Mastodon Tusk Receives Some Loving CareBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
KIMMSWICK, Mo. - The 8-foot-long mastodon tusk on display at Mastodon State Historic Site looks almost good as new, even though it's m...
New Park is a Botanical GardenBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
CEDAR HILL, Mo. – A bright sun nudged the thermometer to 10 degrees and glistened off the light snow that covered the forested h...
Effort to Save Historic Route 66 BridgeBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
EUREKA, Mo. – A highway landmark that once carried motorists on Historic Route 66 across the Meramec River in southwest St. Loui...
Bald Eagles Arrive, Belatedly, in MissouriBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
Winter weather was late this year in Missouri, and so was the arrival of migrating bald eagles.
The eagles that live in Canada and t...
State Parks Reach 1,000 Miles of TrailsBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
WARSAW, Mo. – Bryan Bethel walked to the edge of the bluff to admire the view from a new hiking trail at Harry S Truman State Pa...
Hiking the Ozark TrailBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
California has the PCT. Missouri has the OT.
The Pacific Crest Trail, which spans 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada through California...
A Whirling White Tornado at Big LakeBy Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
CRAIG, Mo. – Russell Burge called to say he had been a tad off on his estimate of the snow geese visiting Big Lake State Park in...
Africa - MoroccoMarrakech and Imlil - Morocco
Photo: Overlooking Marrakech, Morocco December 2022.
Canada - British ColumbiaHiked to the first peak of Stawamus Chief with my son and his dog on National Trails day. Squamish, British Columbia
Photo: View of the Stawamus Chief second peak from the first. ...
EuropeLondon UK - Sicily and Palermo, Italy - Munich, Germany
Photo: Faraglioni di Scopello, Sicily. - Hiking seven kilometers along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the Zingaro Na...
Florida Parks and BeachesSiesta Key Beach in Sarasota, Myakka River State Park and, Highlands Hammock State Park, Rainbow Springs State Park.
Photo: Spring and swimming area at Rainbow Springs State Park....
GeorgiaHigh Falls State Park and Cloudland Canyon State Park
Photo: Hemlock Falls at Cloudland Canyon State Park on a cloudy afternoon January 12, 2022.
IdahoShoshone Falls and Salmon River
Photo: Hint of a second rainbow in the mist of Shoshone Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho.
Missouri Parks, Rivers and HikesPhoto: Hickory Canyons - Box canyons, waterfalls and creeks located less than a mile from two trailheads located on either side of Sprott Road.
Missouri Springs, Mills and Historic SitesPhoto: Greer Spring, The second largest spring in Missouri with an average daily flow of 222 million gallons from two outlets about 250 feet apart. The spring is 0.9 miles from the...
OregonCannon Beach and waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Photo: Multnomah Falls, 611 feet tall and located off of I-84 just 30-minute east of Portland, Oregon...
Tennessee National and State ParksGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, Fall Creek Falls, Cummins Falls and Burgess Falls State Park.
Photo: Cummins Falls, nine miles north of Cookeville, Tennessee on the Blackburn...
Tom Uhlenbrock - Missouri State ParksA Guide to the Turquoise Jewels of the Missouri Ozarks
The new Echo Bluff State Park, billed as the gateway to the Missouri Ozarks, is the perfect base camp for a two-day treasure...
Wyoming - Grand Teton - YellowstonePhoto: Wanting to get away from the crowded holiday weekend in Yellowstone, Friday afternoon my son and I went to a ranger station to register for a backcountry permit. There were ...