Silver Lake (Highland)
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Silver Lake (Highland). Park runs along the shore of a lake with a 4+ mile wooded trail that is not stroller friendly. Has a frisbee golf course, (small) climbing wall, archery range, man made waterfall/creek area, restrooms, ponds, sand volleyball court, playground, picnic shelters, fishing, and a boat ramp. Leashed pets are welcome. Our family enjoys playing in the water at the top of the hill and also in the small waterfall\creek.
Cost: FREE Best for Ages: Comfortably walking Great For: peace, quiet Drawbacks: Fishing Lines are often discarded in water, local ordinance doesn't allow for swimming. |
Silver Lake (Highland)
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Collinsville Aqua Park (Collinsville)
Collinsville Aqua Park (Collinsville) 7 slides including open air and tube slides that range from 9 feet to 3 stories tall. A 50 foot tall water castle with slides, hoses, and buckets. A figure-eight patterned lazy river with solo and tandem tubes. A 12-foot-tall climbing wall above the deep end of the pool. There is also a fortress play area where you can jostle valves and shoot water. There are floating lily pads with an overhead rope to cross. No charge for parking, inner tubes, or life jackets.
Cost: Rates are $18 and under for non residents.
Best for Ages: Lots to do for all ages.
Great For: An adventure near home.
Drawbacks: Can get crowded and pricy.
Cost: Rates are $18 and under for non residents.
Best for Ages: Lots to do for all ages.
Great For: An adventure near home.
Drawbacks: Can get crowded and pricy.
Korte Recreation Center (Highland)
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Korte Recreation Center (Highland) Indoor pool has a mini-waterpark, hot tub, toddler section, lazy river, whirlpool, a two story water slide, and lap lanes.
Cost: Day passes range from $4.50 to $23 per person and include fitness center, gym, walking track, concessions, swimming. Best for Ages: Great toddler area, Good slide, Comfortable lazy river Great For: Indoor fun in the winter, parties, an adventure near home. Drawbacks: a bit pricy. |
Leon Corlew Splash Pad (Edwardsville)
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Leon Corlew Park & Splash Pad (Edwardsville). This site has a splash pad, workout area, large pavilions, bathrooms, barbecue grills, a concessions area, large playground, and younger children's playground. The splash pad has features for young and older kids, and shaded benches. Many families bring buckets, water guns.
Cost: FREE Best for Ages: Toddler and young elementary. Great For: Free fun close to home. Drawbacks: Can be dull for older kids. Can get crowded. Adjacent playground can be slick when wet. |
The Bethalto Splash Pad (Bethalto) 10 AM - 5 PM. There is no fee for admission and no registration. The Bethalto splash pad has lots of interactive parts as well as dumping buckets, pole sprayers, jets, umbrella poles, and more. Private Parties are $50 for 2 hours. To make a reservation, click here.
Cost: FREE
Best for Ages: Toddler and elementary.
Great For: Free fun close to home, nice playground outside with older and newer parts.
Drawbacks: Can get crowded.
Cost: FREE
Best for Ages: Toddler and elementary.
Great For: Free fun close to home, nice playground outside with older and newer parts.
Drawbacks: Can get crowded.
Highland Public Pool (Highland) Open Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday 1- 5:30pm and Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 1- 8:30pm The pool has a diving board and climbing wall. Daily passes are $4 or less.
Roxana pool (Roxana). The Roxana pool is open from May 30 through August 31, noon to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The pool is also open Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The daily fee to enter the pool is $10 for residents $6 for residents (and FREE for toddlers 2 and under.
The Nature Institute (Godfrey) Our family explored the Rock trail and found a number of shallow creeks to play in. There was also not a huge crowd. There is also "Beaver Falls" mentioned on the trail map. I haven't gotten there yet.
Watershed Nature Center (Edwardsville). 40+ acre outdoor learning center with stroller friendly paved trails, dirt trails, elevated walks over wetlands, observation towers, an observation blind, lakes, prairies, forest, and an interpretive welcome center. Pet friendly. Our family is not comfortable playing in the large main lake, but we enjoy the creek that runs next to the trail.
O'fallon Memorial Pool in community park
Bethalto public pools (Bethalto)
Roxana pool (Roxana). The Roxana pool is open from May 30 through August 31, noon to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The pool is also open Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The daily fee to enter the pool is $10 for residents $6 for residents (and FREE for toddlers 2 and under.
The Nature Institute (Godfrey) Our family explored the Rock trail and found a number of shallow creeks to play in. There was also not a huge crowd. There is also "Beaver Falls" mentioned on the trail map. I haven't gotten there yet.
Watershed Nature Center (Edwardsville). 40+ acre outdoor learning center with stroller friendly paved trails, dirt trails, elevated walks over wetlands, observation towers, an observation blind, lakes, prairies, forest, and an interpretive welcome center. Pet friendly. Our family is not comfortable playing in the large main lake, but we enjoy the creek that runs next to the trail.
O'fallon Memorial Pool in community park
Bethalto public pools (Bethalto)
Out of Town
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Lake Lou Yaeger (Litchfield) Milnot Beach is open for business! Hours of operation are Monday-Friday 12-5pm and weekends & holidays 11am-6pm, weather permitting! Free to use lifejackets, 2 water apparatus, and diving boards. Lifeguards are on staff and attentive.
Cost: $7 for adults, $5 for children aged 5-17. Under 5 admitted free. Best for Ages: A perfect adventure for teens, older elementary, and those comfortable in water. Great For: Indoor fun in the winter, parties, an adventure near home. Drawbacks: Can get crowded. |
Lake Lou Yeager Milnot Beach (Litchfield)
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Emenneger Park (Kirkwood, Missouri) is a little of everything I love in the outdoors. There is a shallow creek which my kids can play in without me having to be hyper vigilant. There is a rope swing across the creek, quiet trails, and even a rocky beach.
Cost: FREE
Best for Ages: All Ages
Great For: peace, quiet, adventure, views
Drawbacks: Longer Drive
Cost: FREE
Best for Ages: All Ages
Great For: peace, quiet, adventure, views
Drawbacks: Longer Drive
Rock Springs Park (O'Fallon, Illinois) Has a shallow creek, lots of vines to swing on, quiet trails, a mud slide on one river bank, and even a rocky beach. There are some fallen trees to sit on at the beach. There is a bench near the beach, but too far to supervise kids. To get to the creek, walk on the trail past the playground, continue straight until you run into a bench at the T. Take a left and look for the unpaved trail on the right. Trail is dirt with some wooden beams on edges.
Cost: FREE
Best for Ages: Walking comfortably for unpaved trails. There is a large amount of paved trails which are stroller friendly, but do not have access to the creek.
Great For: peace, quiet, adventure, views
Drawbacks: Longer Drive
Cost: FREE
Best for Ages: Walking comfortably for unpaved trails. There is a large amount of paved trails which are stroller friendly, but do not have access to the creek.
Great For: peace, quiet, adventure, views
Drawbacks: Longer Drive
Raging Rivers (Grafton). Slides, Lazy River, and Pools. $5 for parking. $10 for a locker, which you get $5 back.
O'Fallon splash pad (O'Fallon). M/W/F: 4pm – 7pm, T/Th: 10:30am-7pm, Sat/Sun: 10:30am-7pm. A two-acre play area with unique playground arrangements and a 6,000 foot splash pad. The splash pad is open from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend, 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Gillespie Lakes (Gillespie, IL) Gillespie New Lake is 207 acres in size. There is camping, fishing, swimming and a store available at this site. Beach is open 10am -7pm. No Lifeguard on duty. No pets. Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Discovery Playground (St. Charles, MO) An accessible water playground with a waterfall, a trickling creek, and jets.
Sylvan Springs Park (St. Louis, MO). 300 Halsey, St. Louis, MO. Features include water arches and water bubbles that erupt from the ground. There is also a playground and a skatepark.
Tilles Park (Ladue, MO). 9551 Litzsinger Road. The Spray Pool in the Children's Playground has more than a dozen water bubblers. There's plenty of room, but it's small enough to keep an eye on the kids. The fountains operate from 10am-8 pm Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Veterans Tribute Park (St. Charles, MO). 1031 Kisker Rd. Includes a nature-themed water feature, where kids can play under a large farm-inspired dump spout with bubbling boulders.
Aquaport (Maryland Heights, MO). The price to get into the pool and water park is $10 for kids and $15 for adults. The water park has at least 5 slides, a lazy river, a FlowRider, a Family Fun Pool for little ones, and free parking. Open 12:00-6:00 p.m. daily including FlowRider.
O'Fallon splash pad (O'Fallon). M/W/F: 4pm – 7pm, T/Th: 10:30am-7pm, Sat/Sun: 10:30am-7pm. A two-acre play area with unique playground arrangements and a 6,000 foot splash pad. The splash pad is open from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend, 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Gillespie Lakes (Gillespie, IL) Gillespie New Lake is 207 acres in size. There is camping, fishing, swimming and a store available at this site. Beach is open 10am -7pm. No Lifeguard on duty. No pets. Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Discovery Playground (St. Charles, MO) An accessible water playground with a waterfall, a trickling creek, and jets.
Sylvan Springs Park (St. Louis, MO). 300 Halsey, St. Louis, MO. Features include water arches and water bubbles that erupt from the ground. There is also a playground and a skatepark.
Tilles Park (Ladue, MO). 9551 Litzsinger Road. The Spray Pool in the Children's Playground has more than a dozen water bubblers. There's plenty of room, but it's small enough to keep an eye on the kids. The fountains operate from 10am-8 pm Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Veterans Tribute Park (St. Charles, MO). 1031 Kisker Rd. Includes a nature-themed water feature, where kids can play under a large farm-inspired dump spout with bubbling boulders.
Aquaport (Maryland Heights, MO). The price to get into the pool and water park is $10 for kids and $15 for adults. The water park has at least 5 slides, a lazy river, a FlowRider, a Family Fun Pool for little ones, and free parking. Open 12:00-6:00 p.m. daily including FlowRider.
