Parks in Greater St. Louis

This article is about parks in Greater St. Louis. For parks in the city of St. Louis, see Parks in St. Louis, Missouri.

Parks in Greater St. Louis are administered by a variety of state, county, and municipal authorities. The region also is home to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, site of the Gateway Arch, the only National Memorial in the state of Missouri. Among the largest municipal parks is Forest Park, which is 1,293 acres (5.2 km²) and is located in the city of St. Louis, although both Greensfelder County Park and Creve Coeur Park in St. Louis County are larger, at 1,646 and 2,114 acres (6.7 and 8.6 km²) respectively. St. Louis County is also the location of two large state parks, Babler State Park with 3.8 square miles (9.8 km²) and Castlewood State Park with 2.8 square miles (7.3 km²). The largest state park in the region is Meramec State Park, located near Sullivan, Missouri, with 10.8 square miles (28 km²) of parkland.

Parks in the city of St. Louis

The city of St. Louis owns and maintains more than one hundred parks, ranging in size from 1,371 acres (5.5 km²) of Forest Park to less than 1-acre (4,000 m²). Several parks in the city are owned or maintained by other entities, such as Tower Grove Park, which is maintained by a Board of Commissioners but remains city property.

Parks in St. Louis County

St. Louis County owns and maintains more than forty parks, including playgrounds and nature preserves. It also operates several recreation centers, the Museum of Transportation, and the Affton Community Center. In addition to parks owned by St. Louis County, several municipalities in the county also own and maintain their own park systems.

Parks in St. Louis County

Name	Area (acres)	Region of St. Louis County†
Bee Tree Park	199	South
Bella Fontaine Park	300	North
Bissell House	9.3	North
Black Forest Park	4.3	South
Bohrer Park	16	South
Bon Oak Park	15	North
Buder Park	75	South
Castlepoint Park	11	North
Cliff Cave Park	560	South
Clydesdale Park	117	South
Creve Coeur Park	2,114	West
Ebsworth Park	10.5	West
Endicott Park	24	North
Faust Park	197	West
Endicott Park	24	North
Fort Bellefontaine Park	305.6	North
Greensfelder County Park	1,646	West
Jefferson Barracks Park	426	South
King Park	4	North
Kinloch Park	9	North
Laumeier Sculpture Park	105	South
Larimore Park	22	North
Lemay Park	18.5	South
Lone Elk County Park	546	West
Love Park	89	West
Mathilda-Welmering Park	6	South
McDonnell Park	133	North
Memorial Park	2.7	North
Ohlendorf Park	10	South
Queeny Park	564	West
Sioux Passage Park	188	North
Simpson Park	206	South
Spanish Lake Park	245	North
St. Vincent Park	133	North
Suson Park	98	South
Sylvan Springs Park	70	South
Tilles Park	75	West
Unger Park	140	South
Veterans Memorial Park	250	North
West Tyson County Park	670	West
Winter Park	160	South
† Regions of St. Louis County as defined by the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department.

State parks

Ten Missouri state parks are in Greater St. Louis, and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources also operates several state historic sites in the region.