Arrow Rock State Historic Site

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Arrow Rock State Historic Site
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Location	Arrow Rock, Missouri, United States
Coordinates	39°04′11″N 92°56′47″W / 39.06972°N 92.94639°W / 39.06972; -92.94639
Area	167.39 acres (67.74 ha)
Elevation	712 ft (217 m)
Established	1923
Visitors	80,561 (in 2023)
Administrator	Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Website	Official website


Arrow Rock State Historic Site Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city	Arrow Rock, Missouri
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937
Built by	WPA
Architect	NPS
MPS	ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR
NRHP reference No.	85000516
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1985

Arrow Rock State Historic Site is an open-air museum encompassing bluffs along the Missouri River and a portion of the village of Arrow Rock, Missouri. The park is part of the Arrow Rock Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, and commemorates the history of the area as a key stop on the Santa Fe Trail.

A visitor center museum features exhibits about Arrow Rock and the Boone's Lick country. The Bingham Home, built by artist George Caleb Bingham, is a historic house museum furnished as in the 1880s. The 1834 Huston Tavern is a restaurant. A walking tour of the site includes the old courthouse, town doctor's home, stone jail, and other historic buildings. The park's amenities also include camping facilities and hiking trails.

The bridge and shelters were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Works Progress Administration works at Arrow Rock State Historic Site

Works Progress Administration works at Arrow Rock State Historic Site, near Arrow Rock, Missouri, are works built by Works Progress Administration workers during 1934 to 1937. These include:

Arrow Rock State Historic Site Bridge, at Arrow Rock State Historic Site, southeast of Arrow Rock, Missouri (National Park Service and Works Progress Administration), NRHP-listed. It is a three arch span stone bridge.
Arrow Rock State Historic Site Grave Shelter, Arrow Rock State Historic Site, southeast of Arrow Rock, Missouri (National Park Service and Works Progress Administration), NRHP-listed
Arrow Rock State Historic Site Lookout Shelter, Arrow Rock State Historic Site, east of Arrow Rock, Missouri (National Park Service and Works Progress Administration), NRHP-listed
Arrow Rock State Historic Site Open Shelter

References

^ "Arrow Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Data Sheet: Arrow Rock State Historic Site" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
"State Park Land Acquisition Summary". Missouri State Parks. August 25, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
"Arrow Rock State Historic Site". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
"Arrow Rock State Historic Site Bridge". NPGallery. National Park Service. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ James M. Denny and Bonita Marie Wright (November 7, 1984). "Emergency Conservation Work Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 Thematic Resources". National Park Service.

External links

Arrow Rock State Historic Site Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Arrow Rock State Historic Site Map Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Protected areas of Missouri

Federal

National Parks	Gateway Arch
National Monuments	George Washington Carver
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Harry S. Truman Ste. Genevieve Ulysses S. Grant
National Battlefields	Wilson's Creek
National Wildlife Refuges	Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Loess Bluffs Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Swan Lake Two Rivers
National Forests	Mark Twain
Wilderness Areas	Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Eleven Point
Other Protected Areas	Ozark National Scenic Riverways

State

State Parks	Babler Sam A. Baker Bennett Spring Big Lake Big Oak Tree Big Sugar Creek Bryant Creek Castlewood Crowder Cuivre River Current River Don Robinson Echo Bluff Elephant Rocks Eleven Point Finger Lakes Graham Cave Grand Gulf Ha Ha Tonka Harry S Truman Hawn Jay Nixon Johnson's Shut-Ins Jones-Confluence Point Katy Trail Knob Noster Lake of the Ozarks Lake Wappapello Lewis and Clark Long Branch Mark Twain Meramec Montauk Morris Onondaga Cave Ozark Mountain Pershing Pomme de Terre Prairie Roaring River Robertsville Rock Bridge Memorial Rock Island Trail Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry Route 66 St. Francois St. Joe Stockton Table Rock Taum Sauk Mountain Thousand Hills Trail of Tears Van Meter Wakonda Wallace Washington Watkins Mill Weston Bend
State Historic Sites	Arrow Rock Battle of Athens Battle of Carthage Battle of Island Mound Battle of Lexington Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Bollinger Mill Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead Boone's Lick Bothwell Lodge Clark's Hill/Norton Confederate Memorial Deutschheim Dillard Mill Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave Felix Vallé House First Missouri State Capitol Fort Davidson Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home Harry S Truman Birthplace Hunter-Dawson Iliniwek Village Jefferson Landing Jewell Cemetery Locust Creek Covered Bridge Mark Twain Birthplace Mastodon Missouri Mines Missouri State Capitol Missouri State Museum Osage Village Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Sappington Cemetery Scott Joplin House Towosahgy Union Covered Bridge Watkins Woolen Mill
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State Forests	List

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