Park Information
Locust Creek Covered Bridge has been moved to the day-use area within Pershing State Park. The bridge is in place but remains closed while the approaches are being built.
Wander through a slice of presettlement landscape at Pershing State Park. The park includes a boardwalk and hiking trail that winds through a wet prairie near a meandering stream with oxbow sloughs and cutoffs, and into a bottomland forest. The park’s wetlands attract a variety of birds and waterfowl as well as scores of other wildlife species. Locust Creek and four small lakes give anglers a chance to try their skills, and a shady campground with electric and basic campsites makes the park an ideal overnight location.
Park visitors can also see the historic Locust Creek Covered Bridge, the longest of Missouri's four covered bridges. Built in 1868, this bridge was recently moved to Pershing State Park due to concerns about watershed instability at its original location.
