Outdoor Adventures

Little Sliders Club at Slick City

Eckert's Fall Festival and Apple Picking

Wagon rides out to the apple and pumpkin fields, a petting zoo, playground and country store bakery. Weekends add live music and a kids' entertainm...

The Great Forest Park Balloon Glow and Race

Great Forest Park Balloon Race

The Friday night Balloon Glow and Saturday afternoon race are both free, and both are unforgettable for small kids. Bring a blanket, arrive early a...

Thies Farm Pumpkinland

A long-running family farm with a pumpkin patch, slides, jumping pillow, barn animals and a produce market. One admission covers the play areas. We...

Stuckmeyer's Farm Fall Festival

South County farm with a pumpkin patch, hayrides, corn maze and farm market. Smaller and less overwhelming than the big operations. Free parking on...

Rombachs Farm Pumpkin Patch

West County pumpkin patch with a corn maze, hayrides, farm animals and a fall play area. Haunted trail runs later in the evening for older kids. Ca...

Best of Missouri Market

More than a hundred Missouri growers and makers fill the Garden grounds for one October weekend, with a kids' area and live music. Admission includ...

Halloween Nights at Grant's Farm

The tram runs through a decorated deer park, and the Tier Garten fills with trick-or-treat stops, hay bale mazes and costumed staff. Not-scary by d...

Garden Glow

A million lights across the Garden with a light tunnel, s'mores stations and the Climatron glowing from inside. The loop is paved and stroller-frie...

First Day Hike at Castlewood State Park

Missouri State Parks' free New Year's Day guided hike, here along the Meramec River bluffs. Roughly two miles with a stair climb to the overlook. F...