This is a list of state parks and state historic sites in Missouri. In the 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. The division manages 83 parks and historic sites plus the Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry, which together total more than 200,000 acres (809 km2). According to the state its parks system includes approximately 3,700 campsites, 194 cabins, and 840 miles (1,350 km) of trails, including the longest developed rails-to-trails project in the nation.
Name | Size | Established | |
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Arrow Rock State Historic Site | 167.39 acres | 0.6774 km2 | 1923 |
Babler State Park | 2,441 acres | 9.88 km2 | 1937 |
Sam A. Baker State Park | 5,323.62 acres | 21.5439 km2 | 1926 |
Battle of Athens State Historic Site | 408.50 acres | 1.6531 km2 | 1975 |
Battle of Carthage State Historic Site | 7.4 acres | 0.030 km2 | 1990 |
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site | 92.25 acres | 0.3733 km2 | 1958 |
Bennett Spring State Park | 3,216.74 acres | 13.0177 km2 | 1923 |
Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site | 0.32 acres | 1,300 m2 | 1977 |
Big Lake State Park | 407.41 acres | 1.6487 km2 | 1932 |
Big Oak Tree State Park | 1,028.68 acres | 4.1629 km2 | 1937 |
Big Sugar Creek State Park | 2,082.54 acres | 8.4277 km2 | 1992 |
Bollinger Mill State Historic Site | 43 acres | 0.17 km2 | 1967 |
Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site | 400.20 acres | 1.6196 km2 | 1991 |
Boone's Lick State Historic Site | 51.17 acres | 0.2071 km2 | 1960 |
Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site | 246.91 acres | 0.9992 km2 | 1974 |
Castlewood State Park | 1,818.3 acres | 7.358 km2 | 1974 |
Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site | 13.4 acres | 0.054 km2 | 2002 |
Confederate Memorial State Historic Site | 135.22 acres | 0.5472 km2 | 1952 |
Crowder State Park | 1,912.10 acres | 7.7380 km2 | 1938 |
Cuivre River State Park | 6,393.94 acres | 25.8754 km2 | 1946 |
Current River State Park | 780 acres | 3.2 km2 | 2008 |
Deutschheim State Historic Site | 0.69 acres | 2,800 m2 | 1978 |
Dillard Mill State Historic Site | 131.77 acres | 0.5333 km2 | 1977 |
Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site | 1.37 acres | 5,500 m2 | 1965 |
Elephant Rocks State Park | 131.74 acres | 0.5331 km2 | 1967 |
Felix Vallé House State Historic Site | 10.13 acres | 0.0410 km2 | 1970 |
Finger Lakes State Park | 1,128.69 acres | 4.5676 km2 | 1973 |
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site | 0.66 acres | 2,700 m2 | 1960 |
Fort Davidson State Historic Site | 77.19 acres | 0.3124 km2 | 1968 |
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site | 2.69 acres | 10,900 m2 | 1952 |
Graham Cave State Park | 369.51 acres | 1.4954 km2 | 1964 |
Grand Gulf State Park | 321.96 acres | 1.3029 km2 | 1984 |
Ha Ha Tonka State Park | 3,709.74 acres | 15.0128 km2 | 1978 |
Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site | 2.51 acres | 10,200 m2 | 1957 |
Harry S Truman State Park | 1,440 acres | 5.8 km2 | 1976 |
Hawn State Park | 4,953.66 acres | 20.0468 km2 | 1955 |
Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site | 19.80 acres | 0.0801 km2 | 1967 |
Iliniwek Village State Historic Site | 127.49 acres | 0.5159 km2 | 1992 |
Jefferson Landing State Historic Site | 1.27 acres | 5,100 m2 | 1976 |
Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site | 0.45 acres | 1,800 m2 | 1970 |
Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park | 8,549.51 acres | 34.5986 km2 | 1955 |
Jones-Confluence Point State Park | 1,121.43 acres | 4.5383 km2 | 2001 |
Katy Trail State Park | 225.1 mi | 362.3 km | |
Knob Noster State Park | 3,934.38 acres | 15.9219 km2 | 1946 |
Lake of the Ozarks State Park | 17,626.55 acres | 71.3321 km2 | 1946 |
Lake Wappapello State Park | 1,854.23 acres | 7.5038 km2 | 1956 |
Lewis and Clark State Park | 189.13 acres | 0.7654 km2 | 1934 |
Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site | 32.22 acres | 0.1304 km2 | 1968 |
Long Branch State Park | 1,828.47 acres | 7.3996 km2 | 1983 |
Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site | 13 acres | 0.053 km2 | 1924 |
Mark Twain State Park | 2,775.14 acres | 11.2306 km2 | 1924 |
Mastodon State Historic Site | 425 acres | 1.72 km2 | 1976 |
Meramec State Park | 6,896.33 acres | 27.9085 km2 | 1927 |
Missouri Mines State Historic Site | 25 acres | 0.10 km2 | 1976 |
Missouri State Capitol | 3 acres | 12,000 m2 | 1826 |
Missouri State Museum | 1978 | ||
Montauk State Park | 1,396.12 acres | 5.6499 km2 | 1926 |
Morris State Park | 161.22 acres | 0.6524 km2 | 2000 |
Onondaga Cave State Park | 1,317.70 acres | 5.3325 km2 | 1982 |
Osage Village State Historic Site | 100 acres | 0.40 km2 | 1984 |
Pershing State Park | 3,565.66 acres | 14.4297 km2 | 1937 |
Pomme de Terre State Park | 734.44 acres | 2.9722 km2 | 1960 |
Prairie State Park | 3,942 acres | 15.95 km2 | 1980 |
Roaring River State Park | 4,093.38 acres | 16.5653 km2 | 1928 |
Robertsville State Park | 1,224.65 acres | 4.9560 km2 | 1979 |
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park | 2,272.83 acres | 9.1978 km2 | 1967 |
Route 66 State Park | 418.61 acres | 1.6941 km2 | 1997 |
St. Francois State Park | 2,734.97 acres | 11.0680 km2 | 1964 |
St. Joe State Park | 8,242.98 acres | 33.3582 km2 | 1976 |
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site | 205.78 acres | 0.8328 km2 | 1968 |
Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site | 2 acres | 8,100 m2 | 1970 |
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site | 3.86 acres | 15,600 m2 | 1983 |
Stockton State Park | 2,175.90 acres | 8.8056 km2 | 1969 |
Table Rock State Park | 356.03 acres | 1.4408 km2 | 1959 |
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park | 7,501.09 acres | 30.3558 km2 | 1991 |
Thousand Hills State Park | 3,079.70 acres | 12.4631 km2 | 1952 |
Towosahgy State Historic Site | 64 acres | 0.26 km2 | 1967 |
Trail of Tears State Park | 3,415.39 acres | 13.8216 km2 | 1957 |
Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site | 1.24 acres | 0.0050 km2 | 1967 |
Van Meter State Park | 1,104.63 acres | 4.4703 km2 | 1932 |
Wakonda State Park | 1,053.87 acres | 4.2649 km2 | 1960 |
Wallace State Park | 501.61 acres | 2.0299 km2 | 1932 |
Washington State Park | 2,147.57 acres | 8.6909 km2 | 1932 |
Watkins Woolen Mill State Park | 1,500.22 acres | 6.0712 km2 | 1964 |
Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site | 1,500.22 acres | 6.0712 km2 | 1964 |
Weston Bend State Park | 1,133.08 acres | 4.5854 km2 | 1980 |
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