Individual donors and supporting members sustain Forest Park for generations to enjoy.

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.

The Perfect Gift in Forest Park

A tax-deductible tribute gift is a unique way to celebrate, commemorate and honor someone special. Your gift of flowers, a tree, brick* or bench will help us restore, maintain and sustain Forest Park for the next generation.

Learn more and make a tribute gift.

*Receive $150 discount when you purchase a tribute brick and tribute tree together.

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!

Friday, May 2, 2025 is the 10th Anniversary of the Young Friends of Forest Park’s Golf Tournament

Young Friends’ 10th Annual Golf Tournament in the Park

The Young Friends of Forest Park Forever are hosting their 10th Annual Golf Tournament at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course in Forest Park on May 2. Non-golfers are welcome too. All proceeds support the daily care and maintenance of Forest Park.

Get details and register your team of four here.

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.

Follow progress of the 20-month project on the construction update page here.

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.