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Manitou Bluffs
The Manitou Bluffs, or Big Manitou Bluffs, are a series of cliffs and bluffs along the Missouri River in Boone County, Missouri. They are made of Mississippian limestone that has been exposed by the erosive action of the Missouri River over time as it cuts into the Ozark Plateau. The bluffs are located between the towns of Rocheport and Huntsdale. The Katy Trail State Park runs between the bluffs and the river. Interstate 70 crosses the Missouri River on the Rocheport Bridge. Les Bourgeois Winery famously sits atop the bluffs. The bluffs are considered sacred by Native Americans, and pictographs are visible on the face of the cliffs near Torbett Spring. There are also many burial mounds atop the bluffs. Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area is a nature preserve and wetland in Boone County, Missouri. Located mainly in the Missouri River floodplain southwest of Columbia, Missouri and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation, the wetlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Bourgeois Winery
Les Bourgeois Winery and Vineyards, Missouri's third largest winery, is in Rocheport, Missouri in the Columbia Metropolitan Area. The winery produces over 120,000 gallons of wine a year, sold locally as well as distributed through the Midwest. Properties owned by the company include a resort area with vineyards, a restaurant, an A-frame and casual picnic/outdoor wine garden atop the Manitou Bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, and a production facility. See also * |
Tourist Attractions In Boone County, Missouri
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Tourism numbers declined as a result of a strong economic slowdown (the late-2000s recession) between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and in consequence of the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered until the COVI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
