Forest Park

Forest Park is a public in western St. Louis, Missouri. It is a prominent civic center and covers 1,326 acres. Opened in 1876, more than a decade after its proposal, the park has hosted several significant events, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and the 1904 Summer Olympics.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: large city park in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
  • Also known as: “Forest Park (St. Louis)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jewel Box and The Muny.

Garden
Photo: Marcus Qwertyus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Art Deco display greenhouse in Forest Park, , . Designed by William C. E. Becker and completed in 1936 with Public Works Administration support, it replaced earlier seasonal greenhouse displays and became a permanent floral conservatory.

Theater building
Photo: Dalstadt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre is an amphitheater located in , . The theatre seats 11,000 people with about 1,500 free seats in the last nine rows that are available on a first come, first served basis.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , , United States. With paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from around the world, its three-story building stands in Forest Park in , Missouri, where it is visited by up to a half million people every year.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheltenham and Clayton–Tamm, St. Louis.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is bound by Forest Park on the north, Macklind on the east, Manchester Avenue on the south, and Hampton Avenue on the west.

Neighborhood
Clayton–Tamm is a historic St Louis neighborhood and once an Irish-American enclave located near the western border of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, just south of Forest Park.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.

Forest Park

Latitude
38.63727° or 38° 38′ 14″ north
Longitude
-90.28261° or 90° 16′ 57″ west
Elevation
489 feet (149 metres)
Open location code
86CFJPP8+WX
Geo­Names ID
4386955
Wiki­data ID
Q594411
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Satellite Map

Discover Forest Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Forest Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة الغابة (سانت لويس)”
  • Arabic: “حديقة الغابة”
  • Catalan: “Forest Park”
  • Cebuano: “Forest Park”
  • Chinese: “森林公園 (聖路易斯)”
  • Chinese: “森林公園”
  • Dutch: “Forest Park”
  • French: “Forest Park”
  • German: “Forest Park”
  • Japanese: “フォレスト・パーク”
  • Japanese: “フォレストパーク”
  • Spanish: “Forest Park”
  • Swedish: “Forest Park”

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Localities in the Area

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