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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.
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 ...
Cottonwood Creek is a southeastward-flowing 4 mi (6.4 km) tributary stream of San Luis Creek, [3] originating in the eastern foothills of the Diablo Range in Merced County, California. The creek's mouth, before the San Luis Dam was built across the course of San Luis Creek, was originally at its confluence with San Luis Creek at approximately ...
Paradise is an unincorporated community in northwest Clay County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [2] The community lies between the two arms of the Smithville Lake on the Little Platte River . The city of Smithville lies across the lake to the southwest.
Smithville Dam was authorized in 1965. Construction began in 1972 with the dam being completed in 1977. Impoundment began in 1979. The dam is of earthen construction and is 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long. At its crest it is 105 feet (32 m) high and contains a maximum capacity of 246,500 acre-feet (304,100,000 m 3). It is owned and operated by the ...
Smithville is a city in Clay and Platte counties in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, along the Little Platte River. The population was 10,406 at the 2020 United States Census .
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One of the most popular locations in the park is the large lake. The body of water resides in what used to be the quarry itself, but was filled with water after being purchased by the St. Charles County Parks Department; [6] this was likely a combination of both rain water accumulation and other artificial means.