2026 Public Meetings
As part of an ongoing effort by Missouri State Parks to allow citizen input regarding the facilities and services offered in state parks and historic sites, public meetings will be held throughout 2026. Park representatives will provide information on future plans for the facility and answer questions. Visitors are invited to share feedback and suggestions about park services and operations.
See the schedule below for information on an informational meeting at a state park or historic site near you. Public meetings scheduled as videos will have links posted when they are available for viewing.
| Park/Historic Site | Meeting Date/Time | Meeting Type/Location | Meeting Listing or Video Link | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Rock State Historic Site, Arrow Rock | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park, Wildwood | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Sam A. Baker State Park, Patterson | Sat, Jun 13, 11 a.m. | Open house at the visitor center | ||
| Battle of Athens State Historic Site, Revere | Sat, Sep 12, 1 p.m. | Town hall at the Enclosed Kitchen Shelter | ||
| Battle of Carthage State Historic Site, Carthage | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site, Butler | Jun 1-30 | Video | ||
| Battle of Lexington State Historic Site, Lexington | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site, Pilot Knob | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Bennett Spring State Park, Lebanon | Fri, Aug 28, 6 p.m. | Town hall at the nature center | ||
| Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site, Kansas City | Jun 1-30 | Video | ||
| Big Lake State Park, Craig | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Big Oak Tree State Park, East Prairie | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Big Sugar Creek State Park, Pineville | Thu, Jun 4, 6 p.m. | Town hall in the Riverview Room of the Emory Melton Inn at Roaring River State Park | ||
| Bollinger Mill State Historic Site, Burfordville | May 1-30 | Video | Watch the video. | |
| Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site, Ash Grove | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Boone's Lick State Historic Site, Boonesboro | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site, Sedalia | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Bryant Creek State Park, Ava | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Castlewood State Park, Ballwin | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site, Osage City | Wed, Oct 14, 1-2 p.m. | Town hall in the parking lot | ||
| Confederate Memorial State Historic Site, Higginsville | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Crowder State Park, Trenton | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Cuivre River State Park, Troy | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Current River State Park, Salem | Thu, Jun 11, 5:30 p.m. | Town hall in the Nixon Room of the Betty Lea Lodge at Echo Bluff State Park | ||
| Deutschheim State Historic Site, Hermann | Fri, Oct 2, 5-6 p.m. | Open house at the Strehly House winery | ||
| Dillard Mill State Historic Site, Davisville | Sat, Sep 12, 11:30 a.m. | Open house at the mill | ||
| Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site, Herculaneum | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Echo Bluff State Park, Eminence | Thu, Jun 11, 5:30 p.m. | Town hall in the Nixon Room of the Betty Lea Lodge | ||
| Elephant Rocks State Park, Belleview | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Eleven Point State Park, Couch | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Finger Lakes State Park, Columbia | Jun 1-30 | Video | ||
| First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site, St. Charles | Mon, Aug 10, noon to 2 p.m. | Open house on the historic site grounds | ||
| Graham Cave State Park, Danville | Sat, Sep 19, noon to 1 p.m. | Open house at the picnic shelter | ||
| Grand Gulf State Park, Koshkonong | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Camdenton | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Hawn State Park, Ste. Genevieve | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site, New Madrid | Jun 1-30 | Video | ||
| Iliniwek Village State Historic Site, Alexandria | Sat, Sep 12, 5 p.m. | Town hall at Shelter 1 at Wakonda State Park | ||
| Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site, Columbia | Sat, Jun 27, 10 a.m. to noon | Open house at the Devil's Icebox parking lot at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park | ||
| Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, Middle Brook | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park, West Alton | Mon, Aug 10, noon to 2 p.m. | Open house at First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site | ||
| Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, St. Louis | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Katy Trail State Park – Eastern Section, Matson to Machens | Mon, Aug 10, noon to 2 p.m. | Open house at First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site | ||
| Katy Trail State Park – Mid-Eastern Section, Mokane to Matson | Sat, Apr 25, 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Open house at the Ted and Jones Welcome Center at the Treloar Mercantile | ||
| Katy Trail State Park – Mid-Western Section, Pilot Grove to Mokane | Sat, Apr 25, 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Open house at the Boonville Depot | ||
| Katy Trail State Park – Western Section, Clinton to Pilot Grove | Sat, Apr 25, 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Open house at the Sedalia Depot | ||
| Knob Noster State Park, Knob Noster | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Lake of the Ozarks State Park, Brumley | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Lake Wappapello State Park, Williamsville | May 1-30 | Video | Watch the video. | |
| Lewis and Clark State Park, Rushville | Fri, May 1, 1:30 p.m. | |||
| Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site, Laclede | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Long Branch State Park, Macon | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Mastodon State Historic Site, Imperial | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Meramec State Park, Sullivan | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Missouri Mines State Historic Site, Park Hills | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Missouri State Museum/Jefferson Landing State Historic Site, Jefferson City | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Montauk State Park, Salem | Wed, Sep 16, 5 p.m. | Town hall at the campground amphitheater | ||
| Morris State Park, Campbell | May 1-30 | Video | Watch the video. | |
| Jay Nixon Backcountry | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Onondaga Cave State Park, Leasburg | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Osage Village State Historic Site, Walker | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site, Laclede | Sat, Sep 12, 10 a.m. to noon | Open house at the Pershing Memorial Museum and Leadership Archives | ||
| Pershing State Park, Laclede | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Pomme de Terre State Park, Pittsburg | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Prairie State Park, Mindenmines | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry, Eminence | Thu, Jun 11, 5:30 p.m. | Town hall in the Nixon Room of the Betty Lea Lodge at Echo Bluff State Park | ||
| Roaring River State Park, Cassville | Thu, Jun 4, 6 p.m. | Town hall in the Riverview Room of the Emory Melton Inn | ||
| Robertsville State Park, Robertsville | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Don Robinson State Park, Cedar Hill | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, Columbia | Sat, Jun 27, 10 a.m. to noon | Open house at the Devil's Icebox parking lot | ||
| Rock Island Trail State Park, Pleasant Hill to Windsor | Sat, Apr 25, 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Open house at the Sedalia Depot, Katy Trail State Park | ||
| Route 66 State Park, Eureka | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| St. Francois State Park, Bonne Terre | Sat, Oct 10, 11 a.m. | |||
| St. Joe State Park, Park Hills | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site, Hillsboro | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Sappington African American Cemetery State Historic Site, Arrow Rock | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site, Arrow Rock | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Shepherd of the Hills State Park, Branson | Thu, Oct 22, 6 p.m. | |||
| Stockton State Park, Dadeville | Jul 1-30 | Video | ||
| Table Rock State Park, Branson | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, Ironton | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Thousand Hills State Park, Kirksville | Fri, May 22, 10-11 a.m. | Open house at the beach | ||
| Towosahgy State Historic Site, East Prairie | Jun 1-30 | Video | ||
| Trail of Tears State Park, Jackson | Oct 1-30 | Video | ||
| Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, Lamar | May 1-30 | Video | ||
| Harry S Truman State Park, Warsaw | May 1-30 | Video | Watch the video. | |
| Mark Twain State Park and Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site, Florida | Sat, Jun 20, 7-8 p.m. | Campground amphitheater | ||
| Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site, Paris | Sat, Jun 20, 7-8 p.m. | Campground amphitheater at Mark Twain State Park | ||
| Felix Vallé House State Historic Site, Ste. Genevieve | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park, Miami | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Wakonda State Park, La Grange | Sat, Sep 12, 5 p.m. | Town hall at Shelter 1 | ||
| Wallace State Park, Cameron | Sep 1-30 | Video | ||
| Washington State Park, De Soto | Aug 1-30 | Video | ||
| Watkins Mill State Park and Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site, Lawson | Wed, Jun 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Town hall at the visitor center | ||
| Weston Bend State Park, Weston | Fri, May 1, 11 a.m. |