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Crowder State Park

Park Information

Crowder State Park will be closed during the following times this fall due to managed deer hunts at the park:

  • 2 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2024, until 8 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2024
  • Sunset on Dec. 5, 2024, until 8 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2024

During these closures, the park will be off limits to everyone except registered hunters and staff or volunteers working the events.

Crowder State Park provides 1,912 acres in the rolling green hills of northern Missouri. Visitors can enjoy more than 17 miles of hiking, bicycling, backpacking and equestrian trails in a forested, rugged terrain. The park also offers fishing and boating opportunities on 18-acre Crowder Lake. The family-oriented campground includes modern restrooms and shady picnic sites are scattered throughout the park.  

Park Hours

For temporary closures related to weather, stewardship activities and maintenance, as well as temporary trail closures, click here to visit our Park and Site Status Map.


On the following days (actual or observed), staff will not be available and park buildings will be closed: Thanksgiving Day; Nov. 24, 2023; Christmas Eve; Christmas Day; New Year’s Eve; New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Lincoln’s Birthday; and Presidents Day. 

Park Grounds

Sunrise to sunset, daily, year-round

Park Office hours

Tuesday after Labor Day until Friday before Memorial Day
No formal office hours 

Friday before Memorial Day until the Tuesday after Labor Day
10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays
1 p.m. until 6 p.m., Sundays