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In the U.S. state of Missouri both state parks and state historic sites are administered by the Division of State Parks of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. As of 2017 the division manages a total of 92 parks and historic sites plus the Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry , which together total more than 200,000 acres (81,000 ha). [ 1 ]
Hawn State Park is a public recreation area located 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. [5] The state park's nearly 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) include three state-designated natural areas: Pickle Creek, LaMotte Sandstone Barrens, and Botkins Pine Woods. Orchid Valley is also considered part of Hawn State Park, but is not ...
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Northeast Iowa's Backbone, the state's first state park, remains one of its best for a wide variety of terrain and activities. A lake and more than 2,000 wooded acres offer spots for climbing and ...
Decommissioned in Missouri. [7] US 78 — — — — — — Former proposal highway in Missouri. US 80 — — — — — — Former proposal highway in Missouri. US 136: 257.457: 414.337 US 136 west of Rock Port: US 136 west of Keokuk, IA: 1951: current US 159: 17.648: 28.402 US 159 east of Rulo, NE: US 59 north of St. Joseph: 1935: current ...
Elephant Rocks State Park is a geologic reserve and public recreation area encompassing an outcropping of Precambrian granite in the Saint Francois Mountains in the U.S. state of Missouri. The state park is named for a string of large granite boulders which resemble a train of pink circus elephants. [4] The park was created following the ...
Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park is a public recreation area located on the north side of the Missouri River at its confluence with the Mississippi River in St. Charles County, Missouri. [3] The state park encompasses 1,121 acres (454 ha) of shoreline and bottomland and is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural ...
The state purchased the castle and grounds in 1978, adapting them for use as a state park and opening them to the public. The water tower was repaired in 2004, with a new roof installed. Although the castle walls were stabilized in the 1980s, a new survey in 2016 determined that portions of the ruins including its arches were seeing mortar and ...