Crowder State Park

State park in Missouri, United States

40°05′41″N 93°39′44″W / 40.09472°N 93.66222°W / 40.09472; -93.66222^[1]Area1,912.06 acres (7.7378 km²)^[2]Elevation758 ft (231 m)^[1]Established1938^[3]Visitors79,877 (in 2022)^[4]Governing bodyMissouri Department of Natural ResourcesWebsiteCrowder State Park

Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest cityTrenton, MissouriAreaLess than one acreBuiltc. 1939 (1939)Built byCivilian Conservation CorpsArchitectural styleRustic archMPSECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TRNRHP reference No.85000505Added to NRHPMarch 4, 1985

Crowder State Park is a public recreation area of 1,912 acres (774 ha) surrounding 18-acre (7.3 ha) Crowder Lake near Trenton in Grundy County, Missouri, USA. The state park and lake are named after Maj. General Enoch H. Crowder, who was born and raised near the park.^[5]

Features

The Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge, a small single-arch span of reinforced concrete with a facing of cut stone built about 1939, is the only surviving structure erected in the park by the Civilian Conservation Corps.^[6]^: 93–95 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[7]

Activities and amenities

The park offers picnicking, camping, fishing, swimming, canoeing, and trails for hiking, cycling and horseback riding.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Crowder State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Crowder State Park: Data Sheet" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. November 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
^ "State Park Land Acquisition Summary". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
^ "Missouri State Park Attendance For January - December, 2022" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. February 3, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Crowder State Park". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
^ Bonnie Wright (n.d.). "ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR, Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 1 photograph)
^ "Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge". NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

External links

Crowder State Park Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Crowder 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 River
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
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