Posts tagged #nature — Page 7

Where the Missouri meets the Mississippi — a 4,000-acre conservation area at one of North America's great river confluences, with 285 bird species recorded.

Castle ruins, a massive spring, a natural bridge, and karst topography that makes every trail a small geological revelation — Ha Ha Tonka earns its reputation.

Missouri's largest continuously running waterfall — 163 feet wide and 12 feet tall over solid chert, just outside Joplin.

A ruined stone castle on a bluff above the Lake of the Ozarks — one of Missouri's most dramatic and surprising landmarks.

A bright red mill beside impossibly blue spring water in the Ozarks — Alley Spring is a perfect summer afternoon in Missouri.

The Castor River Shut-Ins near Fredericktown, Missouri are one of the Midwest's best-kept secrets — a swirling landscape of pink granite boulders, clear water channels, and natural swimming holes tucked deep in the Ozarks.

The largest county park in St. Louis, built around an oxbow lake where you can kayak, bike, and watch the Missouri River bend past.

A 546-acre wildlife park west of St. Louis where elk and bison roam free — you drive a loop through their territory, not the other way around.

Mina Sauk Falls is Missouri's tallest waterfall at 132 feet, tucked inside Taum Sauk Mountain State Park in the St. Francois Mountains — a challenging but rewarding hike through some of the state's wildest terrain.