State Parks Stories
Missouri State Parks invites you to explore the world of nature our state has to offer. Read our stories and find a state park that's close to you.
Explore Missouri’s History on I-70 Road Trip
A magical history tour of the Interstate 70 corridor across Missouri’s mid-section found a mother lode of state parks and historic sites to explore. We discovered musicians, artists, founding fathers, Civil War soldiers and the earliest inhabitants of the state.
Missouri State Parks Add Yurts to the Camping Experience
A late afternoon storm rolled in off the lake. Rain came down in waves and wind lashed the wooded bluff at the water’s edge, but I was snug as a bug in my yurt.
Pomme de Terre State Park in southwest Missouri has added two rental yurts to a campground at its Pittsburg area on the west side of the park. The campground is on a peninsula, and the yurts sit close to a bluff overlooking the lake.
Visit a Historic Mill and Farm This Fall
A walk out the rear door of the visitor center and museum at Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site takes you into a pastoral setting of tall trees lining a sun-dappled lane that leads to an elegant home and three-story woolen mill from the 19th Century.
Bald eagles produce two chicks at Montauk State Park
Montauk State Park has recorded another blessed event.
The pair of bald eagles that has nested in the park for more than a decade, with varying success, produced two chicks this year. By late spring, the dark brown eaglets were nearly as big as their parents, and were hopping from limb to limb near the nest, testing their wings.
Emory Melton Still a Park Patron at 90
On the return walk after visiting the azure spring that is the jewel of Roaring River State Park, Emory Melton paused. Not because he was two days shy of his 90th birthday and needed a breather. He wanted to survey the scene.
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