Creve Coeur Park Picnic Site 1 — Attraction in Maryland Heights

I made the following rating three months ago. Unfortunately, new trail regulations are no solution for a prudent bicyclist. I have encountered fishermen casting from the bridge, children on bikes weaving into bicyclists' paths after the bicyclists announced themselves, people parking strollers and bikes on the trail, and walkers walk two abreast to block the lane and who will not move to the side to allow someone to pass after that person announces himself, regardless of how crowded the oncoming land is. Also, there are still a few bicyclists who go too fast and do not announce themselves when passing, and I have been nearly hit by some. If they would only buy a bell ($7) no one would have trouble hearing them. With etiquette as it is now, I do not think a trail that is 100 ft wide would be enough.

Very Careless Use of the Walking and Bicycle Trail

I used the trail for about two miles on a bicycle today. In that two miles, I had a three year old girl cross the trail and come straight at me with her small bicycle. Her father made no attempt to counsel her. I avoided her. One oncoming man approached from the middle of the trail on a tricycle, and he would yield to no one. A woman and two of her children blocked my side of a trail while her toddler was in the oncoming lane deciding if she wanted to listen to her mother. So at that point, I turned around to leave the park. A four or five year old boy abruptly stopped peddling and laid his bicycle down in the middle of the crowded trail. As I approached the parking lot, two young women abruptly turned around, crossed the trail directly in front of me, and forced me to stop.

Generally, I announce myself very often, and I did not announce for these ladies because they were on my extreme right. Abruptly, they made a 90 degree turn, made no attempt to look for oncoming trail users, and blocked my movement to cross to the extreme left side of the trail. I must say, however, that when a bicycle rider announces him/herself, many people ignore the announcement. Also, many toddlers and kindergarten age children are not supervised; sometimes the parents are not in the line of sight of the children.

Here are some suggestions to make the trails great again:

Some pets are under good control, and some are not. There is plenty of space, so the County might want to develop a separate pet park or trail, or require short leashes on the trail.

Updated regulations requiring due caution on the part of people walking on the trail as well as people using bicycles.

Establishing a minimum age under which a child must be in an adult's immediate and prudent supervision. That would mean the ability to see the child, awareness of what the child is doing, and ability to instruct him or her.

Another minimum age before a child could ride a bicycle on a trail. For example, a four year old does not have the strength or the discernment to use a bicycle safely on a crowded trail.

If you ride a bicycle, 15 miles an hour when the public is present is tops, and if the trail is crowded, you might be closer to 8 or 10 miles an hour. The way people were behaving today, 5 mph was dangerous. Today, a jogger would have been forced to walk in some stretches by the conduct I witnessed. Do not assume that pedestrians...

The negative reviews on here are ridiculous, it's so sad how people can't appreciate things!! I live in North County STL and trust me the parks over here will give you more to complian about than some children in the way or someone not ringing a bell. I lived most of my life in Virginia Beach and New Hampshire, I have been stuck in NORTH County Misery for 6 year's. I just started back bike riding again and was hoping to find a beautiful Park that reminded me of home!!! I tried Riverview Park trails with the chain of rocks bridge which isn't amazing but I was OK with it, only to find out there have been several raps, murders, mugging's and there bodies thrown off the bridge!!! Oh yeah don't let me forget to mention the drug dealers in the parking lot!! I was feeling so down and discouraged until I found this park!!! I can ride and feel safe and I don't have to carry a knife, I like the fact other people are around its comforting, it is clean and well maintained, there are a lot of different trails to bike or walk on, bird watching, fishing, boats and lot's of nature, what more can you ask for, I wish it was closer to me I would go everyday!! It's worth the 24min drive though, everybody you won't be disappointed going to this park...

Last Saturday my son, husband and I went for a walk in Creve Coeur Park as we have for the last 20 years. In the last year I have been recovering a fracture knee so it is important for me to walk and use my leg. There was a 3 k race going on at the same time. As always, we follow the rule of staying to the right and when passing anyone, we always let them know we are going on their left. I was almost done walking around the lake when a man ran up behind me and pushed me off the path. He was one of the runners in the race. I was shocked. He turned back and yelled that he yelled "Track" which ment that I needed to get off the path and then continued to keep running. My son was with me and of course was upset and concerned that I had hurt my knee. As we came up to the finish line, the man was there. My son and I went over to let him know that there is no reason to hit, push, or knock over anyone on the path and that he should have just passed on the left like everyone was. He continued to say that even if the park was open to the public, the public needed to stay off the path and he felt he was justified in pushing me. Needless to say, I know this was one bad experience but I will think twice about going...