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Visiting the Gateway Arch: Enter the monument through the Gateway Arch Visitor Center, which faces Fourth Street and the Old Courthouse. The Gateway Arch legs are exits only. Please allow at least 30 minutes to go through security. Tickets sell out early and often, advance reservations are strongly recommended. Pending availability, additional tickets may be available for same-day purchase beginning at 9am each day through our website, call center, and ticket center at the Gateway Arch. Same-day ticket availability is not guaranteed and sells out early and often.

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5 Things You Need to Know When Visiting the Gateway Arch

Between taking the Tram Ride to the Top, exploring the Museum at the Gateway Arch, participating in National Park Service ranger-led programs, watching the documentary movie “Monument to the Dream,” shopping at The Arch Store, and dining at the Arch Café, and there is so much to see and to do at the Gateway Arch!

As you plan for your visit, we want you to keep in mind these five important things:

• Know before you go! The Gateway Arch Visitor Center and the Museum at the Gateway Arch are free to enter; but tickets are required to take the Tram Ride to the Top and to watch the Documentary Movie “Monument to the Dream.”The Tram Ride to the Top sells out early and often, especially during spring break, holidays and the summer travel months. Reserve your tram and movie tickets in advance on our reservations page or call 877-982-1410.
• Determine your best way to the Arch. Visit our directions page to find your way to the Arch from any of St. Louis’ convenient highways and bridges, as well as walking directions and public transit information.
• Plan ahead for parking. Gateway Arch National Park does not have dedicated, on-site visitor parking. Visitors should go online to Explore St. Louis’ downtown parking directory for a list of preferred parking options located near the Arch and Old Courthouse. All of these parking locations have been verified by Explore St. Louis for handicap accessibility and safety standards. Metered street parking is also available around the Arch and Old Courthouse. Two handicap-accessible curbside drop-off and pick-up areas for Arch visitors are located at the west end of Luther Ely Smith Square, on Fourth Street across the street from the Old Courthouse.Curbside drop-off and pick-up areas for Arch visitors are located on the north and south sides of Luther Ely Smith Square, at Market Street & Memorial Drive and at Chestnut Street & Memorial Drive, near the beautiful new west entrance of the Gateway Arch. Parking is available on the St. Louis Riverfront levee for a cash fee.
• Accessibility at the Arch. The recent renovations to Gateway Arch National Park were completed under the guidance of Universal Design principles, allowing those of all abilities to experience the Arch’s grounds, visitor center and museum.Due to its unique design, the Tram Ride to the Top is not handicap accessible. The Keystone Exhibit, located in the tram lobby, is a replica of the final section placed at the top of the Arch and offers an accessible experience for everyone. Webcams at the top of the Gateway Arch give keystone exhibit visitors a live view through the replica’s windows.
• There is only one entrance to the Gateway Arch. All Arch visitors must enter the monument at its new west entrance, which faces Fourth Street and the Old Courthouse. The Arch legs are exits only.

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Top ten tips for visiting gateway arch national park, tips to help your visit go smoothly, yes, you can go to the top get tickets ahead of time, if you can, it does sell out., rolling on the river.

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated by the captain or a National Park Service ranger, this one-hour cruise that lets you explore everything that makes the Mississippi so mighty. Everywhere you look, there’s a sight to see and history to discover.

All ages welcome. Concessions available.

COVID-19 Update: Park partner Bi-State which operates the Riverboats requires all   Riverboat visitors, ages 9 & up, to wear face coverings with no exceptions. Guests unable to wear face coverings are encouraged to visit at a later date. View  COVID-19 FAQ  for more protocols. Tickets available at the Bi-State park partner site. 

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Planning a trip to Gateway Arch National Park? Be sure to include time to visit the all-new museum--accessible for visitors of all abilities, ages, and interests. Check out our new Museum Destination video for a quick overview of what you'll find in each gallery. And don't forget--the museum is always free!

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Gateway Arch At Home

Welcome to your online connection to Gateway Arch National Park.  We are proud to support the National Park Service workers who do their part to maintain and activate Gateway Arch National Park.  Because it is more than the home of our iconic landmark, it is a place of refuge and a symbol of hope.

To book your in-person visit for the Tram Ride to the top to see this spectacular view in person click here .  

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The newly renovated Gateway Arch anchors the United States’ 60th national park, where waterfront green space and a top-tier American history museum thrive in downtown St. Louis .

What to do at Gateway Arch National Park

The famous St. Louis landmark, renovated and newly named a national park, offers stunning views and rich history.

In the half-century since its construction began, Missouri’s Gateway Arch has been many things: a monument to Thomas Jefferson’s historic frontier, a commemoration of Lewis and Clark’s epic expedition—and, most recently, a national park.

Redesignated on February 22, 2018, the former Jefferson National Expansion Memorial’s new status confuses many: At 91 urban acres, the United States ’ 60th national park doesn’t resemble its fellows. But massive renovations and a state-of-the-art American history museum highlight the significance of this monumental landmark. Here’s how to plan for your next visit.

Something new: $380 million went into renovating the Arch and laying out 91 acres of waterfront green space laced with walking trails. Interpretive signs dot the paths, which connect to downtown St. Louis to make the Arch more accessible than ever before.

The massive changes are worthy of the area’s upgraded status: A parking garage is now an amphitheater; a pedestrian bridge now crosses the interstate. The glassy, futuristic visitor center complements its interior, a complex homage to the country’s complex past—much like the Arch itself.

See the view from the top

It took seven years, $13 million, and 43,226 tons of stainless steel to build the world’s largest man-made arch. Though you can’t climb its 1,076 steps, a four-minute tram ride (after a longer wait in line) takes you up through the arch’s hollow legs to the 630-foot-high viewing booth. A clear day offers 30-mile views over the St. Louis skyline and the Mississippi River.

You’re welcome to stay at the top for as long as you like. But you’ll probably also want to see the Arch from its many angles, including on a one-hour Mississippi riverboat cruise or via helicopter tour . Same-day tickets are available, but consider advance reservations in the busy summer months. (Mississippi River flooding has temporarily suspended riverboat and helicopter tours, which are expected to resume in June 2019. )

Walk through history

In Thomas Jefferson’s time, St. Louis sat on an international border; it was the third-busiest port in the country, marking the edge of Jefferson’s unknown.

The newly renovated American history museum , easily one of the best of its kind in the country, brings each visitor into that hard-to-grasp mindset. Its six distinct sections are part new-age Oregon Trail and part reality check: To fulfill Jefferson’s plans of westward expansion, this land was taken by force from Native peoples, many times over. The museum reminds visitors that Jefferson’s dream was a dream for some, but not all. ( Visit other great park museums in North America. )

The forced displacement of Native peoples isn’t the only dark chapter of American history the national park confronts. St. Louis’ Old Courthouse —a short walk to the Arch through the park’s new trail network—memorializes the scene of two landmark cases: Dred Scott v. Sandford, which argued for African Americans’ equality, and Virginia Minor v Happersett , which argued for women’s rights. Both cases lost. Venture inside to see the ornate rotunda, the restored courtrooms, or listen to a talk from a park ranger.

Museum admission is included with any tram ride ticket. Certain ticket packages include the 35-minute documentary, Monument to the Dream , which shows footage from the 1960s construction in a gripping reminder that men built the structure in the wind and rain, hundreds of feet in the air, with a razor-thin margin for error.

Eat, drink, and stay

North of the park grounds you’ll find Laclede’s Landing , the oldest district in the city, now full of renovated warehouses and riverfront patios. For dining with a view, sit down at the James Beard–recognized Cinder House , atop the Four Seasons, or grab a more casual bite at Kimchi Guys , Ozzie’s Burger Bar , or Morgan Street Brewery .

To get a view of the Arch from your pillow, book a stay at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis or the Drury Plaza Hotel St. Louis at the Arch . In the mood for more sightseeing? Explore the family-friendly exhibits at City Museum , catch the Cardinals at Busch Stadium , or roam Citygarden Sculpture Park , each less than 10 minutes away.

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Word from the Smokies: Iconic arch returns to downtown Waynesville

The air buzzed with excitement as the crowd gathered in downtown Waynesville on Saturday, June 1. A standing-room-only assembly packed the street and sidewalk for a solid block between First Baptist Church and town hall, necks turned upward toward the new steel arch — still shrouded in black cloth — spanning Main Street.

Bucket trucks manned by town electric workers stood at the ready, and when, at the conclusion of a celebratory speaking program, they cut the zip ties holding the cloth in place, a great cheer rose from the audience. A band began to play as the words beneath were revealed, decorative outlines of dogwood blooms sculpted on either side: “Waynesville NC, Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains.”

“Today, we’re celebrating more than just the unveiling of the new ‘ Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains’ arch ,” said Waynesville Town Council member Jon Feichter. “We’re here to celebrate the power of determination, best illustrated in the old adage, ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way.’”

The new arch resurrects a downtown landmark that many long-time residents still remember fondly. Anticipating the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which would occur through an act of Congress in 1934, the town completed installation of the original arch on May 31, 1933. Spanning Main Street at its intersection with Depot Street — the opposite end of downtown from the new arch — the sign was made of steel and sheet iron, bearing the words “The Great Smoky Mountains National Park,” with a second sign hanging below, shaped like an arrow, reading “Eastern Entrance.”

According to a June 1, 1933, article in The Mountaineer newspaper, the massive sign, together with its supports, weighed about two tons. It was painted later that month with a black background and white lettering, the paper reported.

Though it was repainted in the late 1950s — with new wording, “Waynesville, Scenic Center Eastern North America,” in response to sentiment from other towns in the region that no one community should claim the “eastern entrance” title — the sign remained an icon for decades, integral to the identity of an ever-changing downtown. Though the wording changed, “at all times it has given a word-picture of the area,” read a July 19, 1972, Mountaineer editorial.

“When you are a little girl, and all your ancestors on both sides of your family are short, and they married other short people, the only way you have to see anything at all is to look up,” Sara Scruggs said at the ceremony, reading from an essay she wrote about the arch’s significance in her life. “So, when I looked up, I saw the arch, and the arch was over the mountains, because I was so short. I saw that the mountains went on forever — the light and the dark, the shadows, all woven together with our hopes and our dreams, our secrets and our fears, that the mountains hold in trust for all of us.”

When the family returned home from sojourns to visit relatives to the east, that first glimpse of the arch would mark their official homecoming.

But then, on Aug. 31, 1972, town crews took the sign down. Most people were sorry to see it go — a survey the Chamber of Commerce conducted beforehand drew 132 responses, with 83% hoping to see the sign stay, The Mountaineer reported. But the sign, rusted and weatherworn from decades presiding over the town’s main thoroughfare, was disintegrating. Regardless of whether Main Street continued to have an arch, this one would have to come down.

“Now that it’s down and we can see how Main Street looks without it we should conduct another poll to see whether the people really want it,” Town Manager Bill Ross is quoted as saying in a Sept. 1, 1972, Mountaineer article. “And tell anybody who wants it put back up to send us a dollar to help pay for it. If we’re going to have a sign, we’re going to have to build another one.”

From the beginning, the sign’s presence had relied on residents’ willingness to “send a dollar.” The original sign cost $250 — more than $6,000 in today’s dollars — of which only $50 came from town coffers, according to a history of the sign compiled by the Downtown Waynesville Association. The rest was raised through a benefit movie shown that spring. In keeping with that tradition, the new sign was funded entirely through donations. The DWA contributed $60,000 of the $185,000 cost and worked to raise the remaining $125,000.

Some of the money came through direct donations and some was raised through more innovative means. Waynesville artist and DWA board member Teresa Pennington, who is known for her incredibly detailed colored penciled drawings, created a piece aptly titled “Gateway Arch” that shows the new arch in its place on Main Street. Proceeds from sales went toward the arch effort. Smokies Life gave Pennington table space at its annual Members Weekend event in September to sell raffle tickets for the drawing, and Friends of the Smokies did the same at its Smokies Stomp last year.

“If you don’t remember anything else that I have said, please remember that this is a gift,” Pennington said at the ceremony. “There was no taxpayer money spent on this arch or in putting the arch up, because we wanted to give it to the town, ourselves, and to all of you. This is a gift for everybody.”

In the years since the arch’s removal, Waynesville has seen its share of hard times. Former DWA Director Buffy Phillips recalled how in 1986, when the organization first formed, 23% of downtown buildings were vacant. The town has grown and changed since then, welcoming ever-increasing numbers of Smokies visitors. In 2023, the park’s North Carolina entrances drew 3.3 million visits, up from 2.7 million in 1995. According to a study from the National Park Service, in 2022 visitors spent a total of $2.1 billion in Great Smoky Mountains National Park gateway communities such as Waynesville.

Pennington was a small child when the arch came down in 1972, so she doesn’t remember the original structure. But what she does remember, “vividly,” is Sunday afternoons spent picnicking in the park, camping trips “in Smokemont with the bears” and summers in Cades Cove “with more bears.” The skunks left an even stronger impression — Pennington can recall how she’d sit “perfectly still” around the campfire when one of those striped creatures came around. 

Downtown Waynesville and the national park have been formative forces in Pennington’s life, just as they have been for many others who attended the unveiling.

“We’re here today to celebrate both,” she said, “the historic arch that’s before you in the downtown that has been rescued by an organization that has served this community for 38 years and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was opened in 1934. And aren’t we all so grateful that that area has been preserved?”

Holly Kays is the lead writer for the 29,000-member Smokies Life, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the scientific, historical, and interpretive activities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park by providing educational products and services such as this column. Learn more at SmokiesLife.org or reach the author at [email protected] .

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New study suggests St. Louis’ downtown should prioritize becoming a social district

A new report on the Gateway Mall in downtown St. Louis calls for the reframing of the green space that runs from the Gateway Arch to the CityPark soccer stadium to help bolster new economic drivers in the region’s central core.

The study by the Urban Land Institute’s Advisory Services Program and commissioned by Greater St. Louis Inc. and the St. Louis Development Corp., recommends steps to transition downtown’s economy into one driven by social interaction and culture in the region.

The longtime paradigm in downtown St. Louis, that of a central business district with millions of square feet of office space, has faltered in recent years, with some companies opting to move their operations to other locations in the region .

“We know that downtown cannot survive simply as a place where people work,” said Ryan McClure, executive director of the Gateway Arch Park Foundation. “It needs to be a community and a vibrant neighborhood that has cultural opportunities.”

The report lays out a vision to achieve more of that community feel, starting first with small-scale activations, like murals, food trucks or places for music along the mall that can grow into more permanent features as they begin to resonate and attract people.

It also suggests Greater St. Louis Inc. and SLDC acquire real estate along the mall to spark “new uses that support, incubate, and help launch the cultural foundation of a new central social district for downtown.”

The report argues this could give those organizations more control over the changes that come to downtown and the ability to help entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds, which haven’t benefited from economic development initiatives in the past . It’s a priority that’s woven throughout the study.

Downtown resident Denis Beganovic participated in some of the panel discussions that informed the final report on the Gateway Mall and said this kind of study is helpful in bringing outside perspectives to the area. The person who led his discussion, for example, came with experience making a vibrant and successful district in downtown Los Angeles, he said.

“I think it’s very helpful because sometimes we locally can’t see the things that others on the outside may see,” Beganovic said.

He explained that living downtown, he often sees visitors marvel at the Arch, Citygarden and historic buildings.

“We have this good base,” he said. “But I think locally, sometimes we don’t see that.”

There’s energy building behind this kind of transition for St. Louis’ downtown, McClure said, pointing to the hundreds of millions of dollars invested into the Arch Grounds last decade.

“The visitor experience is vastly improved and we’re seeing the dividends of that,” he said. “We’ve got 2.4 million visitors coming to the Arch every year, and those folks are walking through downtown St. Louis.”

McClure and others like Catherine Hamacher, a professional urban planner and associate director at PGAV Planners, argue it’s an important next step to help the region’s downtown become a place people can visit every day and not just for specific events.

“Downtown, for example, has a lot of reasons to come and visit, but we don't do a great job of providing a lot of reasons for people to stay,” Hamacher said.

Creating more sustained activity, especially on the mall, will require more street-level activity, she said. It means stores, restaurants and other spaces that are open and inviting for pedestrians, Hamacher explained.

“That feeling of liveliness, the feeling of a place you want to go,” she said. “So businesses you can go into, places you can purchase things. Even just having patio tables outside when establishments are open creates a sense of street-level activity.”

This would aid in the report's goals of transitioning St. Louis’ downtown from a central business district to more of a neighborhood, which many regions in the country are also focused on, she said.

And the city comes to this moment in a better position than other cities, Beganovic said.

“We’re usually never ahead of the curve on a lot of stuff as a city and as a region, but specifically in downtown over the last 20 years, we’ve started converting buildings into residential,” he said. “That’s a discussion that’s happening around the country now.”

Steve Smith, CEO of Lawrence Group Architects and New + Found Development , agrees, noting the downtown residential population has grown as more historic buildings have been converted.

“The fact that we don't have an abundance of modern office buildings, which have really big floor plates and are very hard to convert to residential, I think we're arguably in a better place than a lot of other cities,” he said.

There are still a few prominent older buildings that are vacant, like the Millennium Hotel and Railway Exchange building, but St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones has asked the leaders of Greater St. Louis Inc. and SLDC to turn in a plan this September that would address them.

“We then start to create, hopefully, a positive buzz and a positive reputation around the country to offset what we tend to focus on, which is the negatives,” Smith said.

And that reputation needs work, said Mark Sundlov, managing director of Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, which is situated along the Gateway Mall.

While crime downtown is improving , the perception, which is still important, is that spaces downtown remain unsafe, he said.

“The No. 1 thing I hear from visitors and those who are reluctant to visit is safety,” Sunlov said. “We can’t lose sight of the importance of people feeling safe downtown.”

NASCAR at WWTR Gateway 2024: Start time, TV, streaming, lineup for Enjoy Illinois 300

NASCAR gathers near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis – specifically, just across the Mississippi River in Madison, Illinois – for a Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway.

The raceway, previously known as Gateway Motorsports Park, has hosted Cup races for the past two seasons, kicking off the month of June. And it has proven to be a great track for both Joey Logano and Kyle Busch.

Logano won the first race at WWTR in 2022 , beating Busch, who seemed headed for victory until an accident with three laps remaining forced an overtime restart, where Logano prevailed. But Busch would get his win the following year, despite the race going to overtime again with him in the lead. The Richard Childress Racing driver, who has led nearly 100 more laps than any other driver at WWTR, would not be denied on this overtime restart, despite a hard charge from Denny Hamlin and Logano.

The 2024 season has been a struggle so far for Busch, who has yet to record a win and has only two top-five finishes in 14 races . So, Sunday's race at WWTR couldn't come at a better time for the two-time Cup Series champion.

Will Busch make it two in a row at Gateway? Here is all the information you need to get ready for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.

What time does the NASCAR Cup race at Gateway start?

The Enjoy Illinois 300 starts at 3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. local) at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

What TV channel is the NASCAR Cup race at Gateway on?

Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is broadcasting the Enjoy Illinois 300 and has a pre-race show beginning at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. local).

Will there be a live stream of the NASCAR Cup race at Gateway?

The Enjoy Illinois 300 can be live streamed on the  FoxSports website  and on the FoxSports app.

How many laps is the NASCAR Cup race at Gateway?

The Enjoy Illinois 300 is 240 laps around the 1.25-mile track for a total of 300 miles. The race will feature three segments (laps per stage) − Stage 1: 45 laps; Stage 2: 95 laps; Stage 3: 100 laps.

Who won the most recent NASCAR Cup race at Gateway?

Kyle Busch started from the pole and led 121 laps, including the final 60, on June 4, 2023 before holding off the field in an overtime restart and topping Denny Hamlin by 0.517 seconds.

What is the lineup for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at Gateway?

(Car number in parentheses)

1. Michael McDowell (No. 34) Front Row Motorsports, Ford 

2. Austin Cindric (No. 2) Team Penske, Ford

3. Ryan Blaney (No. 12) Team Penske, Ford

4. Christopher Bell (No. 20) Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

5. Tyler Reddick (No. 45) 23XI Racing, Toyota

6. Denny Hamlin (No. 11) Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

7. Brad Keselowski (No. 6) Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. Ford

8. Bubba Wallace (No. 23) 23XI Racing, Toyota

9. Ty Gibbs (No. 54) Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

10. Kyle Busch (No. 8) Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet

11. William Byron (No. 24) Hendrick Motorsports. Chevrolet

12. Joey Logano (No. 22) Team Penske. Ford

13. Kyle Larson (No. 5) Hendrick Motorsports. Chevrolet

14. Alex Bowman (No. 48) Hendrick Motorsports. Chevrolet

15. Corey Lajoie (No. 7) Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet

16. Ross Chastain (No. 1) Trackhouse Racing, Chevrolet

17. Chase Elliott (No. 9) Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet

18. Austin Dillon (No. 3) Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet

19. Martin Truex Jr. (No. 19) Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

20. Carson Hocevar (No. 77) Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet

21. Justin Haley (No. 51) Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet

22. Erik Jones (No. 43) Legacy Motor Club, Toyota

23. Chase Briscoe (No. 14) Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford

24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (No. 47) JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet

25. Derek Kraus (No. 16) Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet

26. Chris Buescher (No. 17) Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, Ford

27. Noah Gragson (No. 10) Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford

28. Daniel Hemric (No. 31) Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet

29. Josh Berry (No. 4) Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford

30. Harrison Burton (No. 21) Wood Brothers Racing, Ford

31. Daniel Suarez (No. 99) Trackhouse Racing, Chevrolet

32. Ryan Preece (No. 41) Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford

33. John Hunter Nemechek (No. 42) Legacy Motor Club, Toyota

34. Cody Ware (No. 15) Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet

35. Todd Gilliland (No. 38) Front Row Motorsports, Ford 

36. Zane Smith (No. 71) Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet

Contributing: Nick Gray, Nashville Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network

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