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Wander through a slice of pre-settlement landscape at Pershing State Park. The park includes a boardwalk and hiking trail that winds through a wet prairie near a meandering stream with oxbow sloughs and cutoffs, and into a bottomland forest.
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Pershing State Park is an excellent example of the wetland...
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Pershing State Park offers basic and electric campsites and...
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A public recreation area in Linn County, Missouri, named after General John J. Pershing. The park features hiking trails, camping, fishing, boating, and a covered bridge, and has a rich history and natural habitat.
Pershing State Park is a small and quiet state park in Laclede, Missouri, with a boardwalk trail, hiking trails, fishing lakes and a campground. Read reviews from visitors who enjoyed the natural scenery, wildlife and birding opportunities at this park.
Enjoy basic and electric campsites at Pershing State Park, a year-round campground with showers and water. Reserve your site online or by phone up to 12 months in advance and check the campground map and amenities.
Pershing State Park is located in Linn County, 18 miles east of Chillicothe or 7 miles west of Brookfield on U.S. Hwy. 36. The main facilities are two miles south on Hwy. 130. The park is approximately two hours from the Kansas City area and four hours from the St. Louis area.
Pershing State Park is an excellent example of the wetland landscape once common in northern Missouri. Virtually all north Missouri rivers and streams have now been straightened and channelized; their flood plains converted to crop and pasture land.
25 kwi 2024 · Pershing State Park, near Laclede, Mo., is a scenic example of Missouri's native prairie environment. Locust Creek flows in the midst of marshes, wetlands and riparian forest. The more than 5,000-acre park is home to 9 miles of trails, including a unique 1.6-mile boardwalk through a delicate wetland environment.
