Forest Park 5K & Kids Dash

On August 16, join the only 5k in Forest Park that sustains Forest Park!

Help us restore and maintain this community treasure while enjoying the views that make it the “Best City Park” in the country. You’ll pass iconic spots like Emerson Grand Basin, Art Hill, World’s Fair Pavilion, Pagoda Circle and more.

Speedy little ones can walk, run or roll in the quarter-mile Kids Dash, which everyone wins!

Register Here: 5K & Kids Dash

Register by July 31 to receive the 2026 Forest Park 5K T-shirt. Register after July 31 and receive a shirt while supplies last.

Forest Park Forever members receive 20% off. The member discount code is printed on your 5K postcard or in your “Forest Park Perks Coupon Book.” Please email membership@forestparkforever.org with questions.

Date: August 16, 2026
Can’t make it? Support Forest Park on your own time by choosing the virtual 5K. You can still get a T-shirt.

Packet pick up: Voyager Room in the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center
Friday, August 14, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Saturday, August 15, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m.

Location: Cricket Field (route map below)

Schedule: August 16
5K Kickoff: 7:30 a.m.
Awards: 8:30 a.m.
Kids Dash: 8:45 a.m.

Sponsorships are still available. Please contact our Director of Development, Amy Lewandowski, by email alewandowski@forestparkforever.org or call 314.561.3451.

Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor!

Cost*
5K: $40
Virtual 5K: $25
Kids Dash: $15

*The 20% Forest Park Forever member discount code is printed on your 5K postcard or in your “Forest Park Perks Coupon Book.” Not a member? Join and get the discount code today!

Driving directions: ADA parking spaces are available

Enter at Cricket Drive and Lindell Boulevard
Right turn onto Grand Drive
Left turn onto Cricket Drive
Right turn into the east and west lots across from the Visitor and Education Center for parking

Travel and access

Bike racks are in front of and behind the Visitor and Education Center, which is situated along the paved Dual Recreational Path.
The Forest Park–DeBaliviere MetroLink station is about 5-minutes away for pedestrians.
The Hampton 90 bus route travels north through Forest Park, stopping nearby at the Missouri History Museum.