Pioneer Park, Des Peres

Location: 960 Tallie Dr., Des Peres, MO 63131

Amenities: playground, picnic shelter, walking path, sprayground, tennis courts, restrooms, basketball court, walking trail, baseball fields, and soccer fields.

Website: http://www.desperesmo.org/101/Pioneer-Park

Playground ground cover: poured rubber

This is a great park! It has every kind of sporting field you could ask for, has a spray pole, restrooms, a new beautiful playground, poured rubber, and is partly shaded. What could be better than that?

 Plenty of parking

 Spray pole is on from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

 Restroom building and the button to activate the spray pole is in here.

The small play structure has stepping stones, a pretend window, and a slide.

There are 2 sling swings, 2 baby swings, and an adaptive swing.  There are 2 play structures, one for littles and one for kids over 5.

The big play structure has a pretend window, a chain climber, a bridge, slides, a rock wall, and bars and poles.

 There is a spinning seat and a modified teeter-totter.

Indoor Pool at St. Peter's Rec Plex

Photo credit to St. Peters Spirit

Location: 5200 Mexico Rd, St Peters, MO 63376      636-939-2386

Website: https://www.stpetersmo.net/st-peters-rec-plex.aspx

Non Resident daily rates for adults are $9 and children $6.

From the website: "You can enjoy the St. Peters Rec-Plex even if you're not a Rec-Plex member. We're open to daily admission. Enjoy an active day of swimming, ice skating, basketball and more ... all for less than it costs to go sit at the movie theater. Families regularly enjoy our 3,300-square-foot leisure pool with its 130-foot waterslide, water play features, current channel and vortex. Or, come during one of the Rec-Plex's regularly scheduled public ice skating sessions. We also offer the Finish Line cafe and arcade (which can be accessed without paying admission to the Rec-Plex)".

The Natatorium includes:

• Diving (10-meter tower, 1- and 3-meter springboards)
• 50-meter heated competition swimming pool
• Hot tub
• Sauna
• Adjustable depth hydraulic pool floor
• Movable bulkhead
• Spectator seating for events
• 3,300-sq.-ft. heated family leisure pool
• 130-foot waterslide- (must be 48 inches)
• water play features
• current channel
• zero-entry for easy access
• Lifeguards on duty at all times.

Zero entry toddler area with water sprayers

 This is the cafe area. You can look down at the pool from those windows

Next to the cafe is the arcade area

Open style party room next to the arcade

 The pool isn't large but it was comfortable and my kids loved swimming there. One thing happened that was kind of strange. A bunch of kids were playing with pool noodles.  My friend's daughter went over there to get one and the life guard told her no. I asked him why and he said they are for adult aerobics. I said but there's no sign on it and everyone else has them out. He said he is sorry that he's asked management to put a sign on the bin and he understands that it's confusing but those are the rules. She was upset about that and my daughter (who is almost 6) was too short for the slide so she was bummed about that. Otherwise though it's a very nice facility.

Church of the Shepherd Community Playground, St. Charles

Location: 1601 Woodstone Dr., St. Charles, MO 63304

Website: https://churchoftheshepherd.com/

Playground Ground Cover: Rubber mats

This church just built a great playground and they want everyone to use it! There is a fence around it so it's contained and the view is amazing.

They have that moving balance beam that is so fun!

They have a spinning ball and a dome climber

There are lots of slides and pretend boards

The picnic benches are in the full sun and if you need a bathroom you'd have to go inside when the building is unlocked.

This is a very toddler friendly playground with steering wheels and maze boards and being inside a fence. Also there are no swings.