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Des Peres Parkway & River Des Peres Greenway Shrewsbury, MO 63119

 

 

Des Peres Parkway & River Des Peres Greenway Shrewsbury MO 63119

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  • 2011 | Best Urban Bike Ride

    The River Des Peres is not St. Louis' answer to the Danube. It's not even our answer to adequate storm drainage. But a ride along the River Des Peres Greenway feels European, as you cross bridges, roll through glades, coast down green corridors and trace a nineteenth-century park. Start at the Shrewsbury MetroLink Station to begin this twelve-mile round-trip trek, and head southeast on the bike path along the river. While you're noticing the cattail marshes, lonely New St. Marcus Cemetery... More »

  • 2009 | Best Urban Bike Ride

    For as long as anyone alive can remember, River Des Peres has had very little going for it as an actual body of water. An overgrown storm drain, the river is often cited as an object lesson in poor urban planning and water pollution. But by turning lemons into lemonade, city planners used the stinky waterway as the crown jewel in the River Des Peres Trail, allowing cyclists and pedestrians to enjoy some of the parks and greenways that bound the banks. The 6.5-mile trail is the perfect length... More »

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