Compton Hill Reservoir Park — Attraction in St. Louis

I walked in this park after work today. It's always nice and quiet. On one side it has a tennis court, playground and swing set. On the other side it has the Tower and a nice pond. There's several benches to rest on. There's a nice paced walkway that goes throughout the entire park. There's a dog park located near the playground, but the sign said you have to have some type of membership. You may have to be a home owner in the surrounding neighborhood, but I'd suggest to contact the City of St. Louis to inquire. You can still walk your dogs here and there's doggie stations set up with supplies just in case your doggie takes a poop. This is a family friendly park for all to enjoy. The Tower is actually a museum that's open certain weekends throughout the summer. It's no more than $5 for entry and I've been once. It's very nice, but hot inside the Tower. It takes maybe 15 minutes to get to the top, but once you do, there's a beautiful view of the City. So have your...

Compton Hill is one of my favorite parks in South City! It isn't very big, and parts of it are overgrown, but the structures within and the surrounding neighborhood are beautiful.

Being on S. Grand & close to so many restaurants, this park is great to hit up after a meal for your fart walk.

I have yet to go into the water tower. Unfortunately, I heard the full-moon tours have ended. Hope to be proved wrong or the tours are brought back.

Coming here at night, you might still get full-moon views, either from the vantage point of the reservoir or some...

Cute park. Clean and easily accessible. The playground equipment is pretty standard but in decent condition. There is also a walking path that wraps around the water reservoir if you want to take a quick walk and see the water tower and decent views of the Arch. Negatives are that its somewhat noisy, being right off of I-44, and as previously mentioned, its not different than most other playgrounds these days. However, if you are a parent with young children who playground hops for a change of scenery, its worth...