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This is a list of state parks and state historic sites in Missouri. 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 ...
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) administers hundreds of parcels of land in all counties of the state. Most areas are owned by the department; some are leased by the department; some areas are managed under contract by the department; and some areas are leased to other entities for management.
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. [4] The state park encompasses 1,121 acres (454 ha) of shoreline and bottomland and is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural ...
This area has 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of mostly forested bluffs above the Missouri River and 780 acres (3.2 km 2) of Missouri River floodplain. This area also has stream frontage along the Missouri and Nodaway Rivers. 1,624 acres 657 ha: Holt
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.
It was designated a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 in recognition for its remarkable state of preservation. [4] The historic site is the centerpiece of Watkins Mill State Park , which is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park is a Missouri state park located in the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks. The park encompasses Taum Sauk Mountain , the highest point in the state . [ 4 ] The Taum Sauk portion of the Ozark Trail connects the park with nearby Johnson's Shut-ins State Park [ 5 ] and the Bell Mountain Wilderness Area , which ...
The Katy Trail State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Missouri that contains the Katy Trail, the country's longest continuous recreational rail trail. [1] It runs 240 miles (390 km), largely along the northern bank of the Missouri River , in the right-of-way of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad . [ 2 ]