View from the top of the Arch from the ground St Louis Gateway Arch & Tram Facts That’s a great feature for people who either aren’t able to get tickets to the top or who are afraid of heights and/or enclosed spaces so that they don’t have to miss out completely. There’s some information about the Arch inside it, along with screens displaying what can be seen from the top. In the center of that zone is a replica of the final section of the Arch. Souvenir made from a piece of the cable pulling the tram cars There’s a particularly fun souvenir you can buy which is an Arch created using cable that was once used to pull the tram cars up and down the Gateway Arch. …along with a gift shop where you can pick up souvenirs from your visit. There’s a café where you can get drinks and snacks… Arch Café The museum provides the history of the arch, as well as other exhibits about the history of St Louis. It’s also where you can get your National Park Passport stamps. You can visit these areas fee-free and they’re worth checking out even if you’re not planning on going up inside the Arch. Entrance to the Gateway Arch Visitor CenterĪfter going through security you can access the Visitor Center and museum exhibits. Instead, as you approach the National Historic Landmark you’ll see a path leading down to a building below ground. You might think that you’d go to the triangular bases of the Arch, but that’s not the case. To visit the Arch’s visitor center and/or go up inside, you have to head underground. Unless you suffer from claustrophobia, I’d highly recommend getting tickets to the top of the Arch – more about how you get up there in a moment. Something I hadn’t realized until more recently (in my defense, I didn’t move to the US from the UK until I was 29!) is that you can go up inside the Gateway Arch to the top. We were in St Louis over Easter, so we had to take the Easter bunny to the Arch too 😉 Our own Easter bunny Truffles next to the St Louis Gateway Arch Dogs aren’t allowed inside the visitor center, but they can wander around the park with you which gave us an opportunity to get some cute photos of Truffles looking like she’s ready to drop her debut album. One of the nice features of the National Park itself is that it’s pet-friendly. Sitting by a pond in Gateway Arch National Park There’s the Gateway Arch trail which encircles the Arch, but the park itself covers more than 90 acres and includes other walking trails, ponds and great views alongside the Mississippi River. The Arch is located in Gateway Arch National Park which is a beautiful park to walk around in.
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