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Taking a Hike in Carondelet Park

Carondelet Park is surrounded by Tudor homes and includes a historic boathouse around a lake with a fountain in the middle.

It is the third-largest park in St. Louis with 180-acres and has a two-mile loop walk.

I parked on Holly Hills Drive near the intersection of Holly Hills Boulevard and Grand Drive in the park. I wanted to walk along the biking/walking trail near some Tudor homes.

Walking here I stopped a few times and took some photos of brick homes with turrets, rounded castle fronts, and looking like they could be in the English countryside.

Many of the houses built around the park were constructed in the 1920s with the elegance of Hollywood, thus the name Holly Hills.

Next, I headed farther into the park passing by a sinkhole.

Along the shoreline of Horseshoe Lake, I startled some wood ducks and black and white geese that honked at me as they rushed into deeper waters.

Here I passed by some tall evergreens and saw a fountain in the middle.

A stone walkway divides the lake into two parts. Large white and gray rocks form the outside of the bridge with a round opening allowing fish and ducks to go through.

Across from the lake on Leona street is a home with brown bricks, a tall fireplace with a birdbath with a lime green background. A door with rounded windows above gives the thought of an elegant lady from the 1920s looking over at the park from her door above.

Nearby is a small bungalow with a tower. I imagine myself writing on an old typewriter in this tower, alone with my thoughts, as children fish in the lake across the road.

I came around the corner to Loughborough Avenue, where traffic whizzes by me, and across the street are red brick Tudor homes. Some have triangular roofs with rounded openings.

I walk towards a large playground. My son has spent warm summer days going down the slides and running between the towers on elevated walkways.

Another sinkhole is found back behind the playground area. The park is filled with these, little pockets of life for turtles and tadpoles to live.

I come down a hill and face the five-acre Boathouse Lake. In the middle, a large fountain shoots out water creating a rainbow of colors that pan out over the lake.

Ducks scurry about once more below me. Across the lake, is the Victorian boathouse with its gables, green arches, a red tile roof, and commanding view.

Down below it along the lake are docks that fishermen hope to catch a catfish or crappie from. When we lived in the city it was nice to sit down by the lake on the dock on hot summer days.

An old-fashioned pavilion with decorative railings and a small cupola comes into view as I walk towards Grand Drive.

Across the street is the historic Lyle House with a huge front porch. The park is on land previously held by Alexander Lacey Lyle.

I cross Grand Drive and take a one-mile walk that goes to the lower end of the park by a large mulch heap where St. Louis residents can pick up wood chips and compost for free.

Then the trail here goes by a shopping center where I stopped briefly for a Starbucks coffee.

I head down the trail to where it intersects with the River Des Peres Greenway. The greenway trail goes along the river for quite a few miles, so you could easily do a much longer hike.

After coming to the River Des Peres I walk back again to the park.

Before heading to my car on Holly Hills Drive, I walk down a small path leading to an area that attracts birds with large shrubs and grasses. I wonder if it was a pond at one time with a rock wall with cliffs around it.

After stopping here I am back to my car having walked a few miles exploring St. Louis City.

Two lakes, Tudor homes, and a trail that goes up and down some small hills allow for an interesting walk. I will come back here again. Although next time I will walk out of the park up Holly Hills Boulevard. This street has huge sycamores in between its two lanes and a wide variety of home styles.

The park is located in Carondelet which was originally a separate town settled in 1767 by a Frenchman named Clement Delor de Treget.

By the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, there were about 250 villagers. In 1870, Carondelet merged with the city of St. Louis in 1873.

Carondelet Park was dedicated on July 4, 1876, the centennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Added Attractions: The park also has a recreation center, sports fields, tennis courts, and horseshoe pits.

Drive: From downtown St. Louis, take Interstate 55 south. If you are coming from West County take Interstate 270 then go north on Interstate 55 to exit 202 for Loughborough Avenue. Turn onto Loughborough Avenue heading west with the park being on the north side of the road. Turn right onto Loughborough Drive to head into the park. I took a left on Holly Hills Drive to park along this street.

Hours: 6 am — 10 pm

A fairy garden, a little mermaid, and cement serpents can all be seen at Francis Park in St. Louis Hills.

The walk here is along a 1.9-mile paved trail with two loops going through the middle on opposite sides of a water garden.

This is the tale of two Tilles Parks, one located in Ladue, Mo., and one in St. Louis city, and their shared origin.

Surrounded by Victorian houses, Lafayette Park is where vintage baseball teams play in summer and where you can stroll through a rock garden grotto.

Compton Hill Water Tower stands 179 feet at the highest point in the city of St. Louis. It is an attraction in itself.

Victorian-era Tower Grove Park has one-of-a-kind picnic pavilions, one with a circus tent-like roof or another with Chinese dragons. It is my favorite park in St. Louis.

Victorian and Arts and Crafts homes overlook Clifton Heights Park with its fountain and boathouse.

Tall brick breweries surround Benton Park and caves go underground in the neighborhood and are all a part of its mystique.

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