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Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park is a public recreation area covering 8,781 acres (3,554 ha) on the East Fork Black River in Reynolds County, Missouri.The state park is jointly administered with adjoining Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, and together the two parks cover more than sixteen thousand acres in the St. Francois Mountains region of the Missouri Ozarks.
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 ]
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 ...
Features: Missouri State Parks promises a quieter, more solitary hike here, and the chance to take in stream and river views. Pinewoods Trail. Where: Bryant Creek State Park, near Ava. Distance: 0 ...
Ozark Trail on Goggins Mountain in Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park. Five Missouri state parks – Johnson's Shut-Ins, Taum Sauk Mountain, St. Joe, Sam A. Baker and Elephant Rocks – are located in this region. Public lands held by the Missouri Department of Conservation provide access for hiking, backpacking, hunting, fishing, canoeing, and boating.
Bell Mountain Wilderness is northwest of Johnsons Shut-Ins and Taum Sauk state parks. The United States Congress designated the Bell Mountain Wilderness in 1980. The wilderness area now has a total of 9,027 acres (36.53 km 2).
Taum Sauk State Park is in a common jurisdiction with nearby Johnson's Shut-ins State Park, and together they comprise the second largest state park in Missouri with a total area of 15,961.5 acres (64.594 km 2).
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