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One Tank Trips
If a trip to Paris, France, to see the Eiffel Tower isn’t in your budget this year and neither is a trip to Florida’s beaches, why not visit both Paris and Florida right here in Missouri?
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Total Eclipse of our Parks
Mark your calendars for April 8, 2024, when an exciting and rare astronomical event, a total solar eclipse, will occur!
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Building for the future
Visitors talk and we listen! Camping and lodging occupancy at the parks is increasing, and the number of campers wanting sites with robust amenities is rising. Selling revenue bonds helps meet the demand for increased lodging…
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MO Virtual Heritage
In May 2022, the Missouri State Parks Grants, Recreation and Interpretation Program received a nearly $500,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to help fund the development of a series of 360-degree virtual tours of…
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Disc Golf
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a flying disc? You never know what you might see at Missouri’s state parks and historic sites. Since the creation of disc golf in the 1960s, and with the…
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The Parks Less Traveled
Get away from your usual habitat and enjoy enticing scenery, while enjoying activities that provide cognitive benefits and improve mood, at the following gems of the Missouri State Parks system.
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The Rifle of Alexander McNair
The oldest firearm in the Missouri State Museum belonged to Missouri’s very first governor, Alexander McNair.
