National Parks & Sites in Missouri

14 National Park Service sites — explore trails, campgrounds, weather, and plan your visit with AI.

Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail

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In 1857, businessman and transportation entrepreneur John Butterfield was awarded a contract to esta...

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Follow in the footsteps of over 250,000 emigrants who traveled to the gold fields and rich farmlands...

Gateway Arch National Park commemorates President Jefferson’s vision of a continental nation, the in...

The young child known as the "Plant Doctor" tended his secret garden while observing the day-to-day ...

President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of internationa...

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The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail winds nearly 4,900 miles through the homelands of more t...

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Imagine yourself an emigrant headed for Oregon: would promises of lush farmlands and a new beginning...

Ozark National Scenic Riverways is the first national park area to protect a river system. The Curre...

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It is hard to believe that young men once rode horses to carry mail from Missouri to California in t...

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You can almost hear the whoops and cries of "All's set!" as trail hands hitched their oxen to freigh...

Established by 1750, Ste. Geneviève was the first permanent European settlement in Missouri. Early F...

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Remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homeland...

Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th Presi...

Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and where ...