Driving Tours

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Elk
Noppadol Paothong

View Missouri's recently restored elk herd, fall color, spring flowering trees and an Ozark woodland from your car. Get tour routes, maps and info.

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Burr Oak Woods CA

Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area

Stone-rimmed pool at hatchery

Chesapeake Fish Hatchery

Rows of seedlings turning fall colors at White (George O) SF Nursery

George O. White State Forest Nursery

Anglers in a boat on Hunnewell Lake CA

Hunnewell Lake Conservation Area

Lost Valley hatchery ponds

Lost Valley Fish Hatchery

Aerial view of Montauk Fish Hatchery showing fish ponds

Montauk Fish Hatchery

Kids looking through binoculars at Powder Valley

Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center

fish ponds at Roaring River Hatchery

Roaring River Fish Hatchery

Birds-eye view of Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery

Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery

The Gorman Discover Center buildings

The Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center

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Elk Driving Tours

Take a driving tour to view Missouri’s elk herd.

Flowering Spring Trees

Learn which native Missouri trees produce canopies of spring blossoms. The last two weeks of April is the best time to see them.

Pine-Oak Woodland Driving Tour (pdf, 153 KB)

Enjoy the five-mile driving tour of Rocky Creek Conservation Area in Shannon County. Download and print the route map.

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Fall Colors

Follow weekly regional reports to find Missouri’s best fall colors — available September through November.

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