During the 1930's craftsmen and laborers from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) at Fort Belle Fontaine created many limestone structures with stone quarried from the site. A formal garden area and grandiose stairway with lily ponds and fountains placed at several levels is the highlight of these structures. Imagine decorative flowering trees planted on the slopes and large cast iron light fixtures providing light for those using the stairs in the evening. How lovely it must have been when First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, attended a concert performed by the WPA Orchestra on the steps of the Grand Staircase on Sunday, November 6, 1939.
Park hours are 8 a.m. to one half hour past official sunset. The park shares property with a state facility, so there is a guard gate at the entrance of the property. Sign in as a park visitor.
IF ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR DAMAGE IS NOTICED IN A ST. LOUIS COUNTY PARK, PLEASE CALL 314-615-8911 AND REPORT IT.
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NOTICE: Please be respectful of the posted park hours. If you enter the park after hours you are trespassing. If you are stopped you can be ticketed or arrested and will put the future of geocaching in the parks in jeopardy. |
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Special permission to hide caches in St. Louis County parks is NOT needed as long as the Groundspeak rules are followed. "Blanket Permission" has been worked out in advance with the park service. DO NOT CALL THE PARK as they cannot handle the calls. The Groundspeak cache reviewer does need to know exactly how and where the caches are hidden and what type of containers are used. The geocaching liaisons will notify the park service of new caches. Remember NO AMMO BOXES or PVC PIPE caches. |
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