Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Staircase — Local services in Maryland Heights

Great place to get your HIIT workout on the outdoor stairs in amongst the trees, view of the lake in winter, occasional deer, and best of all, fresh air! Five times up and down is one mile (about 55 flights of stairs). One time up is 11 flights of stairs.. For starters, take your time and do one time up and down, couple days a week, and increase the times up and down super gradually. Be sure to stretch, especially the lower body afterwards These cement stairs are located across the street from the main boat ramp, at the end of a parking lot. Halfway up the stairs you could also take a 3.5-4 mile loop hike, just below the upper level of the Creve Coeur Lake park. It's hard packed dirt, with some tree roots and minor obstacles along the way. Beware of fast moving mountain bikers on the trail. Great...

Decided to visit the lower part of the park to see the extent of the flooding. Parked in the upper part of the park by the "Go Ape" registration building and took the stairs (a lot of people use them for exercise ) to the lower part of the park. With the road flooded and no vehicle traffic it was deserted and eerily quiet. Everything except a small part of the parking lot was flooded. There was also evidence of storm damaged trees. Last year there was a big project to remove Asian Carp from the lake which was pretty successful but some still remain. It will take awhile for the water to recede and then a major effort at clean up before the lake trail will...

The park staircase is a great way to get to the portions of the park that you can not access from the lake. It brings you up to the ball fields and some of the playgrounds.

It is not wheelchair friendly in the slightest, and if you are not fit (I'm not) you'll probably be gasping by the time you reach the top. It's well maintained and has benches intermittently for you to catch your breath. Trails split off along the staircase as well.

This is a fantastic place to get your...