Northern Missouri
Pershing State Park preserves wet prairie and Locust Creek bottoms
Pershing State Park near Laclede protects a remnant of the wet prairie and bottomland that once covered northern Missouri's river valleys, a distinctive outdoors anchor in a farm county.
Pershing State Park, near Laclede in the southwestern part of Linn County, protects a stretch of the Locust Creek bottoms, including remnant wet prairie and bottomland forest that once spread across northern Missouri’s stream valleys. For visitors that means boardwalks and trails through marsh and floodplain, birdwatching, and a landscape that looks very different from the surrounding row-crop ground. Because it sits in a low, wet floodplain, trail conditions and access can change with high water, so it is worth checking conditions before a trip. Missouri State Parks is the authoritative source for the park’s trails, camping, and current status, and for how the park ties to the Pershing family history nearby.
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