The St. Louis administrative region of the Missouri Department of Conservation encompasses Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren, and Washington counties. The regional conservation office is in St. Charles.
Conservation Area Description Size County Location Allenton Access This area offers access to the Meramec River. There is a boat ramp. St. Louis Anderson (John N and Melba S) Memorial Conservation Area From Steelville, take Hwy 19 south , and turn east onto Valleyside Rd to the parking lot. Crawford Bellefontaine Conservation Area Take Highway 367 south from I-270 approximately 1/2 mile to the entrance to the Missouri Veterans Home. Proceed east on the Veterans Home driveway to the entrance to the conservation area. St. Louis Bismarck Conservation Area Facilities/features: boat ramp, fishing jetty, and DiSalvo Lake (210 acres). St. Francois, Iron, Washington Blanchette Landing Access There is a boat ramp. St. Charles Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area This area is mostly forest with grassland and old fields. Facilities/features: gravel boat ramp and 2 permanent streams (Blue Springs Creek, Meramec River). Crawford Bootleg Access This forest area with old fields offers access to Big River. Facilities/features: primitive camping and viewing deck. Washington Brown's Ford Access This area offers access to Big River. There is a boat ramp. Jefferson Buford Mountain Conservation Area This is a forest area. Iron, Washington Busch (August A) Memorial Conservation Area This area contains of forest in addition to grassland, cropland, old fields, prairie, and wetlands. Facilities/features: boat rentals, picnic areas, pavilion, hiking trails, 43 fishing jetties, fishing docks, staffed firearms range, archery range, five viewing blinds, and a visitor center. St. Charles Campbell Bridge Access This area offers access to the Meramec River. There is a boat ramp and a canoe launch. Crawford Catawissa Conservation Area This area is mostly forest and provides access to the Meramec River. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Chouteau Claim Access This area offers access to the Meramec and Bourbeuse rivers. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Colter's Landing Access This grassland area offers access to Boeuf Creek, which flows into the Missouri River. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Columbia Bottom Conservation Area This area contains cropland, forest, wetlands, and old fields. There is a visitor center and office along with hiking and biking trails, interpretive sites and a boat ramp to the Missouri River. The unique feature of this area is the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. St. Louis Crooked Creek Conservation Area This is a forest area. Crawford Crouch (R H) Access This provides walk-in fishing access to the West Fork of the Cuivre River. Lincoln Cuivre Island Conservation Area This is a mostly forested area with old fields. Facilities/features: boat ramp and permanent stream (Mississippi River). Lincoln, St. Charles Daniel Boone Conservation Area This is a predominantly forested area. Facilities/features: primitive camping, picnic area, 4 fishing ponds, and a multi-use trail. Warren Davidson (Claire Gempp) Memorial WA This forest and grassland area has a small gazebo with a few benches. St. Louis Emmenegger Nature Park This area, which features picnic areas and a pavilion, is just west of the Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center. It is leased by MDC to the city of Kirkwood. St. Louis Engelmann Woods Natural Area This is a forest area. Facilities/features: old-growth forest with striking fall colors and spring wildflowers. Franklin Flamm City Access There is a boat ramp on the Meramec River. This area is adjacent to Teszars Woods CA. Jefferson Forest 44 Conservation Area This area is mostly forest with a staffed firearms range and a permanent stream (Williams Creek). St. Louis Glassberg Family Conservation Area Glassberg Family CA is mostly forest with old fields in the LaBarque Creek watershed. Jefferson Goodson (Jean and Joan) Conservation Area Goodson CA is also called Bittersweet Woods. Small tract of forest amongst St. Louis' suburban neighbors, it offers hiking and is connected with neighboring municipal parks. The area is leased to and maintained by City of Des Peres Parks and Recreation. St. Louis Gravois Creek Conservation Area This is a forest area. St. Louis Hickory Woods Conservation Area This is a forest area. St. Louis Howell Island Conservation Area This island area is mostly forest surrounded by the Missouri River and Centaur Chute. St. Louis, St. Charles Hughes Mountain Natural Area Half forest with glades, savanna, and old fields. Facilities/features: unique geological formations. Washington Huzzah Conservation Area This area is predominantly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping and 3 permanent streams (Meramec River, Courtois Creek, Huzzah Creek). Crawford Kessler Memorial WA This area contains grassland, forest and some cropland. Lincoln Keysville Towersite This forest area is south of Steelville on Route AA, then left on Tower Road. Crawford Kingston Access This area offers access to Mineral Fork. Washington Klamberg (Roger) Woods Conservation Area This is a forest area. St. Louis LaBarque Creek Conservation Area The LaBarque watershed has a great variety of terrestrial natural communities, including small sandstone glades, acid seeps, forested fens and many kinds of woodland. Several neotropical migratory bird species depend on this large forest for breeding habitat. Jefferson Leach (B K) Memorial Conservation Area This area borders the Mississippi River and contains wetlands, forest, and cropland. Facilities/features: waterfowl blinds, several fishable sloughs, and ponds. Lincoln Little Indian Creek Conservation Area This is a forest area. Facilities/features: primitive camping, firearms range (includes shotgun), small fishing pond, and a permanent stream (Little Indian Creek). Washington, Franklin Little Lost Creek Conservation Area This is a predominantly forested area with scattered glades, savannas, and fields. Facilities/features: primitive camping/picnicking, and a multi-use trail. Little Lost Creek is a partially spring-fed Ozark stream, characterized by clear water and a rocky stream bed. Brilliantly colored Ozark fish are found in the stream. Warren Logan (William R) Conservation Area This area is mostly forest with a firearms range and several fishable ponds. Lincoln Long Ridge Conservation Area This area contains forest and some savanna. Facilities/features: primitive camping and an intermittent stream (Little Spring Creek). Franklin Mammoth Access This area offers access to Big River. There is a boat ramp. Jefferson Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area This tract contains of wetlands in addition to cropland and some forest. St. Charles Mayers Landing Access This grassland area offers access to the Bourbeuse River. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Meramec Conservation Area This area is mainly forest. Facilities/features: viewing deck and a permanent stream (Meramec River). Franklin Merrill Horse Access This area offers access to Big River. There is a boat ramp. Jefferson Mill Rock Access It offers access to the Bourbeuse River. Franklin Mint Spring Access Offers access to the Bourbeuse River. Crawford, Gasconade Onyx Cave Conservation Area There is a permanent steam (Brazil Creek). Crawford Pacific Palisades Conservation Area This area contains forest, cropland, and old fields. Facilities/features: a permanent stream (Meramec River) and sand and gravel pits which provide seasonal fishing. Jefferson, St. Louis Pea Ridge Conservation Area This area is mostly forest. It contains Hi Pointe Lake (2 acres, fishable). Washington Pelican Island Access Pelican Island Access is open during normal hours of operation for Sioux Passage Park except that boaters who wish to remain on the river past normal park hours may exit the area through an electronic gate. Normal park hours are 7 a.m. to one half hour after sunset. St. Louis Pelican Island Natural Area In North St. Louis County, near Sioux Passage Park on the Missouri River. Public access is by boat only. St. Louis Phantom Forest Conservation Area Phantom Forest CA is leased to and maintained by the City of Des Peres Parks and Recreation. St. Louis Port Hudson Lake Conservation Area This area contains forest, old fields and grassland. Facilities/features: boat ramp, boat dock, picnic area, pavilion, fishing dock, and Port Hudson Community Lake (55 acres). Franklin Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center This is a forested area with hiking trails. The nature center has 2 floors of interactive exhibits. St. Louis Prairie Slough Conservation Area This forest and wetlands tract contains Prairie Sough Natural Area, a wet-mesic bottomland forest. Lincoln, Pike Redhorse Access This area offers access to the Meramec River. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Reifsnider (Frank) State Forest This is a forest area. Facilities/features: picnic area, firearms range, Reifsnider Forest Natural Area (22 acres of mature white oak forest), and an intermittent stream (North Fork of Charette Creek). There are also a couple of old clay mining pits which are stocked for fishing. Warren Reiker Ford Access This is a forest area offering access to the Bourbeuse River. Franklin River 'Round Conservation Area This area is about 1/2 forest with cropland and old fields. It offers access to the Meramec River. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Riverview Access This area offers access to the Meramec River. There is a boat ramp. Crawford Rockwoods Range From Interstate 44 west of St. Louis, take exit 261 (Allenton-Six Flags), then go north on Allenton Road and take an immediate left on Fox Creek; stay on Fox Creek for . St. Louis Rockwoods Reservation This is a predominantly forest area. Facilities/features: picnic areas and a pavilion, hiking trails, viewing blind, and a permanent stream (Hamilton Creek). The area also has a Conservation Education Center. St. Louis Sand Ford Access This area offers access to the Meramec River. There are 2 boat ramps. Franklin Sandy Island Conservation Area This is a forest area on the Mississippi River. Lincoln Sappington Bridge Access This area offers access to the Meramec River. There is a boat ramp and a canoe launch. Crawford Scotts Ford Access This forest area offers access to the Meramec River. Crawford Sizemore (Pearl G and John J) Memorial Conservation Area From Steelville, go south on Highway 19, then east-southeast (left) on Valleyside Road . Crawford Teszars Woods Conservation Area This forest area is adjacent to the Meramec River. Jefferson Truman Access This area offers access to the Mississippi River. There is a boat ramp. Jefferson Uhlemeyer (Dr Henry A and Amalia) Access This forest and grassland area offers access to the Bourbeuse River. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Union Access Offers access to the Bourbeuse River. There is a boat ramp. Franklin Upper Mississippi Conservation Area These tracts are mostly forest along with old fields and wetlands. The area contains waterfowl blinds and Westport Island Natural Area, which is a bottomland wet-mesic forest. Lincoln, Lewis, St. Charles, Pike Valley View Glades Natural Area This dolomite glade is a Designated Natural Area. Jefferson Victoria Glades Conservation Area This area consists of glades and forest. Jefferson Vonaventure Memorial Forest and WA This is a forest area with a small pond. Lincoln Weldon Spring Conservation Area This is a mostly forested area with pasture, cropland, and some wetlands and glades. Facilities/features: boat ramp (on the river), hiking trails, fishable lakes and ponds (51 acres total), and a permanent stream (Missouri River). St. Charles Wenkel Ford Access This forest area offers access to the Bourbeuse River. Franklin White (William G and Erma Parke) Memorial WA Facilities/features: boat ramp, fishing jetty, fishable ponds, Lake Whiteside, and a managed dove hunt. L