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State Parks and Sites by Landscape

The official Missouri State Parks pages list caves at 10 places, prairie at 19, geology at 12 and boating or paddling at 37 of the 92 parks and sites we cover.

These groups are not our judgement of the land. A park is listed under a feature only when its own official page names that feature, so a park can be missing here even if you can find the feature there on foot.

10with caves
19with prairie
12with geology
37boating or paddling

Caves (10)

Park or SiteRegionOther Features Its Page ListsSource
Bothwell Lodge State Historic SiteCentral Missourihiking, bicycling, tours, picnickingOfficial page
Clark's Hill and Norton State Historic SiteCentral Missouricamping, hiking, a historic mill, prairieOfficial page
Don Robinson State ParkSt. Louis AreaOfficial page
Graham Cave State ParkCentral Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnickingOfficial page
Grand Gulf State ParkSouthern Ozarkshiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Ha Ha Tonka State ParkLake of the Ozarkshiking, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Katy Trail State ParkKansas City Areacamping, hiking, bicycling, horseback ridingOfficial page
Meramec State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, tours, picnickingOfficial page
Onondaga Cave State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Rock Bridge Memorial State ParkCentral Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, horseback riding, geologyOfficial page

Prairie (19)

Park or SiteRegionOther Features Its Page ListsSource
Big Sugar Creek State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, hiking, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, geologyOfficial page
Clark's Hill and Norton State Historic SiteCentral Missouricamping, hiking, caves, a historic millOfficial page
Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State ParkSt. Louis Areahiking, fishing, boating or paddling, bird watchingOfficial page
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic SiteNorth Missourifishing, tours, a museumOfficial page
Harry S Truman State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, picnickingOfficial page
Knob Noster State ParkKansas City Areacamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
Lewis and Clark State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Long Branch State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Mark Twain State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, a museumOfficial page
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic SiteSpringfield & Southwest Missouricabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, picnicking, Civil War historyOfficial page
Pershing State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, covered bridgesOfficial page
Pomme de Terre State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, picnickingOfficial page
Prairie State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, hiking, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, stargazingOfficial page
St. Joe State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, boating or paddling, a historic mill, picnicking, horseback riding, a museum, geologyOfficial page
Stockton State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Taum Sauk Mountain State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Thousand Hills State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Wakonda State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Watkins Mill State ParkKansas City Areacamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page

Geology (12)

Park or SiteRegionOther Features Its Page ListsSource
Big Sugar Creek State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, hiking, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Echo Bluff State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, toursOfficial page
Elephant Rocks State ParkSouthern Ozarkshiking, picnickingOfficial page
Grand Gulf State ParkSouthern Ozarkshiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, caves, picnickingOfficial page
Ha Ha Tonka State ParkLake of the Ozarkshiking, caves, picnickingOfficial page
Hawn State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Johnson's Shut-Ins State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, picnickingOfficial page
Morris State ParkSoutheast MissourihikingOfficial page
Onondaga Cave State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, caves, a historic mill, tours, picnickingOfficial page
Rock Bridge Memorial State ParkCentral Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, caves, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
St. Joe State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, boating or paddling, a historic mill, picnicking, horseback riding, a museum, prairieOfficial page
Taum Sauk Mountain State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, picnicking, prairieOfficial page

Boating or Paddling (37)

Park or SiteRegionOther Features Its Page ListsSource
Battle of Athens State Historic SiteNorth Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, Civil War historyOfficial page
Big Lake State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, fishing, bird watchingOfficial page
Big Sugar Creek State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, hiking, picnicking, bird watching, geology, prairieOfficial page
Castlewood State ParkSt. Louis Areacabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Crowder State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, picnickingOfficial page
Cuivre River State ParkSt. Louis Areacamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, horseback ridingOfficial page
Current River State ParkSouthern Ozarkscabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, tours, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
Echo Bluff State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, tours, geologyOfficial page
Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State ParkSt. Louis Areahiking, fishing, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Finger Lakes State ParkCentral Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnickingOfficial page
Graham Cave State ParkCentral Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, caves, picnickingOfficial page
Grand Gulf State ParkSouthern Ozarkshiking, swimming, fishing, caves, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Harry S Truman State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, picnicking, prairieOfficial page
Hunter-Dawson State Historic SiteSoutheast Missouria historic mill, tours, Civil War historyOfficial page
Lake Wappapello State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnicking, horseback riding, bird watching, Civil War historyOfficial page
Lake of the Ozarks State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnickingOfficial page
Long Branch State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Mark Twain State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, picnicking, a museum, prairieOfficial page
Meramec State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, caves, tours, picnickingOfficial page
Onondaga Cave State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, caves, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Pershing State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, picnicking, bird watching, prairie, covered bridgesOfficial page
Pomme de Terre State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, picnicking, prairieOfficial page
Prairie State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, hiking, picnicking, bird watching, stargazing, prairieOfficial page
Robertsville State ParkSt. Louis Areacamping, hiking, fishing, picnicking, horseback riding, bird watchingOfficial page
Sam A. Baker State ParkSoutheast Missouricabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
Sappington African American Cemetery State Historic SiteCentral MissouriCivil War historyOfficial page
St. Francois State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
St. Joe State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, a historic mill, picnicking, horseback riding, a museum, geology, prairieOfficial page
Stockton State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Table Rock State ParkBranson & Table Rock Lakecamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnickingOfficial page
Thousand Hills State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Towosahgy State Historic SiteSoutheast Missourihiking, fishingOfficial page
Trail of Tears State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
Wakonda State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Wallace State ParkKansas City Areacamping, hiking, fishing, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Washington State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishingOfficial page
Watkins Mill State ParkKansas City Areacamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page

Swimming (26)

Park or SiteRegionOther Features Its Page ListsSource
Castlewood State ParkSt. Louis Areacabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watchingOfficial page
Cuivre River State ParkSt. Louis Areacamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, horseback ridingOfficial page
Current River State ParkSouthern Ozarkscabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, tours, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
Dillard Mill State Historic SiteSouthern Ozarkscabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, a historic mill, tours, picnickingOfficial page
Echo Bluff State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, tours, geologyOfficial page
Finger Lakes State ParkCentral Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, picnickingOfficial page
Grand Gulf State ParkSouthern Ozarkshiking, fishing, boating or paddling, caves, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Harry S Truman State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, prairieOfficial page
Knob Noster State ParkKansas City Areacamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, picnicking, horseback riding, prairieOfficial page
Lake Wappapello State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, horseback riding, bird watching, Civil War historyOfficial page
Lake of the Ozarks State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, picnickingOfficial page
Long Branch State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic SiteNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, tours, a museum, Civil War historyOfficial page
Mark Twain State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, a museum, prairieOfficial page
Meramec State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, caves, tours, picnickingOfficial page
Onondaga Cave State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, caves, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Pomme de Terre State ParkLake of the Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, prairieOfficial page
Route 66 State ParkSt. Louis Areahiking, bicycling, picnicking, horseback riding, bird watchingOfficial page
St. Joe State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, boating or paddling, a historic mill, picnicking, horseback riding, a museum, geology, prairieOfficial page
Stockton State ParkSpringfield & Southwest Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Table Rock State ParkBranson & Table Rock Lakecamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, picnickingOfficial page
Thousand Hills State ParkNorth Missouricamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Trail of Tears State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, horseback ridingOfficial page
Wakonda State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Washington State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, cabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, fishing, boating or paddlingOfficial page
Watkins Mill State ParkKansas City Areacamping, hiking, bicycling, fishing, boating or paddling, a historic mill, tours, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page

Covered Bridges (5)

Park or SiteRegionOther Features Its Page ListsSource
Bollinger Mill State Historic SiteSoutheast Missouria historic mill, tours, picnicking, Civil War historyOfficial page
Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic SiteNorth Missouria historic mill, horseback ridingOfficial page
Pershing State ParkNorth Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic SiteSt. Louis Areaa historic mill, picnicking, Civil War historyOfficial page
Union Covered Bridge State Historic SiteNorth MissouriOfficial page

Historic Mills (12)

Park or SiteRegionOther Features Its Page ListsSource
Battle of Athens State Historic SiteNorth Missouricamping, hiking, fishing, boating or paddling, tours, picnicking, Civil War historyOfficial page
Bollinger Mill State Historic SiteSoutheast Missouritours, picnicking, Civil War history, covered bridgesOfficial page
Clark's Hill and Norton State Historic SiteCentral Missouricamping, hiking, caves, prairieOfficial page
Dillard Mill State Historic SiteSouthern Ozarkscabins, yurts or lodge rooms, hiking, swimming, fishing, tours, picnickingOfficial page
Hunter-Dawson State Historic SiteSoutheast Missouriboating or paddling, tours, Civil War historyOfficial page
Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic SiteNorth Missourihorseback riding, covered bridgesOfficial page
Onondaga Cave State ParkSouthern Ozarkscamping, hiking, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, caves, tours, picnicking, geologyOfficial page
Rock Bridge Memorial State ParkCentral Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, caves, tours, picnicking, horseback riding, geologyOfficial page
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic SiteSt. Louis Areapicnicking, Civil War history, covered bridgesOfficial page
St. Joe State ParkSoutheast Missouricamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, boating or paddling, picnicking, horseback riding, a museum, geology, prairieOfficial page
Watkins Mill State ParkKansas City Areacamping, hiking, bicycling, swimming, fishing, boating or paddling, tours, picnicking, bird watching, prairieOfficial page
Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic SiteKansas City AreaOfficial page

What We Could Not Verify

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Questions People Ask

Why is there no mountain or lake group?

The official pages list activities and features, not landforms. We only group by what the pages print.

Where are the matching guides?

See state parks with caves, prairie and geology.

Sources

Checked October 30, 2026 by It’s Missouri. Cite this page: It’s Missouri (https://itsmissouri.com/places/by-landscape/), checked October 30, 2026. Free to quote with a link.