. There are seven historic standpipe water towers left in the United States and St. Louis has three of them! (Grand Ave, Compton Hill, and Bissell). The tower quickly became a favorite spot from which to view the City, and remains so today with limited public hours for the public to tour and climb to the top. The structure consists of a stone base, with a brick shaft that rises 179 feet with a total of 198 steps. The playground is around the corner along Compton Hill Pl and it's circled in red on this map.

The playground has one play structure and an area with swings (2 baby swings and 4 sling swings)

There are several different slides, a bridge, and lots of bars and poles.

The bathrooms are back here but I didn't go in 

This fenced-in area is the dog park.

Terry Park, St. Louis City

Location: 3200 Eads Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104

Website: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/parks/parks/browse-parks/view-park.cfm?parkID=86&parkName=Terry%20Park

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber and Wood Chips

The park was placed into ordinance in 1945 and was named in honor of Dr. Robert James Terry, a man well-known nationally and locally for his contributions to medical literature. He was also one of the founders of the association which later became the St. Louis Audubon Society.

The park is located in the Gate District and is bordered by Eads Avenue to the north, Louisiana Ave. to the west, Henrietta St. to the south, and S. Compton Ave. to the east.

This playground is in full sun and there are no bathrooms. 

There is a smaller play structure for the littles and a larger one for ages 5 and up. The smaller one has a little chain ladder, 2 slides, a steering wheel, and an activity board.

 The larger one has several different slides, a rock wall, a bridge, and lots of bars and poles.

 

There are 2 sling swings and 2 baby swings

Basketball court

STL Virtual Reality, South County

Location: 5626 Telegraph Rd., St. Louis, MO 63129

Website: https://stlvirtualreality.com/

We attended a birthday party here and it was super fun for the kids! They did an interactive game where they had to fight zombies together for about 35 minutes,  then they had pizza and cupcakes, and then they played another game against aliens.