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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 ]
Missouri river with dams and reservoirs built in the Pick–Sloan Program since the 1940s, and Indian reservations affected by reservoir flooding. Canyon Ferry Lake near Helena, Montana Van Hook Arm of Lake Sakakawea, upriver of the Garrison-Dam in North Dakota Big Bend Dam and Lake Sharpe at Fort Thompson, South Dakota Lake Oahe and Dam near ...
The Meramec River (/ ˈ m ɛr ɪ m æ k /), sometimes spelled Maramec River (the original US mapping spelled it Maramec but later changed it to Meramec), is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining 3,980 square miles (10,300 km 2) [2] while wandering 218 miles (351 km) [3] from headwaters southeast of Salem to where it empties into the Mississippi River ...
The Big River is a tributary of the Meramec River in east-central Missouri. The river rises in western Iron County near the summit of Johnson Mountain just north of Missouri Route 32 and approximately 3.5 miles southeast of the community of Enough. [2] It flows through Washington, Saint Francois, and Jefferson counties. It forms part of the ...
Lake Miltona is a lake in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [ 1 ] Lake Miltona was named for Florence Miltona Roadruck, the wife of a pioneer who settled there.
Marais des Cygnes-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi The Marais des Cygnes River ( / ˌ m ɛər d ə ˈ z iː n , - ˈ s iː n , ˈ m ɛər d ə z iː n / MAIR de ZEEN , - zeen, - SEEN , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] French: [maʁɛ de siɲ] ) is a principal tributary of the Osage River , about 217 miles (349 km) long, [ 5 ] in eastern Kansas and western Missouri ...
Castlewood State Park is a public recreation area and Missouri state park occupying 1,818 acres (736 ha) which straddles the Meramec River in St. Louis County, Missouri.The most visited section of the state park lies on the north side of the Meramec; the park acreage on the south side of the river is accessed from Lone Elk County Park and includes the World Bird Sanctuary.
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 ...