Forest Park

Forest Park Forever, a private, nonprofit organization, was founded in 1986 to work in partnership with the City of St. Louis and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry to make Forest Park a premier urban park. Over the past decade, more than $94 million has been invested in the restoration of this community treasure.

Forest Park is an active participant in the St. Louis community and a unique cultural institution that is vitally important to the entire region, regardless of age, race, or economic background. 130 years after its official opening, the Park has undergone a renaissance. The goal is to ensure that Forest Park remains an extraordinary resource for future generations.

* More than 12 million visitors a year use Forest Park.
* Hundreds of thousands come to participate in softball, cricket, rugby, tennis, golf, archery, lacrosse and soccer. They also ride bikes, ice and roller skate, roller-blade, jog, fish and boat.
* An estimated half million people attend special events, such as the Great Forest Park Balloon Race, each year and an additional half million patronize The Muny.
* Within Park boundaries there is a primary forest, a secondary successional forest, and several fragile ecosystems.
* There are approximately 18,000 trees in Forest Park.