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Vote for Forest Park

USA Today experts once again recognize Forest Park as a Best City Park in their 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. This year, we are honored that our fully accessible Variety Wonderland Playground is in the poll for the Best Public Playground in the country!

Vote for Forest Park every day through April 7.

Survey: Help Us Refresh the Boathouse

We’re partnering with the City to design updates to the Boathouse in Forest Park. Our goal is to enhance the overall facility experience for visitors while attracting more guests during the winter months in the Park.

Complete the survey and enter to win a gift card to the Boathouse!

Summer aerial rendering of the Glade, 22.5 acres from the Taylor Kindle River to Kingshighway

Imagine the Glade: an all-season vision for Steinberg and eastern Forest Park

Forest Park Forever and the City of St. Louis are proud to unveil designs for the Glade. This community-driven project is supported by a $100 million fundraising campaign that will transform Steinberg and its surrounding 22.5 acres for all-season activity.

View designs for the Glade | Read the announcement

Fire experts control a line of fire burning through Klein Prairie in Forest Park.

Prescribed Burn Season until April 2025

It is the season for prescribed burns in Forest Park, now through April 2025.

Controlled burning is an essential management tool for Missouri's habitats and our conservancy is happy to report over a decade of successful prescribed burns in partnership with the City of St. Louis. Data our experts have collected indicates, the ability to repeatedly and consistently burn in Forest Park’s Nature Reserve contributes to the habitat’s diversity and overall good health.

Learn more about controlled burning in Forest Park.

Aerial map of Forest Park that is mostly grayscale. The Taylor Kindle river and Forest Park's many lakes are hued blue, and the flora surrounding each waterway is hued green. A box of yellow dashes contain numbers 1-4 that mark th main project sites — A map of Forest Park highlighting the waterways

East Waterways Project

The scope of this multi-year project is to complete the connection of the Park’s waterways. The third and final phase is underway, with construction all around Jefferson Lake, which will be connected to the Taylor Kindle River.

Learn more about the full project here.

Anglers take note that Jefferson Lake (3 on the map, left) is being restored and will not be stocked with trout during the 2024-25 fishing season.