Forest Park, St. Louis: more urban than wilderness, but lovely

I stopped in St. Louis on my way to a conference in Houston. Spent the afternoon in Forest Park. Weighing in at over 1300 acres, it's larger than New York's Central Park, with which it has more than a passing resemblance. Like Central Park, it contains a zoo and the city's premier art museum. Also two golf courses--currently rather worse for wear due to dry conditions. I'm guessing they don't water much. First time I've seen golfers on brown fairways.

I did manage to find a couple wildish areas to wander about in. A photo essay:

Cypress "knees"

Birch grove reflected in St. Louis Art Museum windows

Trailhead, JFK Memorial Forest (seriously)