Segar Memorial Park

A small but pleasant stop with a statue paying homage to ‘Popeye’ (his creator (Elzie Segar) was born in Chester), a deck offering great views of the river and the bridge spanning the Mississippi, and a brief history of Lewis and Clark’s nearby encampment. My only disappointment was that a significant portion of the ‘Welcome Center’ was closed and is apparently only open on the weekends.

Beautiful area for weary travlers to stop and stretch their legs.

Has scenic overlook boardwalk that expanses across a steep hillside, adjacent to the welcome center, to take in the breathtaking views of the Mississippi River.

The old Chester Bridge is also well visualized from the boardwalk, and most impressive is the unobstructed view of the construction of the new Chester Bridge over the Mississippi River being constructed.

Anyone interested in bridge construction, this would be a must-see event.

The website for this welcome center says it's open 24 hours a day. While this may be true for the outside amenities, the welcome center structure was closed and locked on our visit.

Rickety bridge if memory serves my right, but beautiful area and of course on the Illinois side in Chester, there's a Popeye statue and home to the creator of all things Popeye. This stop just before the bridge on the Illinois side has wonderful bathrooms and a welcome center, a cool Time Capsule and of course, Popeye. Good amount of parking space. Great place for a quick stop to Missouri, and another bridge to Kentucky is 5 minutes away! In addition to the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. That's cool to see the 2 different waters merge also!

I grew up with Popeye and this park honors the creator of Popeye with a statue. There are many more around Chester. The small visitor center has clean restrooms and a map of all the Popeye-related statues. Extra frosting with the big bridge and the Mississippi River. A great viewpoint from the park!

We stop here before crossing to Missouri didn't even know popeye creator was from here. I was really surprise to find out. Hubby and I walked at the small welcome center, unfurtunitely we the Welcome Center is close. It was end of the day when we stop here. Its small and clean place and very nice and has infortion about Louis and Clark expedition.