List of National Natural Landmarks in Missouri
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From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Missouri. There are 16 in total.
![List of National Natural Landmarks in Missouri is located in Missouri](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/USA_Missouri_location_map.svg/450px-USA_Missouri_location_map.svg.png)
![Golden Prairie](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Golden Prairie
![Grand Gulf State Park](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Grand Gulf State Park
![Greer Spring](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Greer Spring
![Maramec Spring](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Maramec Spring
![Mark Twain Cave](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Mark Twain Cave
![Marvel Cave](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Marvel Cave
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Missouri National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Big Oak Tree State Park | May 1986 | East Prairie 36°39′18″N 89°19′42″W / 36.655°N 89.32833°W / 36.655; -89.32833 (Big Oak Tree State Park) | Mississippi | state | A rare untouched wet-mesic bottomland hardwood forest in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, it is the home of several state and national champion trees | |
2 | Carroll Cave | 1977 | Camden | private | Contains a dendritic system of subsurface karst streams and tributaries. | ||
3 | Cupola Pond | 1974 | Ripley | federal | One of the most ancient sinkhole ponds in the Ozark plateaus. Located in Mark Twain National Forest. | ||
4 | Golden Prairie | 1975 | Golden City 37°21′45″N 94°09′01″W / 37.36261°N 94.15019°W / 37.36261; -94.15019 (Golden Prairie) | Barton | private | An unplowed remnant of the tall grass prairie ecosystem. | |
5 | Grand Gulf State Park | ![]() | June 1971 | Thayer 36°31′27″N 91°32′38″W / 36.52427°N 91.54389°W / 36.52427; -91.54389 (Grand Gulf State Park) | Oregon | state | An excellent example of karst topography, this canyon is a collapsed dolomite cave with a 200 feet (61 m) natural bridge. Water in this canyon emerges 9 miles (14 km) away in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. |
6 | Greer Spring | ![]() | 1980 | 36°47′12″N 91°20′51″W / 36.786667°N 91.3475°W / 36.786667; -91.3475 (Greer Spring) | Oregon | private | Spring in the Ozarks that discharges into a high quality, cascading stream. |
7 | Maple Woods Natural Area | 1980 | Clay | state | Contains a nearly virgin sugar maple and mockernut hickory forest. | ||
8 | Maramec Spring | ![]() | October 1971 | St. James 37°57′19″N 91°32′11″W / 37.95526°N 91.53632°W / 37.95526; -91.53632 (Maramec Spring) | Phelps | private | A natural spring, the fifth largest in the state. It has a notable trout park and a historic iron works in a privately owned park. |
9 | Mark Twain and Cameron Caves | ![]() | 1972 | 39°41′19″N 91°19′54″W / 39.68864°N 91.33153°W / 39.68864; -91.33153 (Mark Twain Cave) | Marion | private | Exceptionally good examples of the maze type of cavern development. |
10 | Marvel Cave | 1972 | 36°40′03″N 93°20′23″W / 36.6675°N 93.3397°W / 36.6675; -93.3397 (Marvel Cave) | Stone | private | Includes one of the greatest dripstone units of all the Ozark caves. | |
11 | Onondaga Cave State Park | ![]() | 1980 | 38°03′39″N 91°13′38″W / 38.060833°N 91.227222°W / 38.060833; -91.227222 (Onondaga Cave State Park) | Crawford | state | Contains an unusually large and varied number of speleothems. |
12 | Pickle Springs | 1975 | Ste. Genevieve | state | Contains one of the finest Pleistocene relict habitats in Missouri. | ||
13 | Taberville Prairie Conservation Area | ![]() | 1975 | St. Clair | state | One of the largest remaining virgin tall grass prairies. | |
14 | Tucker Prairie | 1975 | Callaway | private | A virgin tall grass prairie occurring within the transition zone between the oak-hickory forest and typical tall grass prairie. | ||
15 | Tumbling Creek Cave | 1980 | Taney | private | Contains the most diverse fauna known for any cave west of the Mississippi River. | ||
16 | Wegener Woods | 1975 | Warren | private | An essentially virgin oak-hickory-dominated forest in a condition of gradual change to a sugar maple-dominated forest. |
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