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Parks are administered by the city of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, the National Park Service, or a separate private board, such as Tower Grove Park, which is maintained by a Board of Commissioners but remains city property. Compton Hill Reservoir Park is owned by the city but maintained by the St. Louis Water Division.
St. Louis University Park, 1910-1915 High School Field, 1915-1919 Old High School Field, 1919-1922 Opened: 1910 Closed: 1922 Home of: St. Louis Terriers - Federal League (1913 - classified as independent minor league) Location: Oakland Avenue, west of Kingshighway Boulevard Currently: site of St. Louis University High School Handlan's Park
This is a list of parks in the greater metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parks in St. Louis, Missouri . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Forest Park is a public park in western St. Louis, Missouri.It is a prominent civic center and covers 1,326 acres (5.37 km 2). [1] Opened in 1876, more than a decade after its proposal, the park has hosted several significant events, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park (also called Creve Coeur County Park) is a 2,145-acre (8.68 km 2) St. Louis County park located in Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States. The park is the largest in the St. Louis County Parks system [1] and includes Creve Coeur Lake, an oxbow lake which is one of the largest natural lakes in Missouri. [2]
The park contains 564-acres of forest, prairie, and riparian environment in suburban St. Louis. The 4.4-mile, mixed gravel and paved Hawk Ridge Trail navigates the perimeter of the park, with multiple shorter trails on the park's interior.
However, the St. Louis County Council stepped into the process. On April 17, 1957, in a 4–3 vote, the Republican members of the council voted to save the park from destruction, agreeing to pay $429,625 for the park. St. Louis then created a new Rosalie Tilles Memorial Park within the city limits, at 38°36′01″N 90°17′23″W ...
Tower Grove Park is a municipal park in St. Louis, Missouri.Located on the south side of the city, the elongated 289-acre (117 ha) park extends 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from Kingshighway Boulevard east to Grand Boulevard.