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Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area consists of 859 acres (3.48 km 2) about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Bourbon, Missouri. It is named for, and crossed by, Blue Springs Creek for 3.7 miles (6.0 km), which flows into the Meramec River at the area's eastern boundary. The creek is fed by four springs located on private property in its watershed.
This is a list of state parks and state historic sites in Missouri.In the U.S. state of Missouri both state parks and state historic sites are administered by the Division of State Parks of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Shannon County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,031. [1] Its county seat is Eminence. [2] The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and was named in honor of George F. "Peg-Leg" Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [3]
Eminence is located in the center of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri's largest national park and the nation's first protected river system.Popular activities in the Eminence area include canoeing, hunting, fishing, and horseback riding.
Canoers float the Current River below Welch Spring, which contributes on average 121 cubic feet (3.5 m 3) of water per second to the flow of the river.. Sarvis (2002, 2000) traces the controversy over the creation of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) in southeastern Missouri.
Blue Springs Creek is a stream in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Meramec River.. The stream headwaters arise just south of Bourbon.It flows east past the south side of Bourbon and turns to the southeast parallel to Missouri Route N.
The Jackson County Court granted the incorporation of Blue Springs as a town on September 7, 1880, making it the fourth settlement in the county to be incorporated. On January 12, 1904 Blue Springs was incorporated as a 4th class city. [7] Blue Springs adopted a Constitutional Charter and became Home Rule Charter City in April of 1994. [8]
It is located approximately eighteen miles northwest of Eminence in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Akers houses a campground and access to the Current River. Since there is no bridge within the community, there is a small ferry that allows vehicles traveling on Highway K to cross the Current River. [2]