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3,216 acres, exhibits interpreting Missouri's springs and the park's natural environment Big Oak Tree State Park: East Prairie: Mississippi: Southeast: 1,029 acres, exhibits on area natural history, logging, drainage of Missouri's bootheel, 1812 New Madrid earthquake: Bonebrake Center of Nature and History: Salem: Dent: Mid-Missouri
Maple Woods Natural Area: 1980: Clay: state Contains a nearly virgin sugar maple and mockernut hickory forest. Maramec Spring: October 1971: St. James: Phelps: private A natural spring, the fifth largest in the state. It has a notable trout park and a historic iron works in a privately owned park.
Lone Elk Park is a county park in the U.S. state of Missouri consisting of 546 acres (2.21 km 2) located in St. Louis County west of the town of Valley Park. [1] The park is located adjacent to Interstate 44, the World Bird Sanctuary, Castlewood State Park, and Tyson Research Center.
Emmenegger Nature Park: This area, which features picnic areas and a pavilion, is just west of the Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center. 117 acres 47 ha: St. Louis: Engelmann Woods Natural Area: This is a forest area.
The Spring Valley Trail is a 3-mile natural treadway trail accessible to equestrians, hikers, and mountain bikers. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Cliff Cave can be accessed from this trail. [ 4 ] The trail goes up a valley, then reaches a karst plateau and forms a loop in the woodlands. [ 4 ]
The state park was acquired in 1926 and is named for Missouri governor Sam Aaron Baker who encouraged the development of the park in his home county.In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps added many structures to the park including the park office and visitors center, which was originally used as a stable, the stone dining lodge, most of the park's cabins, and the backpacking shelters ...
Pawnee Prairie Natural Area: This prairie natural area is a remnant of the once-vast tallgrass prairie that covered much of northwest Missouri. Prairie restoration efforts are on-going. Several bird species of conservation concern can be seen on the area during spring and summer. 472 acres 191 ha: Harrison
Rockwoods Reservation is a 1,843 acres (746 ha) state forest and wildlife conservation area in St. Louis County, Missouri. It was established in 1938, making it one of the oldest Missouri Department of Conservation areas. Being located close to a major urban area and in a rapidly developing suburban area increases its significance as a nature ...