Coldwater Creek is a picturesque tributary that parallels part of the trail in Fort Belle Fontaine Park. It flows through 15 miles of St. Louis County, spanning communities such as St. Ann, Berkeley, Ferguson, Florrisant, Hazelwood and Black Jack until it meets the Missouri River in Spanish Lake. Hezekiah Lard built a mill here before 1797. Fossils of the extinct Mastodon, Giant Ground Sloth and the Giant Beaver have been found in Coldwater Creek.
Read more about Coldwater Creek on the interpretive sign nearby on the trail.
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.
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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. 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.
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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