Adventures Paddling St. Francis River Whitewater If you want to do whitewater kayaking within 3 hours of St. Louis, the Saint Francis river is your main option. It has good class... July 16, 2024 1.5K
Paddling Meramec River – Section 1 Section 1 of the Meramec starts at the river’s source at Short Bend and traverses 78.6 miles to Campbell Bridge Access. By most accounts, the... May 27, 2024 1.2K
Destinations Garden of the Gods Formed more than 320 million years ago, the wind and rain have sculpted these sandstone formations into some of the most stunning and extraordinary rock... October 3, 2023 1.6K
Hiking Salt Lick Point Land And Water Reserve Jutting unexpectedly out of bottomland farms, a spine of limestone bluffs walls out of the lowland farms of the Mississippi river valley in Illinois. The... February 14, 2022 2.9K
Destinations Chain Of Rocks Bridge Part of the famed, historic Route 66, the Chain Of Rocks Bridge provides historic nastalgia along with great views of a particularly interesting section of... January 17, 2022 3.7K
Activities Disc Golf around St. Louis Part hiking, part golf, part frisbee, part social. January 6, 2022 2.1K
Activities Rock Climbing Rockwoods Reserve Rock Climbing Bluff The St. Louis area has needed a good, free, nearby, outdoor climbing area for a long time. There is certainly no lack of limestone bluffs... December 26, 2021 2.6K
Rock Climbing Rock Climbing at Pere Marquette State Park Fun, free outdoor rock climbing limestone bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River just an hour from St. Louis in a beautiful Illinois State Park. May 30, 2021 2.2K
Adventures Destinations Lower Meramec River – Section III This 76 mile section of the Meramec River starts near St. Clair, Missouri and ends at the Mississippi River near Arnold. It is far more... January 30, 2021 6.9K
Destinations Engelmann Woods Natural Area Wet Weather Waterfalls and Streams I enjoyed this area so much the first time I visited that I decided I needed to go back 7... January 25, 2021 2.7K
