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Special-Use Camping

Boy Scouts setting up tentsMany state parks have special-use areas that are designated for group camping, with nonprofit organizations and youth groups having priority. These areas may be reserved by calling the individual parks.

Missouri State Parks welcomes nonprofit groups to group camps and special-use areas. Qualified tax-exempt organizations must provide a copy of a tax exempt certificate at time of payment. 

Advisories

Tick Awareness - Missouri State Parks
Loud Noises due to Black Vulture Control - Roaring River State Park

Enjoy this activity at the following parks

  • Arrow Rock State Historic Site
  • Babler State Park
  • Sam A. Baker State Park
  • Bennett Spring State Park
  • Crowder State Park
  • Cuivre River State Park
  • Finger Lakes State Park
  • Ha Ha Tonka State Park
  • Hawn State Park
  • Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
  • Knob Noster State Park
  • Lake of the Ozarks State Park
  • Long Branch State Park
  • Mastodon State Historic Site
  • Onondaga Cave State Park
  • Pershing State Park
  • Roaring River State Park
  • Robertsville State Park
  • Don Robinson State Park
  • Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
  • St. Francois State Park
  • Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
  • Thousand Hills State Park
  • Trail of Tears State Park
  • Mark Twain State Park
  • Wakonda State Park
  • Wallace State Park
  • Washington State Park
  • Watkins Mill State Park

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