The park was situated across from the Chain of Rocks Bridge.

CoR hosted many school picnics over the years.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The park was located on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River and was bordered by the Mississippi River on the east and by the neighborhood of Glasgow Village on the west.

The location had been proposed for the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition.

The park was located where current day Lookaway Court is now.