Celebrate the beginning of 2022 by taking a guided hike in a Missouri state park on Jan. 1, 2022. Start a new tradition with your friends and family as you get some healthy exercise and enjoy the great outdoors. First Day Hikes are promoted by America’s State Parks. For more information, click here.
Registration will be required for all hikes. Click on the park names below to learn more about each hike. See our trails map for other self-guided hiking opportunities at a park near you.
The public is strongly encouraged to follow social-distancing guidelines and be proactive in protecting themselves and others amid ongoing public health concerns. Come prepared with hand sanitizer and bottled water, avoid large and congested crowds, and please stay home if sick.
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Park/Historic Site |
Meeting Location |
Time |
| Arrow Rock State Historic Site, Arrow Rock - CANCELED | Visitor center parking lot | 8-11 a.m. |
| Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park, Wildwood - CANCELED | Alta Shelter parking lot | 10 a.m. to noon |
| Battle of Athens State Historic Site, Revere - CANCELED | Snow Trillium Trailhead | 9 a.m. to noon |
| Bennett Spring State Park, Lebanon - CANCELED | Natural Tunnel/Savanna Ridge Trailhead parking lot | 10-11:30 a.m. |
| Big Sugar Creek State Park, Pineville - CANCELED | Ozark Chinquapin Trailhead | 9 a.m. to noon |
| Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site, Ash Grove - CANCELED | Picnic shelter | 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site, Sedalia - CANCELED | Kiosk near Stonyridge Trailhead | 1-2 p.m. |
| Crowder State Park, Trenton - CANCELED | Shelter 3 parking lot | 10 a.m. to noon |
| Cuivre River State Park – Camp Sherwood, Troy - CANCELED | Camp Sherwood Recreation Hall | 1:30-3 p.m. |
| Cuivre River State Park – Frenchman's Bluff Trail, Troy - CANCELED | Stone Shelter parking lot | 1-3 p.m. |
| Cuivre River State Park – various trails, Troy - CANCELED | Equestrian day-use parking lot | 1:30-3:30 p.m. |
| Echo Bluff State Park, Eminence - CANCELED | Painter Ridge Trailhead | 9-11 a.m. |
| Graham Cave State Park, Danville - CANCELED | Lower Day-Use Area Pavilion | 10 a.m. to noon |
| Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Camdenton | Post Office Shelter | 10 a.m. to noon |
| Hawn State Park, Ste. Genevieve - CANCELED | White Oaks Trailhead | 1-3 p.m. |
| Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, Middle Brook - CANCELED | Black River Center | 9 a.m. to noon |
| Katy Trail State Park, McBaine - CANCELED | McBaine Trailhead | 8:30-10:30 a.m. |
| Katy Trail State Park and Rock Island Spur, Windsor - CANCELED | Windsor Trailhead | 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
| Knob Noster State Park, Knob Noster - CANCELED | Buteo Trailhead | 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Lake of the Ozarks State Park, Kaiser | Hidden Springs Trailhead | 10 a.m. to noon |
| Lewis and Clark State Park, Rushville - CANCELED | Lakefront parking lot | 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
| Mastodon State Historic Site, Imperial - CANCELED | Picnic area | 10-11 a.m. |
| Meramec State Park, Sullivan - CANCELED | In front of the visitor center | 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
| Onondaga Cave State Park, Leasburg - CANCELED | Showerhouse 1 | 8-10 a.m. |
| Prairie State Park, Mindenmines - CANCELED | Regal Tallgrass Prairie Nature Center | 1-3 p.m. |
| Roaring River State Park, Cassville - CANCELED | Eagle's Nest Trailhead | 1-4 p.m. |
| Robertsville State Park, Robertsville - CANCELED | Spice Bush Trailhead | 1-2 p.m. |
| Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Columbia (guided tour) - CANCELED | Devil's Icebox/Rock Bridge parking lot | 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Columbia (self-guided hike) | Devil's Icebox/Rock Bridge parking lot | Anytime from sunrise to sunset |
| St. Francois State Park, Bonne Terre - CANCELED | Swimming Deer Trailhead | 1-4 p.m. |
| St. Joe State Park, Park Hills - CANCELED | Monsanto Lake parking area | 10 a.m. to noon |
| Stockton State Park, Dadeville - CANCELED | Umber Ridge Trailhead | 10-11:30 a.m. |
| Table Rock State Park, Branson - CANCELED | White River Valley Trail System Trailhead 1 | 10 a.m. to noon |
| Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, Ironton - CANCELED | Mina Sauk Falls Trailhead | 9 a.m. to noon |
| Thousand Hills State Park, Kirksville - CANCELED | Red Bud Trailhead | 10-11 a.m. |
| Harry S Truman State Park, Warsaw | Western Wallflower Trailhead | 1-2 p.m. |
| Wallace State Park, Cameron - CANCELED | Showerhouse parking lot | 1-2 p.m. |
| Washington State Park, De Soto | Thunderbird Lodge | 1-2 p.m. |
| Weston Bend State Park, Weston - CANCELED | Overlook parking lot | 10-11:30 a.m. |
