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Crowder State Park

Coordinates: 40°05′41″N 93°39′43″W / 40.09472°N 93.66194°W / 40.09472; -93.66194
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Crowder State Park
Lake
Crowder Lake
Crowder State Park is located in Missouri
Crowder State Park
Location in Missouri
Crowder State Park is located in the United States
Crowder State Park
Crowder State Park (the United States)
LocationGrundy County, Missouri, United States
Coordinates40°05′41″N 93°39′43″W / 40.09472°N 93.66194°W / 40.09472; -93.66194[1]
Area1,912.06 acres (773.78 ha)[2]
Elevation764 ft (233 m)[1]
Established1938[3]
Administered byMissouri Department of Natural Resources
Visitors79,877 (in 2022)[4]
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge
Nearest cityTrenton, Missouri
AreaLess than one acre
Builtc. 1939 (1939)
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic arch
MPSECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR
NRHP reference No.85000505
Added 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

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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]: 91–95  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7]

Activities and amenities

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Crowder Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Data Sheet: Crowder State Park" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. November 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  3. ^ "State Park Land Acquisition Summary". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "Missouri State Park Attendance For January - December, 2022" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. February 3, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Crowder State Park". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  6. ^ Denny, James M.; Wright, Bonita Marie (November 7, 1984). "Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Architecture in Missouri State Parks, 1933-1942, Thematic Resources" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. Missouri Department of Natural Resources (includes photographs). Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge". NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
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