St. Joe State Park

St. Joe State Park
Missouri State Park

Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	St. Francois

Elevation	928 ft (283 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	37°48′15″N 90°31′01″W / 37.80417°N 90.51694°W / 37.80417; -90.51694Coordinates: 37°48′15″N 90°31′01″W / 37.80417°N 90.51694°W / 37.80417; -90.51694 ^[1]

Area	8,238 acres (3,334 ha)

Established	1976
Management	Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Location in Missouri
Website: St. Joe State Park

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St. Joe State Park is a Missouri state park located in Park Hills on the flanks of the Saint Francois Mountains. It encompasses 8,238 acres (3,334 ha) with a 2,000-acre (810 ha) off-road vehicle (ORV) riding area located on the old St. Joe mine tailings dumps. It also contains camping facilities and trails for hiking, bicycling, or horse back riding.^[2]

The park also includes the historic St. Joe Minerals mill buildings and a geologic and mining museum located on the 25-acre (10 ha) Missouri Mines State Historic Site.

References

1 2 "Saint Joe State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "St. Joe State Park". Missouri State Parks. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

External links

St. Joe State Park Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Missouri Mines State Historic Site Missouri Department of Natural Resources
St. Joe Park Riders

Protected areas of Missouri

Federal

National Monuments:	George Washington Carver

National Historic Sites:	Harry S Truman Ulysses S. Grant

National Battlefields:	Wilson's Creek

National Memorials:	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

National Wildlife Refuges:	Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Squaw Creek Swan Lake Two Rivers

National Forests:	Mark Twain

Wilderness Areas:	Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain

Other Protected Areas:	Ozark National Scenic Riverways

State

State Parks:	Babler Sam A. Baker Bennett Spring Big Lake Big Oak Tree Big Sugar Creek Castlewood Crowder Cuivre River Current River Don Robinson Echo Bluff Elephant Rocks Finger Lakes Graham Cave Grand Gulf Ha Ha Tonka Harry S Truman Hawn Johnson's Shut-Ins Jones-Confluence Point Katy Trail Knob Noster Lake of the Ozarks Lake Wappapello Lewis and Clark Long Branch Mark Twain Meramec Montauk Morris Onondaga Cave Pershing Pomme de Terre Prairie Roaring River Rock Island Trail Robertsville Rock Bridge Memorial Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry Route 66 St. Francois St. Joe Stockton Table Rock Taum Sauk Mountain Thousand Hills Trail of Tears Van Meter Wakonda Wallace Washington Watkins Woolen Mill Weston Bend

State Historic Sites:	Arrow Rock Battle of Athens Battle of Carthage Battle of Island Mound Battle of Lexington Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Bollinger Mill Nathan Boone Homestead Boone's Lick Bothwell Lodge Clark's Hill/Norton Confederate Memorial Deutschheim Dillard Mill Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave Felix Vallé House First Missouri State Capitol Fort Davidson Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home Harry S Truman Birthplace Hunter-Dawson Iliniwek Village Jefferson Landing Jewell Cemetery Locust Creek Covered Bridge Mark Twain Birthplace Mastodon Missouri Mines Missouri State Capitol Missouri State Museum Osage Village Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Sappington Cemetery Scott Joplin House Towosahgy Union Covered Bridge Watkins Woolen Mill

Conservation areas:	List of Missouri conservation areas

State Forests:	List of Missouri state forests

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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