Alton Splash Pad

- Cost: FREE!
- Best for Ages: Under 8
- Great For: A hot day
- Drawbacks: Paint created a harsh surface. Wear pants or tights to avoid scrapes!
Hartford Splash Park

- Cost: Resident is $1 per person with $1 bracelets purchased at Village Hall. Non-resident is $2.00 per person.
- Best for Ages: Lots to do for all ages.
- Great For: An adventure near home.
- Drawbacks: No food or drinks allowed inside the splash pad.
Leon Corlew Splash Pad

- Cost: FREE
- Best for Ages: Toddler and young elementary.
- Great For: Free fun close to home.
- Drawbacks: Can get crowded. Adjacent playground can be slick.
Splash Landing Splash Pad

- Cost: FREE
- Best for Ages: Toddler and elementary.
- Great For: Relaxing (on comfortable chairs with umbrellas) while kids enjoy the water without worrying that kids can run off.
- Drawbacks: Smaller and no large bucket.
Collinsville Aqua Park

- Cost: Rates are $18 and under for non residents. (Passes are available at Collinsville Library.)
- Best for Ages: Lots to do for all ages.
- Great For: An adventure near home.
- Drawbacks: Can get crowded and pricy.
Highland Public Pool

- Cost: Daily passes are $4 or less.
- Best for Ages: Confident swimmers. There is not a children's pool.
- Great For: An inexpensive day in a cool pool.
- Drawbacks: Kids can get bored. Bring small toys or friends to keep kids busy.
Korte Recreation Center

- Cost: Day passes range from $4.50 to $23 per person and include fitness center, gym, walking track, concessions, swimming.
- Best for Ages: Great for toddlers and under 6!
- Great For: Indoor fun in the winter, parties, an adventure near home.
- Drawbacks: a bit pricy
Roxana Pool

- Cost: The daily fee to enter the pool is $10 for non-residents $6 for residents (and FREE for toddlers 2 and under.) Best for Ages: Younger kids.
- Great For: A day in a cool pool.
- Drawbacks: Pool can be expensive. Buy a season pass if you plan to go a few times.
Silver Lake (Highland)

- 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.
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 crowd at the creeks. There is also "Beaver Falls" mentioned on the trail map. I haven't gotten there yet.- Cost: FREE!
- Best for Ages: All ages!
- Great For: A relaxing day that all ages can enjoy.
- Drawbacks: You might get dirty, bit by mosquitos, or a tick. Nature is awesome like that!
Watershed Nature Center (Edwardsville)
is a beautiful park in Edwardsville with a large pond in the middle. I don't recommend getting into the pond water and swimming is against the park rules. Our family has enjoyed playing in and exploring the creek that lines one side of the park.- Cost: FREE!
- Best for Ages: All ages!
- Great For: A relaxing day that all ages can enjoy.
- Drawbacks: You might get dirty, bit by mosquitos, or a tick. Nature is awesome like that!
Aquaport (Maryland Heights, MO)
Aquaport 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.Discovery Playground (St. Charles, MO)
is an accessible water playground with a waterfall, a trickling creek, and jets.Emmenneger 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 on the other side of the creek, quiet trails, and a rocky beach.- Cost: FREE
- Best for Ages: All Ages
- Great For: Peace, quiet, adventure, views
- Drawbacks: Longer Drive
Lake Lou Yaeger (Litchfield)
is a nearby beach with lots to do. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday 12-5pm and weekends & holidays 11am-6pm, weather permitting! Lifejackets, water apparatus, and diving boards are available and included in entrance fee. Lifeguards are on staff and attentive.- Cost: $7 for adults, $5 for children aged 5-17. Under 5 admitted free.
- Best for Ages: Perfect for anyone comfortable in water. (Lifejackets are available and permitted for all ages. Lifejackets are required on blow ups.)
- Great For: Indoor fun in the winter, parties, an adventure near home.
- Drawbacks: Can get crowded.
Mastodon State Historic Site (Imperial, MO)
is a great river with a trail that follows a long rocky creek. At most points the creek is no deeper than 4 feet and full of crawdads.- Cost: FREE
- Best for Ages: Kids who are walking and swimming comfortably are the easiest visitors for unpaved trails, but there is a comfortable beach for little ones and a durable stroller will work on gravel paths.
- Great For: Finding crawdads, snakes, and turtles. Enjoying Nature.
- Drawbacks: Longer Drive and can get crowded.
Raging Rivers (Grafton)
has slides, lazy river, and pools. $5 for parking. $10 for a locker, which you get $5 back.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 a rocky shore. There are fallen trees to sit on at the shore. There is a bench nearby, 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 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
- Drawbacks: Longer Drive
Sylvan Springs Park (St. Louis, MO)
has water arches and water bubbles that erupt from the ground. There is also a playground and a skatepark. 300 Halsey, St. Louis, MO.Tilles Park (Ladue, MO)
has a Spray Pool in the Children's Playground with 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. 9551 Litzsinger Road.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.
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