{{Short description|State park in Missouri, United States}} {{for|the New York state park|Mark Twain State Park and Soaring Eagles Golf Course}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = Mark Twain State Park | image = CCC picnic shelter at Buzzard's Roost, Mark Twain State Park.jpg | image_caption = Picnic shelter at Buzzard's Roost | image_alt = Shelter | image_size = 280 | map = USA Missouri#USA | map_size = 280 | map_caption = Location in Missouri | relief = 1 | location = [[Monroe County, Missouri]], United States | coordinates = {{coord|39|29|16|N|91|47|35|W|region:US-MO|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = <ref name=gnis/> | area = {{convert|2,788.14|acre}}<ref name=parkdata/> | elevation = {{convert|663|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|758354|Lake Tom Sawyer}}</ref> | established = 1924<ref name=acquisition/> | visitation_num = 206,276 | visitation_year = 2023 | visitation_ref = <ref name=parkdata/> | administrator = [[Missouri Department of Natural Resources]] | website = {{Official website}} | module = {{Infobox NRHP | name = Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost | embed = yes | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | nearest_city = [[Santa Fe, Missouri]] | coordinates= | locmapin = | built = {{Start date|1941}} | builder = CCC | 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 = 85000515 }} }}
'''Mark Twain State Park''' is a public recreation area encompassing {{convert|2788|acre}} on [[Mark Twain Lake]] in [[Monroe County, Missouri|Monroe County]], [[Missouri]]. The [[state park]] offers water recreation, hiking trails, and campgrounds.<ref name=parks/> It is adjacent to the [[Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site]].
The '''Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost''' is a historic [[picnic]] shelter located at Mark Twain State Park. The shelter was built about 1941 by an all African-American [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] company. The shelter is constructed of stone in a rustic style.<ref name=nrhp/> It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1985.<ref name=nps/>
==References== <references> <ref name=parks>{{cite web|url=https://mostateparks.com/park/mark-twain-state-park |title=Mark Twain State Park |date=December 10, 2010 |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=parkdata>{{cite web |url=https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/Datasheets_MarkTwain.pdf |title=Data Sheet: Mark Twain State Park |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources |date=2023 |access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=acquisition>{{cite web |url=https://mostateparks.com/page/59045/state-park-land-acquisition-summary |title=State Park Land Acquisition Summary |date=August 25, 2011 |publisher=Missouri State Parks |access-date=August 14, 2015}}</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 31, 2024 |first1=James M. |last1=Denny |first2=Bonita Marie |last2=Wright |date=November 7, 1984 |pages=317–321|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources (includes photographs)}}</ref>
<ref name=nps>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000515 |title=Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost |work=NPGallery Digital Asset Management System |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> </references>
==External links== *[https://mostateparks.com/park/mark-twain-state-park Mark Twain State Park] Missouri Department of Natural Resources *[https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/4TWA_ColorMap.pdf Mark Twain State Park Map] Missouri Department of Natural Resources {{commons category|Mark Twain State Park|position=left}}
{{Protected Areas of Missouri}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Missouri}} {{Mark Twain}}
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[[Category:State parks of Missouri]] [[Category:Protected areas of Monroe County, Missouri]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1924]] [[Category:1924 establishments in Missouri]] [[Category:Mark Twain]] [[Category:Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Missouri]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Missouri]]