Missouri State Parks

In his new book “The Wild Mississippi,” traveler and author Dean Klinkenberg encourages readers to reconnect with the river.

Isaiah Maxi went looking for natural splendor in Missouri’s parks. He also found new friends.

The state parks department, together with the nonprofit the Beta Fund, have revamped and updated climbing routes in three state parks and have started offering lessons to beginners in Missouri with hopes of encouraging more novice climbers to try the sport.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources plans to convert an out-of-service 144-mile rail path into a walking and biking trail. Missouri Central Railroad, a subsidiary of Ameren, donated the property to the state via a process known as “railbanking."

A series of videos on YouTube and Facebook in Spanish are designed to get new visitors to the state's parks.

Utility company Ameren has come to an agreement with Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources to donate an old rail line for use as a recreational…

A study by the University of Missouri Extension calls for the state to accept a donation of land and eventually complete the Rock Island Trail.The 144…

Missouri’s recent state park windfall, which came at the end of former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s tenure, is in jeopardy.Four of the parks, scattered…

The Missouri House approved a measure last week that would block the creation of state parks until maintenance on the nearly 100 existing parks is…

Jay Nixon received a nice parting gift from the Department of Natural Resources a few days before stepping down as governor: a new state park that bears…