A full-sized gymnasium for basketball and volleyball, meeting room, fitness room, and playground are available for patrons of Affton Community Center.

The center regularly schedules exercise/fitness and recreational programs, including volleyball, basketball, dance, babysitter skills, karate, and tumbling.

Basketball, soccer, dance/poms, karate, volleyball, drama, and drawing summer camps are held here for schoolage children. All require pre-registration; call center for more information.

A full-sized gymnasium for basketball and volleyball, meeting room, fitness room, and playground are available for patrons of Affton Community Center.

The center regularly schedules exercise/fitness and recreational programs, including volleyball, basketball, dance, babysitter skills, karate, and tumbling.

Basketball, soccer, dance/poms, karate, volleyball, drama, and drawing summer camps are held here for schoolage children. All require pre-registration; call center for more information.

Balls-n-Strikes features top-notch baseball and softball instruction via camps, small groups, and private one-on-one instruction. The facility caters to kids in early elementary school all the way through high school seniors.

Along with offering classes and lessons, the centers help match up players looking for teams, as well as teams looking for players; it also offers cage rentals by the half-hour and hour.

Among Balls-n-Strikes most popular features are its camps, which typically coincide with school vacation breaks. Its winter holiday camps give players a chance to warm up their skills well before spring training begins. Camp schedules vary by location and season; check website for all the details.

Balls-n-Strikes features top-notch baseball and softball instruction via camps, small groups, and private one-on-one instruction. The facility caters to kids in early elementary school all the way through high school seniors.

Along with offering classes and lessons, the centers help match up players looking for teams, as well as teams looking for players; it also offers cage rentals by the half-hour and hour.

Among Balls-n-Strikes most popular features are its camps, which typically coincide with school vacation breaks. Its winter holiday camps give players a chance to warm up their skills well before spring training begins. Camp schedules vary by location and season; check website for all the details.

Balls-n-Strikes features top-notch baseball and softball instruction via camps, small groups, and private one-on-one instruction. The facility caters to kids in early elementary school all the way through high school seniors.

Along with offering classes and lessons, the centers help match up players looking for teams, as well as teams looking for players; it also offers cage rentals by the half-hour and hour.

Among Balls-n-Strikes most popular features are its camps, which typically coincide with school vacation breaks. Its winter holiday camps give players a chance to warm up their skills well before spring training begins. Camp schedules vary by location and season; check website for all the details.

Balls-n-Strikes features top-notch baseball and softball instruction via camps, small groups, and private one-on-one instruction. The facility caters to kids in early elementary school all the way through high school seniors.

Along with offering classes and lessons, the centers help match up players looking for teams, as well as teams looking for players; it also offers cage rentals by the half-hour and hour.

Among Balls-n-Strikes most popular features are its camps, which typically coincide with school vacation breaks. Its winter holiday camps give players a chance to warm up their skills well before spring training begins. Camp schedules vary by location and season; check website for all the details.

Baskin Farm is a full-service hunter/jumper equestrian facility nestled within the beautiful wooded suburbs of West St. Louis County. The farm boards horses and offers beginners lessons and one-week summer horse camp sessions, which allow "horse-crazy" kids to learn how to ride and how to care for horses and riding equipment.

Baskin Farm is a great place for novice and intermediate riders, with an extensive lesson program focusing on safety and horsemanship. The program features many school horses, private and group instruction, a Working Student program, and frequent participation in local shows.

This thriving community center offers a wide range of youth and adult activities, fitness classes, and youth sport programs. The complex holds an ice arena, in which people can play hockey or learn to figure skate. Kuk Sool Won St. Louis holds its Korean-style martial arts classes here, too.

Youngsters enjoy tumbling, ping pong, crafts, boxing, and game-room activities at Buder Recreation Center, which also features a Tiny Tots program for little ones to learn socialization skills before they begin school.

Older children and adults can participate in the center's coeducational sports programs, including basketball, softball, volleyball, boxing, and martial arts.

A playground and basketball court can be found directly across the street from the center.

A popular free summer camp for children ages 4 to 12 is operated out of the center. Each camp session lasts one week; seven sessions are held. Call the center for more details.

Youngsters enjoy tumbling, ping pong, crafts, boxing, and game-room activities at Buder Recreation Center, which also features a Tiny Tots program for little ones to learn socialization skills before they begin school.

Older children and adults can participate in the center's coeducational sports programs, including basketball, softball, volleyball, boxing, and martial arts.

A playground and basketball court can be found directly across the street from the center.

A popular free summer camp for children ages 4 to 12 is operated out of the center. Each camp session lasts one week; seven sessions are held. Call the center for more details.

A full-service community center, the Carondelet YMCA features an indoor pool, full-size gymnasium, and several fitness and weight-training rooms.

Youth sports - including basketball, soccer, and T-Ball - are popular here. A range of childcare and summer camps for children ages six weeks through sixth grade is also offered.

A full-service community center, the Carondelet YMCA features an indoor pool, full-size gymnasium, and several fitness and weight-training rooms.

Youth sports - including basketball, soccer, and T-Ball - are popular here. A range of childcare and summer camps for children ages six weeks through sixth grade is also offered.

A haven for sports-fitness-recreation gurus, the Center of Clayton features four gymnasiums (basketball players love the parquet courts and two dozen hoops), a climbing wall, a suspended jogging track, and an aquatic center, which houses a competition/lap pool and a recreational pool with a slide, "lazy river" feature, and play area.

The Center of Clayton is available to reserve for birthday parties or any special event. Packages can include use of pool and gymnasium, climbing wall and gym, or a complete package with use of all amenities.

Covering approximately 500 square feet, the Center of Clayton Climbing Wall is 31 feet high. Open Climb is held some weekday evenings and weekend afternoons. Equipment can be checked out at the welcome desk. Climbers between the ages of 13 and 18 must take the belay certification course before being allowed to climb.

While grown-ups and big kids engage in climbing, little ones ages five years and older are invited to participate in "bouldering" - that's fancy talk for climbing around on low rocks, as well as those that extend up to 12 feet, without harnesses or ropes. The wall is also available to rent for private parties.

Located at the southwest corner of Benton Park, Cherokee Recreation Center features a gymnasium, a boxing and workout room, a crafts room, and an indoor swimming pool.

Numerous classes and sports are held for children and adults, including basketball, boxing, ceramics, and swimming.

Located at the southwest corner of Benton Park, Cherokee Recreation Center features a gymnasium, a boxing and workout room, a crafts room, and an indoor swimming pool.

Numerous classes and sports are held for children and adults, including basketball, boxing, ceramics, and swimming.

Calling itself "more than just a bowling center," Concord Lanes is exactly that: The sports center features an 18-hole mini golf course, sand volleyball leagues, as well as the eponymous bowling lanes, which host short season bowling clubs and leagues for all skill levels.

The center's spacious Arizona Action Park Batting Cage is a real favorite here. It provides great practice for slow- and fast-pitch softball players. The batting area also offers nine baseball-pitching machines with various speeds.

The center's birthday parties are a big hit among the young set. Parties are generally held on weekend afternoons. Two packages are offered: The Krazy Koyote runs $8.99 per child and provides two hours of unlimited bowling; the Cool Cactus runs $11.99 per child and provides two hours of bowling plus pizza and beverage.

The Lanes also host a Summer Camp program for kids ages five to 13.

Calling itself "more than just a bowling center," Concord Lanes is exactly that: The sports center features an 18-hole mini golf course, sand volleyball leagues, as well as the eponymous bowling lanes, which host short season bowling clubs and leagues for all skill levels.

The center's spacious Arizona Action Park Batting Cage is a real favorite here. It provides great practice for slow- and fast-pitch softball players. The batting area also offers nine baseball-pitching machines with various speeds.

The center's birthday parties are a big hit among the young set. Parties are generally held on weekend afternoons. Two packages are offered: The Krazy Koyote runs $8.99 per child and provides two hours of unlimited bowling; the Cool Cactus runs $11.99 per child and provides two hours of bowling plus pizza and beverage.

The Lanes also host a Summer Camp program for kids ages five to 13.

Calling itself "more than just a bowling center," Concord Lanes is exactly that: The sports center features an 18-hole mini golf course, sand volleyball leagues, as well as the eponymous bowling lanes, which host short season bowling clubs and leagues for all skill levels.

The center's spacious Arizona Action Park Batting Cage is a real favorite here. It provides great practice for slow- and fast-pitch softball players. The batting area also offers nine baseball-pitching machines with various speeds.

The center's birthday parties are a big hit among the young set. Parties are generally held on weekend afternoons. Two packages are offered: The Krazy Koyote runs $8.99 per child and provides two hours of unlimited bowling; the Cool Cactus runs $11.99 per child and provides two hours of bowling plus pizza and beverage.

The Lanes also host a Summer Camp program for kids ages five to 13.

Calling itself "more than just a bowling center," Concord Lanes is exactly that: The sports center features an 18-hole mini golf course, sand volleyball leagues, as well as the eponymous bowling lanes, which host short season bowling clubs and leagues for all skill levels.

The center's spacious Arizona Action Park Batting Cage is a real favorite here. It provides great practice for slow- and fast-pitch softball players. The batting area also offers nine baseball-pitching machines with various speeds.

The center's birthday parties are a big hit among the young set. Parties are generally held on weekend afternoons. Two packages are offered: The Krazy Koyote runs $8.99 per child and provides two hours of unlimited bowling; the Cool Cactus runs $11.99 per child and provides two hours of bowling plus pizza and beverage.

The Lanes also host a Summer Camp program for kids ages five to 13.

The Emerson Family YMCA features an indoor pool, a full-size double gymnasium, an indoor track, a fitness center, aerobics room, racquetball court, sports fields, a childcare nursery, a family changing area, and equipment checkout for basketballs, volleyballs/wallyball, racquetballs, and racquets. The YMCA hosts a range of classes, workshops, and special events throughout the year.

The Emerson Family YMCA features an indoor pool, a full-size double gymnasium, an indoor track, a fitness center, aerobics room, racquetball court, sports fields, a childcare nursery, a family changing area, and equipment checkout for basketballs, volleyballs/wallyball, racquetballs, and racquets. The YMCA hosts a range of classes, workshops, and special events throughout the year.

You'd never know eight bowling lanes reside inside the squat brick building adjacent to Epiphany of Our Lord Church. Fancy bowling center this is not, but enthusiasts nonetheless love this unique parish attraction for its old-fashioned prices and quirky High Score Grill, which serves lots of cheap eats.

Birthday parties are welcome here. The cost of $5.25 per child includes rental shoes, one game of bowling, and a pizza meal.

Forest Park, St. Louis's premier urban oasis, is one of the country's largest city parks - its 1,371 acres is 500 acres larger than Central Park in New York City. The park was dedicated in 1876 and, 28 years later, was the site of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (the St. Louis World's Fair).

Thanks to preservation efforts in the 1980's and 1990's, the park has become a major destination for recreational activities, cultural events, and nature tours within the park's forests and fragile ecosystems. Moreoever, with a golf course, biking and roller blading paths, athletic fields, as well as tennis at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center, there is no shortage of sports and fitness opportunities here.

Volunteer-led walking tours provide information about the park's history and folklore; self-guided audio tours are also available. Those interested in joining a tour should meet in the lobby of the Dennis and Judith Jones Visitors' Center five or 10 minutes before the start time. Schedules for guided tours are available online, as is information about self-guided walking tours

Boating, ice-skating, fishing, and picnicking are some of the favorite family activities here, and the three playgrounds can't be beat. The Dennis and Judith Jones Variety Wonderland, adjacent to the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitors' Center is particularly impressive: The amazingly creative half-acre playground was designed both for able-bodied children and for those with disabilities and features 29 pieces of equipment.

The Saint Louis Art Museum, The Muny, the Saint Louis Zoo, and the Missouri History Museum all call the park home, as does the nationally renowned Shakespeare Festival, held each May and June.

Gamble Recreation Center offers neighborhood residents the use of a gymnasium, a boxing and workout room, a crafts room, a game room, and a senior citizens room.

Kids can participate in numerous sports and classes, including tumbling, skating, ping pong, crafts, basketball, softball, volleyball, and martial arts.

An especially popular program here is Tiny Tots, which teaches preschool children socialization skills in preparation for attending school. Youngsters participate in group activities, crafts, hand-and-eye-coordination exercises, and motor skills practices.

Gamble Recreation Center offers neighborhood residents the use of a gymnasium, a boxing and workout room, a crafts room, a game room, and a senior citizens room.

Kids can participate in numerous sports and classes, including tumbling, skating, ping pong, crafts, basketball, softball, volleyball, and martial arts.

An especially popular program here is Tiny Tots, which teaches preschool children socialization skills in preparation for attending school. Youngsters participate in group activities, crafts, hand-and-eye-coordination exercises, and motor skills practices.

Gamble Recreation Center offers neighborhood residents the use of a gymnasium, a boxing and workout room, a crafts room, a game room, and a senior citizens room.

Kids can participate in numerous sports and classes, including tumbling, skating, ping pong, crafts, basketball, softball, volleyball, and martial arts.

An especially popular program here is Tiny Tots, which teaches preschool children socialization skills in preparation for attending school. Youngsters participate in group activities, crafts, hand-and-eye-coordination exercises, and motor skills practices.

Located within Queeny Park, Greensfelder Recreation Complex features an indoor ice skating rink, tennis courts, and a unique playground. Canine lovers enjoy visiting the complex for the unique American Kennel Club Dog Museum.

The complex is also the site of many cultural and entertainment events throughout the year, as well as classes and sports for children and adults.

Located within Queeny Park, Greensfelder Recreation Complex features an indoor ice skating rink, tennis courts, and a unique playground. Canine lovers enjoy visiting the complex for the unique American Kennel Club Dog Museum.

The complex is also the site of many cultural and entertainment events throughout the year, as well as classes and sports for children and adults.

Located within Queeny Park, Greensfelder Recreation Complex features an indoor ice skating rink, tennis courts, and a unique playground. Canine lovers enjoy visiting the complex for the unique American Kennel Club Dog Museum.

The complex is also the site of many cultural and entertainment events throughout the year, as well as classes and sports for children and adults.

The St. Louis Blues hockey team calls iceZone its official practice rink, but the venue is also open to individuals and groups for public skating sessions, broomball games, and drop-in hockey games. Instructors can be booked for skating lessons, and kids can choose from three packages for their next birthday party.

Featuring go-karts, bumper boats, baseball batting cages, indoor arcade, and miniature golf, the Infield Fun Center is the place to head when little ones need to burn off excess energy.

The center's party deck can be rented for any occasion - it seats 70 and comes complete with barbeques and ceiling fans. Birthday parties can be hosted here too. A minimum of ten children must attend (20 maximum); the price of $90 for ten guests includes the choice of one golf round, go-kart, or bumper boat per child, plus set-up and clean-up services, a hot dog lunch, and paper goods.

Featuring go-karts, bumper boats, baseball batting cages, indoor arcade, and miniature golf, the Infield Fun Center is the place to head when little ones need to burn off excess energy.

The center's party deck can be rented for any occasion - it seats 70 and comes complete with barbeques and ceiling fans. Birthday parties can be hosted here too. A minimum of ten children must attend (20 maximum); the price of $90 for ten guests includes the choice of one golf round, go-kart, or bumper boat per child, plus set-up and clean-up services, a hot dog lunch, and paper goods.

The James J. Eagan Center, named after Florissant's long-time mayor, serves as the city's community civic center. The facility holds government and regional offices, the Florissant Civic Center Theatre, an indoor pool, and an ice-skating rink.

The Kirkwood Family YMCA features an indoor pool, a gymnasium, an indoor track, a fitness center, aerobics room, racquetball court, sports fields, a childcare nursery, a family changing area, and equipment checkout for basketballs, volleyballs/wallyball, racquetballs, and racquets. The YMCA hosts a range of camps, classes, workshops, and special events throughout the year.

The Kirkwood Family YMCA features an indoor pool, a gymnasium, an indoor track, a fitness center, aerobics room, racquetball court, sports fields, a childcare nursery, a family changing area, and equipment checkout for basketballs, volleyballs/wallyball, racquetballs, and racquets. The YMCA hosts a range of camps, classes, workshops, and special events throughout the year.