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1958. Operated by. City of Clayton, Missouri. Public transit access. MetroBus. Oak Knoll Park is a municipal park in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Founded in 1958, it includes 14.5 acres of land [ 1] that host one of the largest native stands of post oak trees. [ 2] It also includes two early 20th-century stone mansions.
Arrow Rock State Historic Site is an open-air museum encompassing a geographic formation and a portion of the village of Arrow Rock, Missouri. The park is part of the Arrow Rock Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, and commemorates the history of the area as a key stop on the Santa Fe Trail. A visitor center museum features exhibits ...
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 together ...
Welcome centers, also commonly known as visitors' centers, visitor information centers, or tourist information centers, are buildings located at either entrances to states on major ports of entry, such as interstates or major highways, e.g. U.S. Routes or state highways, or in strategic cities within regions of a state, e.g. Southern California, Southwest Colorado, East Tennessee, or the South ...
Taum Sauk Mountain is part of a large parks-and-wilderness area. Taum Sauk Mountain / ˈtɔːm ˈsɔːk / [3] in the Saint Francois Mountains is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Missouri at 1,772 feet (540 m). [4] The topography of Taum Sauk is that of an elongated ridge with a NNW-SSE orientation rather than a peak.
December 2, 1970. Trail of Tears State Park is a public recreation area covering 3,415 acres (1,382 ha) bordering the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The state park stands as a memorial to those Cherokee Native Americans who died on the Cherokee Trail of Tears. [5] The park's interpretive center features exhibits about the ...
Designated. May 1986. Big Oak Tree State Park is a state-owned nature preserve with recreational features encompassing 1,029 acres (416 ha) in East Prairie, Missouri, United States. The state park was established in a large expanse of drained cropland in 1938 to protect some of the largest trees in the state and in the nation. [5]
Location: Camden and Miller counties, Missouri, United States: Nearest city: Osage Beach, Missouri: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 17,626.55 acres (71.3321 km 2) [2]: Elevation: 771 ft (235.0 m) [1]: Designation: Missouri state park: Established: 1946 [3]: Visitors: 1,347,337 (in 2022) [4]: Administrator: Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Website: Lake of the Ozarks State Park: Lake of the ...