Gateway Arch National Park
Missouri
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.6 h fully dark
Hikes
Easy
🟢
Crowds
high
Open today
Open
Entrance
$19
Gateway Arch National Park commemorates President Jefferson’s vision of a continental nation, the individuals and cultural groups who helped shape its history, St. Louis’ role in westward expansion, and Dred and Harriet Scott, who sued for their freedom in the Old Courthouse.
Activities
Topics
Entrance fees
$19.00 — Timed Entry Reservation - Location
Hours & seasons
The Gateway Arch is open year-round, closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Summer Hours (9am-6pm, Sunday through Thursday and 9am-8pm Friday and Saturday) run the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend and are the primary visitor season. During Regular Hours (the day after Labor Day through Friday before Memorial Day) we are open from 9am to 6pm. Around the holidays we occasionally have extended hours.
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
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✉ jeff_superintendent@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec
Typical crowds: high
Weather now: ☁️ Overcast, 89°F
☁️ 89°/68°
🌧️ 81°/71°
🌦️ 97°/71°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
13%
Feb
17%
Mar
45%
Apr
40%
May
45%
Jun
60%
Jul
100%
Aug
55%
Sep
35%
Oct
29%
Nov
25%
Dec
23%
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Things to do
Visit the Old Courthouse
Visit the Brick Mural
Explore the Museum under the Gateway Arch · The exhibits can be experienced in a short browse before catching a tram or in through study reading all the panels and interacting with all the exhibits. It's up to you!
Report for Duty
Become a Trails & Rails Guide · Guides ride the <a href="https://www.amtrak.com/illinois-services-train"><b>Lincoln Service</b></a> daily in summer (between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend) and weekends (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) in September and October.<br /> <br /> Volunteers must commit to a minimum of 4 six-hour long trips between May and September.<br /> <br /> A mandatory one-day training takes place before the summer season begins.
A View From the Top · 630 ft gain
🟢 Gateway Arch Wellness Challenge
Move Along the Mississippi River
Visitor centers
Gateway Arch Visitor Center
Old Courthouse
Accessibility
13 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Gateway Arch National Park — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Gateway Arch National Park — each spans a cross-park journey.
Dick Bowser
— Engineering, Engineer, InventorDred Scott
Eero Saarinen
— Gateway Arch National Park, Architecture Building, ArchitectureHarriet Robinson Scott
— Women's History, Civil Rights, African American HistoryJeanette Forchet
Meriwether Lewis
— Travel Lewis Clark, Lewis And Clark, ExpeditionSacagawea
— Travel Lewis Clark, Lewis And Clark, ExpeditionVirginia Minor
— Women's History, 19th Amendment, SuffragePassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Gateway Arch Visitor Center
🎫 Old Courthouse
🎫 Old Courthouse
Places to see
Catenary Curve Wayside
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Directly below the Gateway Arch
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Dred and Harriet Scott Statue
audio
Eads Bridge
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Explorer Garden
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Flagpole
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Flood of 1993 Marker
audio
Gateway Arch Monument
audio
North Pond
audio
Old Courthouse
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South leg of the Gateway Arch
audio
The Captains' Return
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Learn more
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