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This area is made up of several tracts of land, of which several are land-locked. Those accessible to the public include: Nixon Branch Tract and Bear Creek Tract. This area is largely forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping, Watershed Lake (35 acres) 740 acres 300 ha: Clark
This area provides a variety of habitats for many fish and wildlife species. The area includes 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of cropland that is seasonally flooded, providing both upland game and waterfowl habitats. A 35-acre (140,000 m 2) fishing lake and approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) of the Plat : 789 acres 319 ha: Platte, Buchanan
Uplands Park is a village in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 445 at the 2010 census. [ 5 ] The village is one of many small majority black communities located in the Natural Bridge corridor of mid-St. Louis County, characterized by small homes on small lots.
The land that is now the park was acquired by conservationist Leo Drey (1917–2015) before becoming part of the Missouri state parks system. The 322-acre (130 ha) state park has been operated by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources under a lease agreement with the L-A-D Foundation since 1984. [6]
Jun. 19—Two U.S. Forest Service campgrounds in the Portage Valley will be closed to some users until the end of the month after a black bear attack involving two people sleeping in a tent last week.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition began at the confluence in 1804, and the explorers returned there at the end of their journey. [4] Following the purchase of the site through the aid of a grant from the Danforth Foundation, the Western Rivers Conservancy conveyed the land to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District in 2001. [6]
Lake of the Ozarks State Park is a public recreation area on the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks; it is the largest state park in Missouri. [4] [ A] The park includes 85 miles (137 km) of shoreline on the lake (which has a total of 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline—mostly privately owned); two swimming beaches with imported sand, 12 trails, the Ozark Caverns, a boat launch, and ...
Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying 189 acres (76 ha) on the south shore of 365-acre (148 ha) Lewis and Clark Lake (a.k.a. Sugar Lake) in Buchanan County, Missouri. The state park features camping, picnicking, and fishing.