A.B. Green Athletic Complex features a soccer field, basketball and tennis courts, a playground and numerous picnic tables and grills. The athletic complex is located at Laclede Station Road and Dale Avenue. Parking is available at The Church of God in Christ next door, through the lot's entrance is on Dale Avenue. The playground features climbing ropes, a steering wheel and four slides.
Wapelhorst Park provides residents who live on the western side of the city with a place to swim, barbecue and play. The park has sand volleyball courts, baseball fields, a small fishing pond and picnic pavillions, which can be reserved.
Community members can also reserve the Gould Building, which can accommodate up to 100 guests and is available to rent from 10am - 11pm. The Gould building includes a kitchen and can be reserved by calling 636-949-3372.
The Wapelhorst Aquatic Facility has a pool and many slides, including a five-story speed slide. Patrons must be at least 12 to attend by themselves. The facility is open between the end of May and mid August.
People of all ages can still "get their kicks" from Route 66 State Park, which highlights the history and mystique of what was called the Main Street of America or the Mother Road from 1926 onward. The park is located along the original Route 66 corridor, with a 1935 roadhouse Bridgehead Inn housing the visitors' center. Displays of actual road signs and other memorabilia draw visitors into yesteryears when the route symbolized American mobility, independence and adventure. Managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the park features trails for walking, bicyclists and equestrians. One side of it meets the Burlington Northern Railroad, and from the other side visitors can launch their boats into the Meramec River. For those who want to take Americana home with them, the shop at the visitors' center offers all types of Route 66 souvenirs.
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic was the site where Missouri's first legislators met to discuss the task of reoganizing Missouri's previous government into a progressive state system. Heated debates and intense discussions regarding the future of Missouri's state government and its slavery laws were held from June 4, 1821 to October 1, 1826 at this location.
Visitors can tour the restored and furnished rooms where Missouri's state government was created and first practiced for a nominal fee. Admission is free to the historic site's interpretive center, which offers two floors of exhibits and an orientation show. Tours are on the hour and group rates are available.
Walker Park was donated to the City of Kirkwood in 2004 by Earl and Myrtle Walker. The Walkers also donated the butterfly chair and bronze turtles that sit within the park. The park features a gazebo, playground, walking path, drinking fountain and two game tables.
This park could be considered the jewel in the crown of Sunset Hills' parks. There are two miles of paved trails. A lake is surrounded by benches and trees with a wooden footbridge crossing at one end. There is the community swimming pool (open Memorial Day through Labor Day) and pool house for private party rentals. A nine-hole disc (or Frisbee) golf course winds through the park's 28 acres of foliage. Playgrounds, picnic shelters, basketball courts, volleyball court and tennis courts round out the range of options. The full-service Community (and fitness) Center sits on the Lindbergh Boulevard side of the park. The pool entrance is along West Watson Road. This is the headquarters for all sorts of sports leagues and activities.