Deer Creek Greenway: Brentwood to Tilles Park

Project Overview

The goal of this project is to extend the Deer Creek Greenway from Lorraine Davis Park in Webster Groves and Brentwood Park in the City of Brentwood westward through Rock Hill to St. Louis County’s Tilles Park in Ladue, eventually connecting to Ladue’s new shared use path near I-64 and Clayton Road with an ultimate connection to Horton Watkins High School.

Project Location

This Deer Creek Greenway extension will seek to link the following destinations: Lorraine Davis Park and/or Brentwood Park, Tilles Park, Deer Creek Preserve Trail, and Ladue Horton Watkins High School. This greenway segment will traverse through the cities of Webster Groves, Brentwood, Rock Hill, and Ladue, as well as connecting to St. Louis County parks.

Project Partners

Current Status

The first stage of the project will be an alignment study to consider all viable potential greenway connections and to ultimately make recommendations for preferred greenway routes based on feasibility, user experience, and public input. Any design or future construction of a Deer Creek greenway extension would be conducted in multiple phases building off this initial alignment study.

Map + Concept Renderings

Community Feedback: Shaping the Greenway

February 2026

We hosted open houses in Brentwood, Rock Hill, and Ladue in February 2026. Thank you to everyone who attended in person or who completed our online survey (promoted on our website, social media, and email newsletter) to share your thoughts on possible greenway connection ideas.

Linked below are the project boards that were presented at each open house. At the open houses and in the digital survey following, we asked participants to list pros and cons for the individual segments presented. The project team analyzed the feedback we received to determine potential alignments that were brought to the community for input in June 2026.

June 2026

During June 2026, Great Rivers Greenway and our project partners held a second round of open houses in Brentwood, Rock Hill and Ladue to gather feedback on updated Deer Creek Greenway extension alignment options. The alignments were developed from community input received at the first set of open houses in February, as well as further technical feasibility analysis. A survey was available during the open houses and was posted online from June 9 through June 24. Participants were asked about their level of support for three proposed alignments, what they believed worked well, and which aspects of the proposed alignments would benefit from additional consideration by the project team. Feedback reflected both strong enthusiasm for expanding the regional greenway system along this corridor and thoughtful input regarding user safety, neighborhood impacts and implementation details.

Participants supported continuing to evaluate all three alignments, recognizing that each offers distinct benefits and tradeoffs related to access, connectivity, environmental experience and implementation.
- Alignment A – Along Deer Creek: Participants generally viewed Along Deer Creek as a strong option because it provides a predominantly off-road, creek-side experience while encouraging greater attention to roadway crossings and adjacent property impacts.
- Alignment B – Litzsinger Road: Participants generally viewed Litzsinger Road as a practical option that builds on existing infrastructure and community connections, while encouraging refinement of roadway segments and opportunities to follow Deer Creek more closely.
- Alignment C – Community Connector: Participants generally viewed Community Connector as a strong neighborhood connector that improves access to parks, schools and local destinations, while encouraging additional consideration of roadway safety and the amount of on-road travel.
User safety was the most consistent priority across all three alignments. Participants recommended careful evaluation of major roadway crossings, trail design and opportunities to improve the comfort and safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
Participants encouraged refining the alignments to balance community connectivity with neighborhood and environmental considerations. Comments emphasized maintaining strong connections to parks, schools and destinations while minimizing impacts to adjacent properties and making effective use of existing infrastructure.