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 Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant portio ...

. 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 The Rocheport Interstate 70 Bridge is a four-lane(soon to be six) bridge over the Missouri River on Interstate 70 (I-70) between Cooper and Boone counties near Rocheport. The first bridge was built in 1960 and rehabilitated in 1994. It ...

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. ...

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 are a ...

and the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge are nearby.

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Big Moniteau Rock Art Site
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