Crowder State Park

Crowder State Park
Missouri State Park
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Grundy

Elevation	758 ft (231 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	40°05′41″N 93°39′44″W / 40.09472°N 93.66222°W / 40.09472; -93.66222Coordinates: 40°05′41″N 93°39′44″W / 40.09472°N 93.66222°W / 40.09472; -93.66222 ^[1]

Area	1,912.1 acres (774 ha) ^[2]

Established	1938
Management	Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Location in Missouri
Website: Crowder State Park

Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city	Trenton, Missouri
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1939 (1939)
Architectural style	Rustic arch
MPS	ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR
NRHP Reference #	85000505^[3]
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1985

Crowder State Park is a 1,912-acre (774 ha) state park near Trenton, Missouri, USA. It surrounds Crowder Lake in Grundy County. Both are named after Maj. General Enoch H. Crowder, an officer in the United States military who was born and raised near the park.

Activities and amenities

The park offers picnicking, a 42-unit campground, fishing, swimming and canoeing on 18-acre (7.3 ha) Crowder Lake, and four trails for hiking, cycling and horseback riding.^[4]

The Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[3] It was built about 1939, and is a small single-arched span of reinforced concrete with a facing of cut stone. It is the only surviving structure erected in Crowder State Park by the Civilian Conservation Corps.^[5]^:93–95

References

1 2 "Crowder State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "State parks...estimated acres" (PDF). Revised Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan: 2008-2012. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. pp. 142–143. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Crowder State Park". Missouri State Parks. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
↑ Bonnie Wright (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR, Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 1 photograph)

External links

Crowder State Park Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Protected areas of Missouri

Federal

National Monuments:	George Washington Carver
National Historic Sites:	Harry S. Truman Ulysses S. Grant
National Battlefields:	Wilson's Creek
National Memorials:	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
National Wildlife Refuges:	Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Squaw Creek Swan Lake Two Rivers
National Forests:	Mark Twain
Wilderness Areas:	Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain
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 Rock Island Trail Robertsville Rock Bridge Memorial 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 Woolen Mill Weston Bend
State Historic Sites:	Arrow Rock Battle of Athens Battle of Carthage Battle of Island Mound Battle of Lexington Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Bollinger Mill Nathan Boone Homestead Boone's Lick Bothwell Lodge Clark's Hill/Norton Confederate Memorial Deutschheim Dillard Mill Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave Felix Vallé House First Missouri State Capitol Fort Davidson Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home Harry S Truman Birthplace Hunter-Dawson Iliniwek Village Jefferson Landing Jewell Cemetery Locust Creek Covered Bridge Mark Twain Birthplace Mastodon Missouri Mines Missouri State Capitol Missouri State Museum Osage Village Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Sappington Cemetery Scott Joplin House Towosahgy Union Covered Bridge Watkins Woolen Mill
Conservation areas:	List of Missouri conservation areas
State Forests:	List of Missouri state forests

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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