Voting season in St. Louis: Cast your (daily?) ballot for Forest Park & Variety Wonderland Playground in this poll of the nation's Best City Parks: www.forestparkforever.org/news/2026/ca...
Smoke from a localized, controlled burn rises next to a pedestrian path in Successional Forest in Forest Park. The glass walls of the Jewel Box rise in the background among evergreen trees.
Another successful prescribed burn in the Forest Park Nature Reserve on Wednesday! Our nonprofit conservancy updates this page to show what's happening (and what was achieved!) during these burns: 🔥 www.forestparkforever.org/burn-alert
One way to celebrate your loved one and your beloved park: a symbolic gift of flowers #ForestPark4ever 💌 We'll send the card! www.forestparkforever.org/tributes
Government Hill is blanketed with white snow and sunshine, two pine trees tower over the landscape, and the World's Fair Pavilion with its two towers form the background.
Six more weeks of winter ☃️
How is Forest Park Forever creatively protecting spring bulbs? 🌲 #ForestPark4ever
forestparkforever.org/blog/2026/cr...
A person in a winter coat stands in the snow by a tree with a pink sled leaning against it, while their leashed dog looks toward the sledding action on Art Hill.
A black dog walks on leash surrounded by a blanket of snow and trees in Forest Park.
Please paws for dogs enjoying the snow in Forest Park! ❄️ 🐾
#ForestPark4ever #ForestParkStL #ForestParkStLouis #ForestPark #ForestParkPic
Following the winter storm, we'll delay reopening the Visitor Center in Forest Park until 10 a.m. on Monday.
Due to the winter storm, the Visitor Center in Forest Park is closed the rest of Saturday and all of Sunday, Jan. 24-25. www.forestparkmap.org/alerts
Coming later in 2026: partnering with City of STL to enhance access + add amenities at the Lagoon Drive entrance from Skinker Boulevard. It's 1 of 3 Forest Park entrances set to receive improvements over the next few years. www.forestparkforever.org/news/lagoon-...
Grass fills the foreground of the bare, concrete north wall of Forest Park's racquetball court as full leaf trees peek into the frame capped with a bright blue sky.
Beau Stanton's artistic submission for the north wall of the racquetball courts in Forest Park.
Joseph Mueller's artistic submission for the north wall of the racquetball courts in Forest Park.
Moses Ball's artistic submission for the north wall of the racquetball courts in Forest Park.
What do you think? 🎨 In fall 2025 #ForestPark4ever & the City of St. Louis released a Call for Artists to design & install a unique mural on the racquetball courts in Forest Park. Learn about this project & the 3 advancing artists: forestparkforever.org/public-art
The Forest Park Visitor and Education center is open with regular hours (6 a.m.–8 p.m.) today, Monday, January 19.
The #ForestPark4ever offices are closed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's cold but a beautiful day to be outside! ☀️ forestparkforever.org/visitor-center
Have you seen "Yours Forever" at the History Museum? Our VP of Community Initiatives discussed Forest Park's past (150!), present and future with them on St. Louis on the Air. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
🚨 Due to the snowstorm, the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center in Forest Park will close at 4 pm today (Monday, Dec. 1)
www.forestparkmap.org/alerts
🚨 Due to the snowstorm, the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center in Forest Park is closed for the remainder of Saturday, Nov. 29.
A person stands on a stone platform at the edge of Jefferson Lake in Forest Park, fishing pole cast above the water.
'Tis the season 🐟 Jefferson Lake has been restocked with trout by Mo. Dept. of Conservation! 🎣 Regulations and dates here: mdc.mo.gov/fishing/spec...
Two volunteers crouch in Successional Forest as they place a young sapling tree in the ground.
Two volunteers dig with shovels to create the hole for a new tree to be planted in the Nature Playscape.
A truckbed holds dozens of young trees ready to be planted, of which 12 are visible in 20-gallon buckets. The trees' trunks are wrapped in protective white coating.
HUGE thanks to the nearly 200 volunteers who helped us plant hundreds of trees in Forest Park Sunday. You're helping restore and sustain #ForestParkForever
Yellow strands from the bloom of a witch hazel tree spread out before the tree's double-trunk.
Pssst...the champion witch hazel is blooming, over by the Victorian Bridge.
We're touched by the support and volunteer interest in Forest Park's recovery. Our team and City partners have been working hard since the moment the tornado hit. Here's info on ways to help and what to know if visiting outdoor spaces. www.forestparkforever.org/tornado-reco...
Yellow magnolia blooms from a tree in the foreground with a tribute tree tag hanging from a branch and a tribute bench in the background in Forest Park.
Red and yellow magnolia blooms mix in the foreground with the roof of the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center in the background in Forest Park.
If you can't see the forest for the trees then you're probably near a magnolia. 💛
Water spills over Wise Falls as Forest Park Forever members in the background plant trees and shrubs on the hillside leading up to Clayton Avenue.
The Taylor Kindle River extension curves to Jefferson Lake, as Forest Park Forever staff members crouch and kneel to plant small grass plugs along the water's edge.
The finishing touches for the East Waterways project are coming together this spring. Thursday we did an all-staff planting morning to help the team that manages this zone: About 3-4,000 plugs and shrubs planted that morning!
White and black chess pieces are arranged on a concrete chess table outside, with yellow daffodils and green grass in the background
We now have chess tables outside the Visitor Center, and you can check out pieces from the Information Desk inside. ♟️The tables were previously next to Steinberg Rink but have been relocated due to construction of the Glade.
🔗 forestparkmap.org/chess-tables
An aerial over Post-Dispatch Lake and the Boathouse in Forest Park facing east shows the Saint Louis Arch centered in a sprawling cityscape illuminated by a bright orange sky.
I see the Arch! Happy 314 Day, St. Louis. Come play in Forest Park and visit our friends at the Art Museum, History Museum, Zoo, Science Center and more. SO many amenities make this an amazing and very St. Louis urban park.
Two yellow blooms pop up out of green stems of a daffodil, with the Victorian Bridge in Forest Park in the background.
Hello friends 💛 Many more daffodils will be blooming all over Forest Park very soon. And we can’t wait!
#ForestPark4ever #ForestParkStL #ForestParkStLouis #ForestPark #ForestParkPic #StL #StLouis
Thank you for sharing! Our team loves working here and taking care of it...and seeing the smiles from everyone who enjoys this amazing space!
Voting season? USA Today has nominated Forest Park as a Best City Park + our fully accessible Variety Wonderland Playground in the 10Best Readers' Choice Awards poll. Vote *daily* here through April 7:
forestparkforever.org/vote
The beloved @forestparkforever.bsky.social, which will complete its East Waterways renovation this spring, reveals designs for its next project: The Glade.
Due to the winter storm, the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center in Forest Park will delay opening until 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
www.forestparkmap.org/alerts
To answer the Forest Park Master Plan, how do you turn an aging outdoor ice rink and 68-year-old building into a space that supports that *plus* year-round activity? The STL community gave us lots of ideas, and we have an exciting plan. #Steinberg #TheGlade www.forestparkforever.org/news/steinbe...
Call or email the contact info here and someone on our team can check the records: www.forestparkforever.org/tributes
A caregiver and child relax on a refurbished tree trunk between two tall trees in early spring, with yellow daffodils blooming among green leaves.
Is that a wood snake? 🌳 🐍 Nope. Just some beautiful repurposed trees in the 17-acre Anne O'C. Albrecht Nature Playscape in #ForestPark. For kids *and* adults to explore.
