Mark Twain State Park is a public recreation area encompassing on

Mark Twain Lake Mark Twain Lake is a reservoir located in Ralls and Monroe Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was created by the Clarence Cannon Dam (formerly called ''Joanna Dam'') impounding the Salt River and is located about southwest of Hanniba ...

in Monroe County,

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

. The state park offers water recreation, hiking trails, and campgrounds. It is adjacent to the

Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site The Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site is a publicly owned property in Florida, Missouri, maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, that preserves the cabin where the author Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835. The ...

. The Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost is a historic picnic shelter located at Mark Twain State Park. The shelter was built about 1941 by an all African-American

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

company. The shelter is constructed of stone in a rustic style. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1985.

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Mark Twain State Park
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Mark Twain State Park Map
Missouri Department of Natural Resources {{authority control State parks of Missouri Protected areas of Monroe County, Missouri Protected areas established in 1924 1924 establishments in Missouri Mark Twain Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Missouri