Reviews

Scott Lueck

Beautiful park. Really nice campground. Clean bathrooms and individual showers. Firewood and ice can be purchased from camground host. They have stickers, patches and walking stick medallions. Verizon cell service was 1 bar and not very good. If you go to the top of the hill its a better signal. They also have free WiFi at the park office. A must see is the pickle creek natural area hike. It's two miles but lots to see and explore.

Stacey Boyer

Such a beautiful park. Very peaceful. They have several walking trails. Place to camp. A little park area with picnic tables. Could spend the whole day here. The rocks are really pretty and different. Lots of granite.

Debra A

Visited the park for a look at the overlook walkway by the park office and then a hike on White Connector 3. Following that, I took a short drive along Park Drive (doesn't every MO State Park have a Park Drive?) and ran across a sight in a camping area that I've never seen before in any park. Check out the photos for Santa-fied skeleton buddies. On 23 July 2025. People do some amazing things........

Brooke Gietman

We did the Pickle Creek trail and had a lot of fun. Beautiful trail alongside the creek. Lots of rocks and roots to navigate but it just made it more interesting. There were restrooms with pit toilets in the parking lot, not terrible but not great either. Looked like there were nice picnic areas, but we didn't use them.

Jess Ehm

Nice and clean park! Large with many trails. We did the Pickle Creek Trail, which was beautiful and scenic, but also not easy. Definitely be prepared for a more difficult hike, with lots of rocks and downed trees to climb over.

Michael Tafel

Beautiful time of year to camp here! Very few others, the stars were bright and constellations easy to see. The wind in the fir trees made for a soothing sound and great sleeping! Best state park near St Louis that I have camped in so far, however looking forward to the Mark Twain someday…

Monica Bastola (Elyse)

Highly recommend it for the area. Trees were still dead from winter. It can be confusing if you are doing south loop of the trail so pay attention to the map. Two of our friends got lost for a while

Monica F

This park is absolutely beautiful. Did the whispering pine north trail and it's beautiful. Not too difficult and not too long if you take the white connector in the middle.

Rodney Yoswig

We choose the Whispering Pines trail connecting to Pickle Springs trail. what a great day, we walked and enjoyed the many view along the trails. our overall time was 3 hours 23 minutes of fun. as a note it was a more advanced difficulty trail for some people, the Pickle Springs trail is very rocky so wear good hinmking shoes with a solid grip. Pickle springs would be a trail to use caution as it would be easy to loose footing or roll an ankle. Take it slow and easy here. Recommened these trail for exploring. The waterfront trail was great.

Robert Hollandsworth

I did the white oaks trail one week and then the full whispering pines trail the following week in early October 2024. They should just close the white oak trail in my opinion, the views aren’t great and the trail isn’t maintained very well/ the path is very small for some reason. The whispering pines trail on the other hand is easily one of the best hikes in Missouri. The Pine trees transport you to the north west without having to compromise on weather. Great overlooks, fun but challenging hills and cliffs, and then at the southern most point is a serene stream and cool area to relax. I can’t wait to be back.