Fort Zumwalt Park

Fort Zumwalt Park
Reconstructed Fort Zumwalt, 2017
LocationO'Fallon, Missouri
Area48 acres (19 ha)
Built1798 (Zumwalt),
1884 (Heald)
Rebuilt2015 (Zumwalt)
Restored2001 (Heald)
Restored byO'Fallon Community Foundation
Governing bodyCity of O'Fallon
Fort Zumwalt Park is located in Missouri
Fort Zumwalt Park
Location of Fort Zumwalt Park in Missouri
Fort Zumwalt Park is located in the United States
Fort Zumwalt Park
Fort Zumwalt Park (the United States)

Fort Zumwalt Park is a park in O'Fallon, Missouri, that features the rebuilt homestead fort of Jacob Zumwalt.

The park's total area is 48 acres (19 ha) with 4-acre (1.6 ha) Lake Whetsel, a picnic pavilion, a shelter house, and a children's playground with equipment. The lake is open for fishing from February though October (7 am–7 pm).[1] Fort Zumwalt Park hosts O'Fallon's annual Celebration of Lights, a drive-through display of light decorations, every Christmas season,[2] and is home to the St. Charles Model Railroad Club.[3] The site also includes the Darius Heald Home.[4] Formerly a state park since 1939, the State of Missouri sold the property to the City of O'Fallon in 1978 for one dollar.[5] The Heald Home was restored in 2001, and reconstruction of Zumwalt's fort was completed in 2015.

  1. ^ Trevis, Michael. "Fort Zumwalt". Fort Tours. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "St. Louis Region Holidays". LASR.net. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  3. ^ "Club Info". St. Charles Model Railroad Club. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "St. Charles County Outdoors: Fort Zumwalt". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011.
  5. ^ "Fort Zumwalt Park – O'Fallon, MO Waymark". Waymarking. Retrieved October 26, 2023.