Eleven Point State Park is one of three new Missouri

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

s announced in 2016 that is awaiting developments and is unopened. The 4,167 acre state park is located mostly on lands of the historic Pigman Ranch near Riverton in Oregon County on

Eleven Point River The Eleven Point River is a river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States. It originates near Willow Springs, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over of water per day to the ri ...

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of southern

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. Plans called for hiking and walking trails, camping, fishing, picnicking, birdwatching, and nature study to be available. On April 27, 2023, although the park remained closed to the public, the

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announced that an open house and guided hike were scheduled for May 13, 2023.

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Eleven Point State Park
Missouri Department of Natural Resources {{authority control State parks of Missouri 2016 establishments in Missouri Protected areas established in 2016 Protected areas of Oregon County, Missouri