Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park — Attraction in Maryland Heights

My overall experience with this park was positive. This was my first time visiting it! As you will see from the myriad photos I uploaded, there are many things to see and do, here. In the first place, there is an area for going out on the lake and enjoying it! By area, I'm specifically referring to the area whereby one can rent kayaks and mini-rafts to go out on the water and travel from one end of the lake to the other.

Furthermore, I noticed how large the park was, on the whole! Half of my pictures--in the area where I uploaded 100 plus photos--are from one side of the park. The other half are from a completely different area of the park where one has to traverse through a number of roads and turns and such in order to get there. You will also see that I found several spots that could be the equivalent of small gems! Areas that were very scenic and had little paths and walkways that opened up to beautiful views of the lake from afar.

In yet another area of the park, which I guess would be a third area, there is a hill that one can travel upward to another loan shelter. This larger shelter gives way to a gorgeous view of the sun over the lake! As you can imagine, if one should be up there at the right time, one can experience a gorgeous view of the sun setting. That particular shelter also has a jungle gym area off to itself. Unfortunately, the jungle gym was presently closed to the public (even though there were a number of children playing in that area and their parents allowed them to play over there, despite the area being closed...)

You might say to yourself, "If the park is this beautiful, why not give them five stars instead of four stars?" Well that's simple! It's because of the fact that the lawns, on the whole, were NOT very well-manicured! I found that quite disappointing. A park so beautiful and vast as this one should have lawns that are manicured to match the grandeur and beauty of its location. In addition, some of the trash cans were a bit overrun. Granted it was a holiday, I would still think and/or hope that the park would care enough to ensure that things were not so messy!

I'll leave you with this final Point: If you have never visited this park in your lifetime, make it a point to do so! Even if it means traveling from another city and stayed, the commute would be worth it. I'm glad I finally had the opportunity to visit Creve Coeur Lake Park. And don't forget to see all the wildlife! I passed a number of deer walking about the...

Beautiful lake, great loop surrounding it, accessible to walkers, joggers, bikers, boarders, etc, and it also loops around to other smaller bodies of water and a dog walking trail (don't take your bike here). I do think that if you want to get on a bike or skates and go fast and without stopping, you should find a time when it is not packed. The area is so nice, and also next to the golf courses, that the main walking path is often quite busy with pedestrians. You can weave in and out carefully but there comes a time when it simply doesn't work.

The disc golf course views the lake many times and just got a remodel. It's known for being fairly beginner friendly but also sort-of long holes, allowing for people to throw fast and far without danger of losing discs.

You can rent canoes and kayaks when they are open and there is a rowing club.

I've gone here for years, ran and biked miles here. It's really a nice place, just very...

This is a beautiful park and multiuse as well. You can bike around the 6mile lake, you can rent a kayak or canoe or bring your own and paddle along, you can walk, run, play volleyball, or disk golf, or actual golf. You can mountain bike in the trails around the lake or hike in them (there is a good 2 hours worth of trails in addition to the trail around the lake). You can also tree climb there with Go Ape. There are baseball fields in the memorial park, also tennis courts. There are plenty of barbecue pits with benches, and some playgrounds for kids as well with little fountains in the summer. Needless to say, you will not be bored! You can also see wild life, there are plenty of deer, squirels, birds of pray such as hawks and falcons, if you are lucky you will see an eagle behind the lake. There are also snakes and all sorts of other animals you can expect to see in the...