PUBLIC RECREATION AREAS
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AREAS
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BEN BRANCH LAKE Directions:
10 miles northeast of Linn on Hwy 89
499 acres of activities:
Fishing, hunting, bird watching, camping, canoeing, hiking (0.4 mi. loop),
boat ramp on the lake, parking, picnic area
COOPER HILL Directions:
Rt. A 2.5 miles south of Sterling; 2.75 miles west on Rt. D to the village
of Cooper Hill
214 acres of activities:
Fishing, hunting, bird watching, camping, canoeing, hiking (no trails),
boat ramp, parking, stream access (Gasconade River)
BONNOTS MILL ACCESS Directions:
In Bonnots Mill, Rt. A north of Hwy. 50
6 acres of activities:
Fishing, bird watching, camping, parking, boat ramp, canoeing, stream
access (Osage River)
CHAMOIS ACCESS Directions:
In Chamois Public Park just off Hwy. 100
1 acre on the Missouri River:
Fishing, canoeing, bird watching, boat ramp, parking, river access; (commercial)
Lewis and Clark Discovery Camp Ground, RV and tent camping equipped
with water and electric hookups and dump station
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DR. BERNARD BRUNS ACCESS
Directions:
North of Westphalia off Hwy. 63
77 acres of activities:
Fishing, hunting, bird watching, camping, canoeing, boat ramp, parking,
stream access (Maries River)
PAINTED ROCK Directions:
7 miles southwest of Westphalia on Hwy. 133, or 8 miles north of Meta
on Hwy. 133
1,480 acres of activities:
Fishing, hunting, bird watching, camping, canoeing, hiking (1.6
mi. loop), boat ramp, stream access (Osage River), viewing deck/tower
POINTERS CREEK ACCESS Directions:
8 miles southeast of Linn on Hwy. CC, then east
on Cnty. Rd. RA
9 acres of activities:
Fishing, bird watching, camping, canoeing, boat ramp, parking, stream
access (Gasconade River)
ROLLINS FERRY ACCESS Directions:
South of Linn at Rt. E and Hwy. 89
16 acres of activities:
Fishing, bird watching, camping, canoeing, boat ramp, parking, stream
access (Gasconade River)
SMOKEY WATERS Directions:
2 miles east of Osage City on Engineers Rd.
976 acres of activities:
Fishing, Hunting, bird watching, canoeing, hiking (no trails), parking,
stream access (Missouri and Osage Rivers)
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