Sep 14 2024
Gateway Arch National Park may be one of the smallest national parks in the United States, but it contains an extraordinary amount of American history within its compact St. Louis riverfront setting. Its centerpiece is instantly recognizable: a gleaming stainless-steel arch rising high above the Mississippi River and downtown skyline. Yet there is far more …
Sep 14 2024
Gateway Arch National Park is better known for stainless steel, American history, and the St. Louis skyline than for wildlife. Yet the landscaped grounds surrounding the Gateway Arch support a surprisingly varied community of animals, including squirrels, eastern cottontail rabbits, coyotes, raccoons, Virginia opossums, bats, peregrine falcons, migratory warblers, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, and dozens of …
Jun 14 2024
Gateway Arch National Park is unlike any other national park in the United States. Instead of mountains, forests, canyons, or desert wilderness, this compact urban park occupies approximately 91 acres on the Mississippi Riverfront in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Its centerpiece is the soaring Gateway Arch, a 630-foot stainless-steel monument that has become one of …
