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Devils Well is a sinkhole cave near Akers in the U.S. state of Missouri, containing an underground lake that is the largest in the state. [1] It is a part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and can be viewed by the public any day during daylight hours. The U.S. Park Service has set up a metal staircase and a switch-activated light; however ...
West Lake Landfill is a closed, unlined mixed-waste landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. It was featured in the 2015 documentaries The First Secret City [1] and The Safe Side of the Fence, and the 2017 HBO documentary Atomic Homefront. Its contents have been shown to include radioactive waste; it is thus also an EPA Superfund cleanup site ...
North of the airport, it flows northeast through the communities of Hazelwood, Berkeley, Florissant, Old Jamestown, Black Jack, and Spanish Lake. [2] According to St. Louis Magazine, "It runs past schools, golf courses, and soccer fields." [2] The creek terminates at the Missouri River between the Lewis Bridge and the Columbia Bottom ...
Interstate 255 (I-255) is a bypass route of I-55 in Greater St. Louis. Along with I-270 , it forms a loop around the central portion of the bi-state metro area; a majority of I-255 is located on the Illinois half .
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Missouri. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Created in 1938, [1] this 8,400-acre (34 km 2) lake is located 120 miles (190 km) south of St. Louis, Missouri. The reservoir lies mostly in Wayne County, but its southernmost reaches (near the dam) extend into northern Butler County, both in Missouri.
It is in the southeast part of the county, surrounding a lake impounded on a tributary of Hoosier Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Meramec River. The community is bordered to the north by the city of Saint Clair and is 54 miles (87 km) southwest of St. Louis. Lake St. Clair was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2]
Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park (also called Creve Coeur County Park) is a 2,145-acre (8.68 km 2) St. Louis County park located in Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States. The park is the largest in the St. Louis County Parks system [1] and includes Creve Coeur Lake, an oxbow lake which is one of the largest natural lakes in Missouri. [2]