Even more explorations of a bunch of places in St. Louis and its suburbs.
In my last post, I covered a few of the places I have visited in St. Louis since moving back to the area. Here’s some more. As in last time, every place listed here is less than an hour from the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis.
Starting with the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis proper. I was greatly surprised in how lovely this garden was. I went in May just in time for lots of blooms.
Outside of St. Louis proper is the Shaw Nature Preserve, another branch of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It’s a much larger park, with lots of different trails.
Next up is Castlewood State Park on the outskirts of St. Louis. This park actually surprised me. It’s one of the nicer Missouri state parks. I hiked the River Scene Trail on a surprisingly cool June afternoon. It was in the low 70s as a high. It was wonderful.
On the other side of the Meramec River, there are two wildlife parks. One free and one a non-profit that saves injured birds. Both great. Lone Elk Park is a free St. Louis County park with free ranging elk and bison.
Last stop is the World Bird Sanctuary. They take in injured birds until they can be released or gives injured birds a new home.
The St. Louis area actually has quite a bit to do. There are a bunch of free museums, a free zoo, parks and even bison. Enough to keep one busy for a while.
Check out my next update where I find a bunch of fungus!
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