Driving in St. Louis?
I made reservations at 370 Lakeside Park in St. Charles as a stopping point for our cross country trip this summer and plan to spend a day or 2 exploring St.Louis before heading out to Colorado. When...
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Matt_Colie wrote:
Flintsters
I have three things for you to look up.
The RV Park at Casino Queen RV Park across the river. I am told it is not a bad park, but we seem to go through there when it is not open. But the lot has a great place to dry camp.
Look at maps because that park is walking distance to the Tunerville Trolly that will take you into St. Louis. You will be looking right at the arch and the Museum of Western Expansion. (Plan half a day.) You don't have to fire up the truck and then find a place to park.
As you are traveling with kids, maybe even if not, look up Chahokia Mounds State Park. This is worth a half a day even if you don't go through the grounds. The might be a better stop on the way in as it is off I-55. Most people don't know that there were First People's cities as large as London of the same period.
To be completely honest, Chahokia is what started us paying attention of historic mounds in the country. We were amazed.
Matt
I'll echo what Matt posted- we stayed at the Casino Queen RV Park. To be honest, it's little more than a parking lot with stone between the sites and expensive for what it is ($50/night back in 2015). But honestly, I'd stay there again- we took the train to the Arch (using the casino's shuttle to get us from the RV park to the train stop).
And, we went out to Cahokia Mounds. We had a little trouble keeping our then 3 year old interested but he liked the million steps. I'm still mesmerized that they built these huge mounts one backpack of dirt at a time.
We drove to the St. Louis Zoo. It's free to get in, though there is a cost for a couple of things inside (like the train ride). We had a good day there, though.
Here are pictures from our stay, including some shots of the RV Park, view of the arch from the camper, our sight-seeing, and some random geyser thing that is nearby.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougsetzer/albums/72157657959389616
For the OP- if it were me, for a 2-day stay, I wouldn't want a 40 minute commute to go sight-seeing. If there is a RV park in the center of the city, I'm sure you can get to it. Maybe check RVParkReviews to see if anyone commented about difficulty in getting to it.
