Don Robinson State Park is a public recreation area covering more than in Jefferson County,

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. Located in the upper LaBarque Creek watershed, the

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's rugged landscape includes sandstone box canyons, shelter caves, cliffs, glades and upland and bottomland forests. The land was bequeathed to the state by businessman Don Robinson following his death in 2012. Robinson started acquiring parcels in the 1960s and stopped when he realized his ambition of amassing a holding the same size as

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. The park opened to the public in 2017. It features the stone house where Robinson began living in 1978 as well as two hiking trails and a picnicking area.

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Don Robinson State Park
Missouri Department of Natural Resources {{authority control Protected areas of Jefferson County, Missouri State parks of Missouri Protected areas established in 2012 2012 establishments in Missouri