{{Short description|State park in Missouri, United States}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = Crowder State Park | image = Crowder-2.jpg | image_caption = Crowder Lake | image_alt = Lake | image_size = 280 | map = USA Missouri#USA | map_size = 280 | map_caption = Location in Missouri | relief = 1 | location = Grundy County, Missouri, United States | coordinates = {{coord|40|05|41|N|93|39|43|W|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = <ref name=gnis/> | area = {{convert|1912.06|acre}}<ref name=parkdata/> | elevation = {{convert|764|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|758373|Crowder Lake}}</ref> | established = 1938<ref name=acquisition/> | visitation_num = 79,877 | visitation_year = 2022 | visitation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2023 |title=Missouri State Park Attendance For January - December, 2022 |url=https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/MSP-Cumulative-Attendance-2022.pdf |website=Missouri State Parks}}</ref> | administrator = Missouri Department of Natural Resources | website = {{Official website}} | embedded = {{Infobox NRHP | name = Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge | embed = yes | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | nearest_city= Trenton, Missouri | locmapin = | built = c. {{Start date|1939}} | builder = Civilian Conservation Corps | architecture = Rustic arch | added = March 4, 1985 | area = Less than one acre | mpsub = [https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/64000392 ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR] | refnum = 85000505 }} }}
'''Crowder State Park''' is a public recreation area of {{convert|1912|acre}} surrounding {{convert|18|acre|adj=on}} Crowder Lake near Trenton in Grundy County, Missouri, USA. The state park and lake are named after Maj. General Enoch H. Crowder, who was born and raised near the park.<ref name=parks/>
==Features== The '''Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge''', a small single-arch span of reinforced concrete with a facing of cut stone built about 1939, is the only surviving structure erected in the park by the Civilian Conservation Corps.<ref name=nrhp/>{{rp|91–95}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.<ref name=npgallery/>
==Activities and amenities== The park offers picnicking, camping, fishing, swimming, canoeing, and trails for hiking, cycling and horseback riding.<ref name=parks/>
==References== <references> <ref name=parks>{{cite web |url=https://mostateparks.com/park/crowder-state-park |title=Crowder State Park |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources |access-date=October 1, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=parkdata>{{cite web |url=https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/Datasheets_Crowder.pdf |title=Data Sheet: Crowder State Park |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources |date=November 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=acquisition>{{cite web |url=https://mostateparks.com/page/59045/state-park-land-acquisition-summary |title=State Park Land Acquisition Summary |publisher=Missouri State Parks |access-date=April 26, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=nrhp>{{cite web |url=https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/ECW%20Architecture%20in%20MSP.pdf |title=Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Architecture in Missouri State Parks, 1933-1942, Thematic Resources |series=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form |access-date=December 27, 2024 |first1=James M. |last1=Denny |first2=Bonita Marie |last2=Wright |date=November 7, 1984 |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources (includes photographs)}}</ref>
<ref name=npgallery>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000505 |work=NPGallery Digital Asset Management System |title=Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge |publisher=National Park Service|access-date=April 26, 2018}}</ref> </references>
==External links== *[https://mostateparks.com/park/crowder-state-park Crowder State Park] Missouri Department of Natural Resources *[https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/4CRO_ColorMap.pdf Crowder State Park Map] Missouri Department of Natural Resources
{{Protected Areas of Missouri}} {{National Register of Historic Places}}
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Category:Civilian Conservation Corps in Missouri Category:Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Category:Bridges completed in 1939 Category:Protected areas of Grundy County, Missouri Category:State parks of Missouri Category:Protected areas established in 1938 Category:1938 establishments in Missouri Category:National Register of Historic Places in Grundy County, Missouri Category:Arch bridges in the United States Category:Concrete bridges in the United States Category:Road bridges in Missouri Category:Buildings and structures in Grundy County, Missouri