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Des Peres Park
Park
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Des Peres
Des Peres, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 3% of Des Peres is conserved land, roughly 83 acres. Des Peres has 5 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Des Peres, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Des Peres outdoors
Conserved land
3%
83 of 2,754 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.4 mi
0.9 mi lanes · 2.4 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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Sugar Creek Park
Park
18 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area
Nature preserve
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Phantom Forest Conservation Area
Nature preserve
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Des Peres
Unnamed playground in Sugar Creek Park
Unnamed playground in Sugar Creek Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Des Peres Park
Unnamed playground in Des Peres Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
83 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
- Baseball5
- Pickleball3
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Des Peres
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 72 acState Conservation Area 11 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Peres ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 42 | Open |
| Sugar Creek ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Phantom Forest Conservation AreaState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 11 | Restricted |
| Pioneer ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Sunrise ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Harwood ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
St. Paul's Lutheran CemetaryCemetery
Nearby
Des Peres and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Peres | 3% | 0.4 mi | 5 |
| Kirkwood | 1.1% | 4.4 mi | 9 |
| Town and Country | 0.5% | 8.5 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Des Peres's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.