Lewis and Clark State Park (Missouri)

State park in Missouri, United States

Lewis and Clark State Park
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Location	Buchanan County, Missouri, United States
Coordinates	39°32′16″N 95°03′31″W / 39.53778°N 95.05861°W / 39.53778; -95.05861
Area	189.13 acres (76.54 ha)
Elevation	781 ft (238 m)
Established	1934
Administered by	Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Visitors	69,038 (in 2023)
Website	Official website


Sugar Lake State Park Open Shelter
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Nearest city	Rushville, Missouri
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1934 (1934)
Built by	Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style	Rustic
MPS	ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR
NRHP reference No.	85000522
Added to NRHP	February 28, 1985

Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying 189 acres (76 ha) on the south shore of 365-acre (148 ha) Lewis and Clark Lake (a.k.a. Sugar Lake) in Buchanan County, Missouri. The state park features camping, picnicking, and fishing.

History

The tract was acquired in 1934 as the gift of a group of Buchanan County sportsmen and was originally named Sugar Lake State Park. The name was changed in 1938 to honor Lewis and Clark, who are believed to have discovered the lake, naming it Gosling Lake, on their expedition in 1804-1806.

The Sugar Lake State Park Open Shelter was built in 1934 by a Civilian Conservation Corps company who encamped briefly at the park. It is a stone picnic shelter on a poured concrete foundation. The shelter was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

^ "Data Sheet: Lewis and Clark State Park" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. November 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
"State Park Land Acquisition Summary". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ "Lewis and Clark State Park". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
Bonnie Wright (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sugar Lake State Park Open Shelter" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
"Sugar Lake State Park Open Shelter". NPGallery. National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2018.

External links

Lewis and Clark State Park Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Lewis and Clark State Park Map Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Protected areas of Missouri

Federal

National Parks	Gateway Arch
National Monuments	George Washington Carver
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Harry S. Truman Ste. Genevieve Ulysses S. Grant
National Battlefields	Wilson's Creek
National Wildlife Refuges	Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Loess Bluffs Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Swan Lake Two Rivers
National Forests	Mark Twain
Wilderness Areas	Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Eleven Point
Other Protected Areas	Ozark National Scenic Riverways

State

State Parks	Babler Sam A. Baker Bennett Spring Big Lake Big Oak Tree Big Sugar Creek Bryant Creek Castlewood Crowder Cuivre River Current River Don Robinson Echo Bluff Elephant Rocks Eleven Point Finger Lakes Graham Cave Grand Gulf Ha Ha Tonka Harry S Truman Hawn Jay Nixon 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 Ozark Mountain Pershing Pomme de Terre Prairie Roaring River Robertsville Rock Bridge Memorial Rock Island Trail 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 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 and Olive 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
State Forests	List

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