Minnie Ha Ha Park — Attraction in Sunset Hills

If you want a smaller park that doesn't get packed full when the weather is nice that has walking and biking trails and even has a BMX park, soccer fields, and a few nice playgrounds, with access to walk down to the river or sit at a Pavillion overlooking the river, this place is for you! They also rent out pavilions for parties, family gatherings, or just because. I am however unaware of prices, but this place always looks beautiful, there's never trash or other refuse laying around, and they also have restrooms, granted I think they use the good ol hole in the ground with a nice seat situated over it but hey, when you gotta go you gotta go, and they are always clean. There's plenty of trashcans for public use, and they are emptied regularly. So if your looking for a nice place to take the kids, the dog, bike the trails or just walk around without being inundated with strangers in your space, this is the place to go. 10/10 for me, I prefer this park over the Fenton city...

Minnie Ha Ha Park was a nice recreation area by the Meramec River. There is a walking path that goes under the Route 30 bridge that links to Stieren Park.

These parks offer picnicing, playgrounds, soccer fields, beach volleyball, BMX track, baseball fields, and walking/biking paved paths. The roads and parking lots are black topped.

Along the walking trails, there are frequent benches to rest.

There are also primitive restrooms. No running water, but hand sanitizer is available.

The walking paths are wide and shared with bicycles. On the Minni Ha Ha side of the park, the trails have two short but steep slopes that were a challenge for mobility impaired. The trails on the Stieren Park side were mostly level, much easier walking.

The only real negative is that the parks are along Route 30, and there is a lot...

What can I say? My husband served in the US Navy up in the Seattle/Silverdale area for 8 years. Had both of our children up there. Moved down here when he decided to get out, as he is from Jefferson county. Both my kids were toddlers when we moved down here back in 2012... they grew up in this park and 60 other parks around town. When we got here, my very outdoorsy hubby bought us the book '60 Hikes within 60 Miles' within the St. Louis area. Before he passed away on August 1st, 2023, we had finished 75% of that book, and this park was where it began. Thank you St. Louis Parks and Recreation for giving us our...