A blank outdoor canvas: New state park near Branson awaits your input
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What amenities do you want at new state park near Branson?
Wes Johnson/News-LeaderBuy PhotoThe east fork of Roark Creek flows along the southwest edge of the new Ozark Mountain State Park near Branson.(Photo: Wes Johnson/News-Leader)Buy PhotoFrom the windblown peak of a treeless, grassy hill, future visitors can take in a breathtaking view of one of Missouri’s newest state parks, just 40 miles south of Springfield.On the park’s western edge, crystal clear Roark Creek flows for a mile and a half above flat rock scoured smooth by the water’s force. A handful of small ponds, some maybe still holding catfish, dot the park’s landscape.Gnarled chinquapin oaks, towering sycamore trees, evergreen cedars and the occasional maple tree grace the four prominent hills and deep ravines, beckoning future explorers. Old barns, a log cabin and a one-room schoolhouse, long abandoned, lie scattered in ruins across the terrain.The 1,011-acre Ozark Mountain State Park — now the closest state park to Springfield — isn’t open to the public yet. Purchased in October 2016 for $2.8 million, the park is a blank outdoor canvas awaiting input from future park users on what they’d like to see there.Show ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext Slide” …
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