Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site

Mark Twain State Park and Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site will be closed from 10 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2025, until sunrise on Nov. 11, 2025, due to a managed deer hunt. Only registered hunters and people working the event will be allowed in the park. Camping and lodging will be unavailable to the general public from Nov. 6 through Nov. 10.

For more information, please call the park office at 573-248-9980. For a complete list of closures and advisories, please visit our Park and Site Status Map.

Nothing says “Missouri literature” like Mark Twain. And nothing says “Mark Twain was here” like the state historic site that bears his name. Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site has the two-room rented cabin Samuel Clemens – Twain’s real name – was born in, first editions of many of the author’s works, a handwritten manuscript of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and many of the furnishings from Twain’s Connecticut home.