Parks in Greater St. Louis are administered by a variety of state, county, and municipal authorities. The region also is home to Gateway Arch National Park, site of the Gateway Arch, the only National Memorial in the state of Missouri. Among the largest municipal parks is Forest Park, which is 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 respectively. St. Louis County is also the location of two large state parks, Babler State Park with and Castlewood State Park with . The largest state park in the region is Meramec State Park, located near Sullivan, Missouri, with 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 the of Forest Park to less the than of Aboussie Park. 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. +Parks owned by the city of St. LouisNorth CityCreated †Central CorridorCreated †South CityCreated †Amherst Park1970Aloe Plaza1931Aboussie Park1981Barrett Brothers Park1947Aloe Plaza West1969Alaska Park1995Beckett Playground1959Citygarden ‡‡2009Amberg Park1963Busche Park1913Forest Park1876Bellerive Park1908Chambers Park1966Franz Park1915Benton Park1866Columbus Square Park1980Gateway Mall Plaza1970Berra Park1945DeSoto Park1908Greg Freeman Park1980Buder Playground1912Dickman Park1938Kaufmann Park1932Carnegie Park1899Eugene "Tink" Bradley Park1958Kiener Plaza1962Carondelet Lions Park1929Fairground Park1908Kingsbury Square Park1980Carondelet Park1929Father Filipiak Park1980Lucas Gardens Park1857Cherokee Park1924Fountain Park1889Memorial Plaza1932Chouteau Park2008Fourteenth Street Mall1976Phillip Lucier Park1980Christy Park1910Frank Williamson Sr. Park (Parkland Park)1968Poelker Park1986Clifton Heights Park1912Gregory J. Carter Park1951Samuel Kennedy Park2007Compton Hill Reservoir Park ‡1867Gwen Giles Park1959Serra Sculpture Park1981Eads Square Park1979Hamilton Heights Park2002Taylor Park2008Fanetti Plaza1979Hickey Park1947Washington Square Park1840Fox Park1917Hyde Park1947Francis Park1916Ivory Perry Park1961Francis R Slay Park1926Jackson Place Park1816Fremont Park1963Jet Banks Park1963Gravois Park1812Loretta Hall Park1842Joe Leisure Park2000Marie Fowler Park1981Laclede Park1812Murphy Park1962Lafayette Park1838Norman Seay Park1936Lindenwood Park1947North Riverfront Park ‡1980Lyon Park1868O'Fallon Park1908Marquette Park1915Penrose Park1910McDonald Park1928Rumbold Park1945Mestres Park1937Russell Park1950Minnesota and Hill Park1924Ruth Porter Mall1975Minnie Wood Memorial Square1925Sherman Park1917Mount Pleasant Park1812St. Louis Place Park1850Pontiac Square Park1908Strodtman Park1924Ray Leisure Park1958Tandy Park1918River Des Peres Extension1954Turner Playground1937River Des Peres Park1926Unity Park2004Sister Marie Charles Park1982Vivian Astra Park1921Soulard Market Park1908W. C. Handy Park1941St. Louis Square Park1882Walnut Park1974St. Marcus Commemorative Park1977Windsor Park1947Sublette Park1915Yeatman Square Park1906Terry Park1945 † Dates based on city ordinance date establishing park. ‡ Parks owned by the city and maintained by the St. Louis Water Division. ‡‡ Citygarden is owned by the city and maintained by the Gateway Foundation. ± Tower Grove Park is owned by the city and maintained by a Tower Grove Park Board of Commissioners.Tiffany Park1980Tilles Park1957Tower Grove Park ±1868Willmore Park1947
Non-municipally owned parks The city of St. Louis is also home to several public parks that are owned by other entities. Among these is Baer Plaza, owned and maintained by CVC/Sports Authority, Gateway Arch National Park, owned and maintained by the National Park Service, Kiel Triangle Park, owned by the Bi-State Development Agency, and Luther Ely Smith Park, owned and maintained by the National Park Service.
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 National 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 Owned by St. Louis County NameArea (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 Stacy Park 35 West 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.