Gordon Moore Park
Route 140 (College Avenue)
Alton, Illinois 62002
Phone: 618-463-3580





Accessible Parking Accessible Picnic Facilities Accessible Hiking Trails Wildlife Viewing Accessible Fishing Opportunities Accessible Restrooms

Led by Dr. Gordon F. Moore, local clubs, organizations, businesses and volunteers built this 702 acre park on the east side of Alton. Highlights in the park include a first class golf course, a rose garden, an oriental garden, a native prairie grassland area, a 13 acre lake for fishing, a tennis center, a freedom shrine and a monument to all the volunteers that helped create the park. In addition there soccer and baseball fields, picnic shelters and playgrounds.

Park Attractions


The Heartland Prairie
27 acres of tall-grass prairie located on the north side of the park. Visitors can find prairie wildflowers blooming from late March through early October.

Nan Elliott
Memorial Rose Garden
Dr. Robert Elliott donated the funds for this stunning 1 acre rose garden as a memorial to his wife. This All-America Rose Selections accredited garden contains more than 1600 rose bushes, a gazebo and a carillon. The garden is located on the south side of the park.

Oriental Garden
The funds for this garden were donated by Alton area Doctors. The garden is located on the south side of the park with a walkway over bridges that goes around the pond and past a waterfall and the Pagoda. colorful Koi fish make the pond their home.

Nature Trail
This 1/4 mile handicapped accessible nature trail starts and ends near the Oriental Garden on the south side of the park. There approximately 50 different trees and shrubs grouped in areas and include native trees, deciduous trees, conifers, and shrubs. There are informational plaques, using both plain text and braille, located along the trail, a raised herb garden, an observation deck, and two curved bridges.

Spencer T. Olin
Golf Course

618-465-3111
Designed and managed by Arnold Palmer, Spencer T. Olin Golf Course is recognized as the finest public facility in the mid-west with a 4 1/2 Star rating by Golf Digest magazine. This 18 hole, par 72 course is designed to accommodate all levels of play. Carts and lessons are available. Restaurant on the premises.

Visiting Gordon Moore Park
     Hours: Daylight to Dusk or end of scheduled activities
There is no charge to visit Gordon Moore Park.


Gordon Moore Park is located on College Avenue (IL-140 & IL-111) east of the interchange with IL-3. at 2809 College Avenue. From the Clark Bridge in downtown Alton take E. Broadway to Washington Avenue. Take Washington Avenue north to College Avenue. Take a right on College Avenue and east to Gordon Moore Park. From IL-3 North: Exit at the College Avenue (Il-140/IL-111) exit and travel east to Gordon Moore Park.

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