Lewis and Clark State Park — Attraction in Lewis and Clark Village

Lewis and Clark State Park is just about 20 minutes South of Saint Joseph MO. This is a really nice park with some good historical information to read if you take the time. Park includes a couple of walking trails and day time access to Lewis and Clark Lake. Be sure to have a MO state fishing permit if you intend on fishing. The current shower/bathroom facilities are really nice for a state park. However, the host noted that since this park had been flooded several times, the facilities had been brought in since the built structure was not functioning. So I don’t know how long these stand-along facilities will be around. Some of the trailer/camping spots have a solid cover and some don’t and it looked like all of the spots had a picnic table and small fire pit. There are 2 sets of playground equipment, lot of shade and a fair amount of wildlife. Watch out for turtles on the road driving into the park. The hosts were very pleasant...

Online says they are open to the public, they are not. We went there to take pictures, and we were ran off, the park is closed,... we drove an hour and a half, we told the park ranger what the web site says, and he said he doesn't have anything to do with the web site, park is closed, you need to leave,..... will not be open until the levies are fixed, and has no idea when that will be

Went back, said they were open,.....well, not the trails.......why are the trails not open? We drove over an hour with the grandchildren, and closed...... nothing else to do...

We enjoyed visiting this park. It was clean (including the restrooms) the picnic areas were nice, the walking paths were not very long or varied, but it was a nice little walk. The historical information available on the Louis and Clark journey was well placed. Playground acceptable but not huge. No beach; it has been allowed to grow over and is now a grassy home to geese, so they should update the website accordingly.

Basically a small park with pleasant views, nice for a picnic, not a ton to do. Camping available, looks crowded from a quick look...