Master Plan
The master plan for the Dardenne Greenway follows Dardenne Creek across St. Charles County. When complete, it will connect the communities of Dardenne Prairie, O’Fallon, Cottleville, and St. Peters as well as portions of unincorporated St. Charles County.
Current Status
Dardenne Greenway: BaratHaven loops three miles (paved) through residential areas within the BaratHaven community in St. Charles County and is part of the surrounding 80-acre BaratHaven Park. Part of the greenway winds around a 15-acre lake and features wetlands that have been created to enrich the habitat of native animals and plants. Immediately to the east, the greenway continues into Bluebird Meadow Park, with a restored wetland and prairie landscape. Seeding of 35 acres of Bluebird Meadow began in May 2017 with a simple native grass mix as the first step in restoring a native landscape in accordance with the master plan for the park. A diverse mix of wildflowers was seeded in the winter of 2017/2018 and a controlled burn in February 2020 is helping the native plants flourish. To learn more about this project, click here.
Dardenne Greenway: Legacy Park to Dardenne Park stretches five miles from Cottleville’s Legacy and Vantage Parks near Cottleville City Hall to St. Charles Community College, and then further to Woodlands Sports Park and Jack Gettemeyer Park at Rabbit Run where it connects to Dardenne Park in St. Peters. Along the way you can enjoy woodlands, wetlands, swamps and temperate prairies.
Construction of a 1.1 mile greenway segment along Highway N west of Weiss Road in Cottleville is complete. This project leveraged outside resources to design and build this portion of greenway in partnership with the City of Cottleville’s reconstruction of the highway so it will be be ready to go for a future expansion of the Dardenne Greenway. The next step (and another opportunity to stretch your tax dollars) is a .33 mile connection to the Warren Cottle Trail in Cottleville, as part of St. Charles County’s realignment of the Weiss Road-Highway N intersection.
Projects In Progress
Weiss Road to Legacy Park
Construction of a 1.1 mile greenway segment along Highway N west of Weiss Road in Cottleville is complete. This project leveraged outside resources to design and build this portion of greenway in partnership with the City of Cottleville’s reconstruction of the highway so it will be be ready to go for a future expansion of the Dardenne Greenway. The next step (and another opportunity to stretch your tax dollars) is a .33 mile connection to the Warren Cottle Trail in Cottleville, as part of St. Charles County’s realignment of the Weiss Road-Highway N intersection.
Mexico Road to Salt Lick Rd.
We are working with the City of St. Peters and community members to plan and build an extension of the Dardenne Greenway from Mexico Road to Salt Lick Rd.
Bluebird Meadow to O’Fallon Sports Park
We are working with the community and project partners at City of O'Fallon and St. Charles County to connect Bluebird Meadow and O'Fallon Sports Park.
Technology Drive Trailhead
We are working with the City of O'Fallon to plan a new Trailhead at I-64 and Technology Drive.
