List of Missouri conservation areas – Central region

Main article: List of Missouri conservation areas

This list includes Conservation Areas, Wildlife Areas, and other natural places administered under the central administrative region of the Missouri Department of Conservation, including those administered under cooperative agreements with local counties and municipalities.^[1]

Map of Missouri conservation areas with the Central region highlighted

The Central administrative region of the Missouri Department of Conservation consists of Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Gasconade, Howard, Maries, Miller, Montgomery, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, and Saline counties.^[2] The regional conservation office is in Columbia.^[3]

Conservation Area	Description	Size		County	Location
American Legion Park Archery Range	This archery range in Columbia,	1 acre	0.40 ha	Boone	38°56′37.09″N 92°16′56.27″W
Bagnell Dam Access	This area offers access to the Osage River just below Bagnell Dam which impounds the Lake of the Ozarks. There is a two-lane boat ramp and a picnic area. Popular bank fishing area.	10 acres	4.0 ha	Miller	38°11′59.46″N 92°37′2.16″W
Bell Chute Access	This area offers access to the Gasconade River. There is a boat ramp.	8 acres	3.2 ha	Maries	38°4′31.84″N 91°53′23.57″W
Ben Branch Lake Conservation Area	This area contains forest and grassland. Facilities and features: boat ramp, picnic area, fishing jetty, and Ben Branch Lake (39 acres).	584 acres	236 ha	Osage	38°34′21.32″N 91°47′18.63″W
Bennitt (Rudolf) Conservation Area	This area is largely forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping, firearms range, 48-acre (190,000 m2) lake, and 2 intermittent streams (Little Perche Creek, Perche Creek).	3,562 acres	1,441 ha	Randolph, Howard, Boone	39°15′41.76″N 92°26′59.82″W
Big Buffalo Creek Conservation Area	The area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping, three interconnected hiking trails, Big Buffalo Lake (5 acres), three springs and two permanent streams (Big Buffalo Creek and Pole Hollow Creek). There is one Natural Area: Big Buffalo Fe	1,565 acres	633 ha	Morgan, Benton	38°20′35.29″N 93°4′45.28″W
Binder Lake	The Department of Conservation and Jefferson City Parks and Recreation cooperate to provide Binder Lake (155 acres). Facilities/features: a boat ramp, two docks, a disabled-accessible fishing jetty and restroom and a shorebird viewing area. Jefferson City	133 acres	54 ha	Cole	38°35′36.38″N 92°18′21.07″W
Blackwater Bridge Access	This area offers access to the Blackwater River. There is a boat ramp.	4 acres	1.6 ha	Cooper	38°58′59.29″N 92°59′16.53″W
Blind Pony Lake Conservation Area	This area contains old fields, cropland, forest, and some prairies.	2,195 acres	888 ha	Saline	39°3′8.84″N 93°21′9.84″W
Blue Lick Conservation Area	This cropland and forest area features several saline and mineral springs and one permanent stream (Blackwater River).	373 acres	151 ha	Saline	38°59′54.30″N 93°13′19.01″W
Bonnots Mill Access	This area offers access to the Osage and Missouri Rivers. There is a concrete boat ramp.	5 acres	2.0 ha	Osage	38°34′26.53″N 91°58′22.23″W
Branch Towersite	This area is mostly forest. There is a small wildlife water hole. The fire tower is not open to the public. There is a privy that is maintained on site.	38 acres	15 ha	Camden	37°54′5.11″N 93°0′6.31″W
Brays Access	Access requires a .25-mile (40 km) hike down a steep grade (no trail).	29 acres	12 ha	Miller	38°6′52.51″N 92°15′27.44″W
Brown Bend Access	Facilities/features: boat dock, two fishing jetties, and access to the Lake of the Ozarks.	5 acres	2.0 ha	Camden	38°12′49.08″N 93°1′43.46″W
Bruns (Dr Bernard) Access	There are several diverse plant communities on this small conservation area. There are 2 fields of native grass/native forbs planted on the upland. The north facing hillside is old field grown up in trees and has the structure of a closed woodland. There	84 acres	34 ha	Osage	38°27′15.02″N 91°58′8.43″W
Camdenton CSC	Closed to hunting.	45 acres	18 ha	Camden	38°1′25.47″N 92°46′59.38″W
Canaan Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping, two intermittent streams, and two small ponds (1 acre total).	1,437 acres	582 ha	Gasconade	38°20′16.69″N 91°35′54.70″W
Capitol View Access	This area offers bank fishing and canoe access to Cedar Creek a half-mile before it flows into the Missouri River. Canoes will need to be carried down to Cedar Creek.	11 acres	4.5 ha	Callaway	38°38′40.50″N 92°12′10.87″W
Carpenter Memorial Conservation Area	This is a forest area adjacent to part of the Lake of the Ozarks. There are no trails. The only road is Possum Trot Hollow Road. Intermittent stream is Roberts Branch.	365 acres	148 ha	Morgan	38°16′54.10″N 93°4′24.45″W
Chamois Access	This area offers access to the Missouri River.	0.1 acres	0.040 ha	Osage	38°40′51.40″N 91°46′23.34″W
Clifty Creek Conservation Area	This forest and woodland tract contains high bluffs and a natural rock bridge over a scenic Ozark stream.	249 acres	101 ha	Maries	38°1′51.21″N 91°59′11.06″W
Clifty Creek Natural Area	This forest and woodland tract contains high bluffs and a natural rock bridge over a scenic Ozark stream.	249 acres	101 ha	Maries	38°2′16.06″N 91°58′35.60″W
Coffman Beach Access	This area offers access to the Lake of the Ozarks. Facilities/features: a 4-lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, picnic area, and fishing dock.	9 acres	3.6 ha	Morgan	38°15′13.49″N 92°44′7.74″W
Cooper Hill Conservation Area	This area contains forest, grassland, cropland and old fields. Facilities/features: boat ramp, permanent stream (Gasconade River).	219 acres	89 ha	Osage	38°25′49.01″N 91°39′47.46″W
Danville Conservation Area	This area is mostly woodlands and glades. Facilities/features: Danville Glades Natural Area (361 acres), primitive camping, and a fishable stream (Clear Creek).	1,257 acres	509 ha	Montgomery	38°52′0.38″N 91°31′16.96″W
Davisdale Conservation Area	This area is more than half forest. It also contains loess hills, cropland, old fields, grassland and prairie. Facilities/features: primitive camping and 16 fishable ponds (17.5 acres total).	2,783 acres	1,126 ha	Howard	39°0′45.75″N 92°37′37.53″W
De Bourgmont Access	This area offers access to the Lamine River. There is a boat ramp.	3 acres	1.2 ha	Cooper	38°56′29.55″N 92°52′18.68″W
Diana Bend Conservation Area	This area is more than half wetlands and also contains forest, old fields, and cropland. Facilities/ features: primitive camping, fishable pond/blew holes, Missouri River frontage within hiking distance.	1,340 acres	540 ha	Howard	38°58′37.77″N 92°35′56.19″W
Diggs (Marshall I) Conservation Area	This area is more than half forest and also contains cropland, old fields, grassland, savanna and prairie. Facilities/features: boat ramp, picnic area, pavilion, and two fishable lakes (Lake Walter and Lake Whitesell).	1,032 acres	418 ha	Montgomery, Audrain	39°4′24.33″N 91°37′44.12″W
Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area	This area, which borders Katy Trail State Park, contains cropland, forest, wetlands, and smaller tracts of savanna and glades. Facilities/features: viewing blind, waterfowl blind, and two permanent streams (Missouri River, Perche Creek).	4,593 acres	1,859 ha	Boone	38°51′19.56″N 92°26′3.02″W
Earthquake Hollow Conservation Area	This area contains forest and old fields.	83 acres	34 ha	Callaway	38°41′47.01″N 92°3′23.75″W
Fiery Fork Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: primitive camping, picnic areas, and two permanent streams (Little Niangua River, Fiery Fork Creek).	1,580 acres	640 ha	Camden	38°4′47.25″N 92°56′40.22″W
Franklin Island Conservation Area	This area contains forest, old fields, cropland and wetlands. There are two permanent streams (Bonne Femme Creek, Missouri River).	1,663 acres	673 ha	Howard	38°59′23.47″N 92°41′45.28″W
Fredericksburg Ferry Access	This area offers access to the Gasconade River. There is a boat ramp.	7 acres	2.8 ha	Gasconade	38°36′9.99″N 91°37′59.77″W
Freeburg Towersite	This wooded site has a fire tower.	12 acres	4.9 ha	Maries	38°16′11.00″N 91°56′27.82″W
Gale (Larry R) Access	This area is mostly forest with some old fields and glades. Facilities/features: a 2-lane boat ramp, a courtesy dock, a fishing dock, and access to the Niangua Arm of Lake of the Ozarks.	214 acres	87 ha	Camden	38°1′22.11″N 92°50′3.32″W
Gasconade Park Access	This area is about a half-mile from the confluence of the Gasconade and Missouri rivers. There is a boat ramp.	2 acres	0.81 ha	Gasconade	38°40′5.53″N 91°33′19.96″W
Grand Bluffs Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest and also contains savanna, prairie and glades. Facilities/features: Grand Bluffs Scenic Overlook Trail (2 miles) leads users through maple/oak forest, prairie and an old, small orchard where pear trees still bear in the fall to	218 acres	88 ha	Montgomery	38°42′37.59″N 91°37′0.23″W
Grand Pass Conservation Area	This area is largely wetlands and cropland with 800 acres (3.2 km2) of forest.	5,123 acres	2,073 ha	Saline	39°17′36.02″N 93°19′1.68″W
Gravois Mills Access	This area is mostly forest and offers access to the Lake of the Ozarks. Facilities/features: 2-lane boat ramp, courtesy dock, picnic area, and covered fishing dock.	58 acres	23 ha	Morgan	38°18′33.57″N 92°49′9.83″W
Hams Prairie Access	This is a forest area offering access to Auxvasse Creek.	22 acres	8.9 ha	Callaway	38°45′38.49″N 91°50′16.77″W
Harriman Hill Access	This area offers access to the Lamine River. There is a boat ramp.	38 acres	15 ha	Cooper	38°56′9.91″N 92°56′45.09″W
Hart Creek Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: fishable pond (5 acres) and 2 permanent streams.	659 acres	267 ha	Boone	38°42′35.88″N 92°19′21.88″W
Hartsburg Access	This area offers access to the Missouri River. There is a boat ramp.	36 acres	15 ha	Boone	38°42′26.25″N 92°20′23.50″W
Helds Island Access	This area contains old fields. Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, and a permanent stream (Gasconade River).	11 acres	4.5 ha	Gasconade	38°33′10.58″N 91°35′58.03″W
Hinkson Woods Conservation Area	It contains forest, old fields, and grassland. Facilities/features: permanent stream (Hinkson Creek).	81 acres	33 ha	Boone	38°55′30.79″N 92°23′8.94″W
Hite Prairie Conservation Area	This prairie is noted for its wildflowers.	101 acres	41 ha	Morgan	38°25′18.69″N 92°51′43.82″W
Honey Creek Access	Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, intermittent stream (Honey Creek), and a permanent stream (Moreau River).	74 acres	30 ha	Cole	38°29′26.53″N 92°14′18.60″W
Hungry Mother Conservation Area	This is a forest area with primitive camping.	270 acres	110 ha	Howard	39°14′9.21″N 92°33′25.32″W
Jacks (Maude Shores) Conservation Area	This area contains forest, old fields, and an intermittent stream.	21 acres	8.5 ha	Audrain	39°18′12.21″N 92°17′42.37″W
Kings Bluff Access	This area offers access to the Osage River. There is a boat ramp.	6 acres	2.4 ha	Miller	38°16′39.66″N 92°23′14.09″W
Lamine River Conservation Area	This 5,977-acre (24.19 km2) area has a unique combination of river, floodplain, rolling uplands, and steep river bluffs.  The Lamine River is a signature feature of the area meandering through bottomlands of forest, cropfields, oldfields, and small wetlands. Upl	5,985 acres	2,422 ha	Cooper, Morgan	38°42′47.17″N 92°58′38.77″W
Lick Creek Conservation Area	Facilities/features: boat ramp, fishable lake (12 acres), and intermittent stream (Lick Creek).	299 acres	121 ha	Boone	39°8′59.03″N 92°22′59.47″W
Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area	This area is primarily forest and grassland. Facilities/features: boat ramp, boat rentals, boat dock, picnic areas and a pavilion, nine fishing jetties, a fishing dock, and Little Dixie Lake (205 acres).	745 acres	301 ha	Callaway	38°54′46.92″N 92°7′17.18″W
Loutre Lick Access	This forest, cropland, and old fields area offers access to the Loutre River.	146 acres	59 ha	Montgomery	38°52′39.24″N 91°35′7.15″W
Lowe (William) Conservation Area	South of Mexico, go .50-mile (80 km) east of Business Highway 54 on Teal Lake Road to area.	133 acres	54 ha	Audrain	39°8′47.33″N 91°52′45.28″W
Madden Ford Access	This area of old fields and forest offers access to Tavern Creek.	158 acres	64 ha	Miller	38°2′56.00″N 92°18′50.78″W
Malta Bend Lake	This is a fishable, 5-acre (20,000 m2) lake surrounded by old fields and forest.	24 acres	9.7 ha	Saline	39°10′31.62″N 93°23′13.56″W
Manito Lake Conservation Area	Manito is uplands fields divided by brushy fencelines and drainages, and woodlands that surround the lake. The 77-acre (310,000 m2), Manito Lake, is a predominant feature of the area. The lake has accommodations for shoreline fishing, disabled access parking and fishing	867 acres	351 ha	Moniteau, Morgan	38°35′6.22″N 92°48′15.83″W
Mansfield (Alice Ahart) Conservation Area	Forest area with a .75-mile (121 km) loop hiking trail	81 acres	33 ha	Camden	38°8′21.25″N 92°42′51.85″W
Mari-Osa Access	Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, and permanent stream (Osage River).	28 acres	11 ha	Cole	38°29′30.39″N 92°0′50.46″W
Marion Access	This is a forest area. Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, and two permanent streams (Moniteau Creek, Missouri River).	4 acres	1.6 ha	Cole	38°41′29.83″N 92°21′56.25″W
Marion Bottoms Conservation Area	This area contains forest, wetlands, and old fields. Facilities/features: primitive camping, fishable lakes, and ponds (75 acres total), and two permanent streams (Moniteau Creek, Missouri River).	2,941 acres	1,190 ha	Cole, Moniteau	38°42′56.47″N 92°22′19.26″W
Marshall Junction Conservation Area	This is a mostly forest area with old fields and cropland. Facilities/features: firearms range, fishable pond (.25 acre), and a permanent stream (Blackwater River).	778 acres	315 ha	Saline, Pettis	38°56′44.46″N 93°15′35.71″W
McAllister Springs Access	This area offers access to the Blackwater River. There is a boat ramp.	6 acres	2.4 ha	Saline	38°57′2.26″N 93°20′51.29″W
Miami Access	There is a boat ramp.	5 acres	2.0 ha	Saline	39°19′30.70″N 93°13′46.20″W
Mint Spring Access	Offers access to the Bourbeuse River.	7 acres	2.8 ha	Crawford, Gasconade	38°12′30.83″N 91°32′4.94″W
Mint Spring Conservation Area	This small forest contains Mint Spring Seep Natural Area.	43 acres	17 ha	Gasconade	38°12′17.72″N 91°32′14.23″W
Mokane Access	This area offers access to the Missouri River. There is a boat ramp.	10 acres	4.0 ha	Callaway	38°39′13.36″N 91°53′4.37″W
Moniteau Creek Conservation Area	This area contains forest, old fields, cropland, pasture, wetlands and prairie. Facilities/features: primitive camping, recently renovated 2-acre (8,100 m2) pond open to fishing, permanent stream (Moniteau Creek).	753 acres	305 ha	Howard	39°5′41.50″N 92°35′10.02″W
Moores Mill Access	This area contains old fields and forest and offers access to Auxvasse Creek.	104 acres	42 ha	Callaway	38°54′38.29″N 91°48′48.25″W
Moreau 50 Access	This is a forested area. Facilities/features: boat ramp, permanent stream (Moreau River). Camping is not permitted; there is a private campground nearby.	10 acres	4.0 ha	Cole	38°32′30.28″N 92°6′23.53″W
Northcutt (Clarence L) Memorial Conservation Area	This is an 80-acre (320,000 m2) forest.	81 acres	33 ha	Audrain	39°13′3.03″N 92°1′8.02″W
Osage-Tavern Access	This area offers a one-lane boat ramp with access to the Osage River and lower Big Tavern Creek.	27 acres	11 ha	Miller	38°19′1.92″N 92°17′19.68″W
Painted Rock Conservation Area	This area is predominantly forest. Facilities/features: trail, viewing decks, fishable lake with jetties (5 acres) and permanent stream (Osage River).	1,487 acres	602 ha	Osage	38°23′58.92″N 92°6′30.72″W
Paydown Access	This area offers access to the Gasconade River. Facilities/features: boat ramp.	7 acres	2.8 ha	Maries	38°13′49.81″N 91°48′51.96″W
Perry (Ralph and Martha) Memorial Conservation Area	This area contains forest, old fields, wetlands, cropland, and grassland.  Facilities/features:  primitive camping, firearms range, fishable ponds, and a permanent stream	4,179 acres	1,691 ha	Saline, Johnson, Pettis	38°55′4.85″N 93°30′53.23″W
Pikes Camp Access	This area consists of forest and cropland along the Osage River. Facilities/features: boat ramp, permanent stream.	150 acres	61 ha	Cole	38°27′51.59″N 92°10′12.42″W
Plowboy Bend Conservation Area	The tract runs along 5 miles (8.0 km) of the Missouri River and has bottomlands, bluffs and scour holes.	2,677 acres	1,083 ha	Moniteau	38°47′58.81″N 92°24′19.90″W
Pointers Creek Access	This area offers access to the Gasconade River. There is a boat ramp.	9 acres	3.6 ha	Osage	38°25′30.77″N 91°44′38.17″W
Prairie Home Conservation Area	This area contains forest, old fields, cropland, prairie and glades. Facilities/features: boat dock, primitive camping, 13 ponds and lakes (40 acres total), intermittent stream (Schaaf Creek).	1,467 acres	594 ha	Moniteau, Cooper	38°46′14.50″N 92°35′1.56″W
Proctor Towersite	Forest area.	112 acres	45 ha	Morgan	38°17′4.18″N 92°55′15.20″W
Providence Access	This area is adjacent to the Katy Trail and offers access to Perche Creek which flows into the Missouri River 1.25 miles (2.01 km) downstream. There is a boat ramp and privy.	6 acres	2.4 ha	Boone	38°50′12.04″N 92°24′22.89″W
Reform Conservation Area	This area contains forest, cropland, grassland and old fields. Area is leased from Ameren-UE and surrounds the Callaway Nuclear Facility. Facilities/features: 4 fishable ponds (15.5 acres), intermittent streams and a permanent stream (Logan Creek).	7,188 acres	2,909 ha	Callaway	38°45′33.93″N 91°47′2.37″W
Resource Science Center	Permits and a limited variety of publications sold at this location.	6 acres	2.4 ha	Boone	38°56′8.09″N 92°19′17.72″W
Rinquelin Trail Lake Conservation Area	This area contains forest and old fields. Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, fishing jetties, and Rinquelin Trail Community Lake.	282 acres	114 ha	Maries	38°5′1.58″N 92°9′35.96″W
Roberts Bluff Access	Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, permanent stream (Lamine River).	6 acres	2.4 ha	Cooper	38°55′18.52″N 92°58′51.74″W
Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area	This area is forest mixed with old fields, grassland, and savanna. Facilities/features:  20 fishable lakes and ponds (300 acres total). Rocky Fork Lake (52 acres) has a concrete boat ramp.	2,242 acres	907 ha	Boone	39°4′33.04″N 92°18′4.16″W
Rocky Mount Towersite	This is a forest area.	50 acres	20 ha	Miller	38°19′23.09″N 92°37′45.82″W
Rollins Ferry Access	This area offers access to the Gasconade River. There is a boat ramp.	16 acres	6.5 ha	Osage	38°23′32.39″N 91°49′17.33″W
Saline Valley Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest. Facilities/features: a few fishable ponds and five permanent streams (Jack Buster Creek, Big Saline Creek, Little Saline Creek, Jim Henry Creek, and the Osage River).	4,940 acres	2,000 ha	Miller	38°17′20.91″N 92°26′30.02″W
Scrivner Road Conservation Area	This area is mostly old fields with forest and cropland. Facilities/features: primitive camping, Winegar Lake (9 acres), permanent stream (South Moreau Creek).	923 acres	374 ha	Cole	38°28′44.77″N 92°22′58.43″W
Sears (F O and Leda J) Memorial Wildlife Area	A large percentage of this area is planted as native prairie.	162 acres	66 ha	Audrain	39°15′44.42″N 91°43′1.60″W
Shawnee Bend Access	Facilities/features: four-lane boat ramp, two courtesy docks and one fishing dock access to the Lake of the Ozarks.	7 acres	2.8 ha	Camden	38°10′20.19″N 92°43′56.78″W
Smith (Roger V and Viola Wachal) Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest with an intermittent stream (Turtle Branch).	484 acres	196 ha	Cole, Moniteau	38°39′29.20″N 92°25′33.81″W
Smoky Waters Conservation Area	This is a forest area. Facilities/features: historic area (Dodds Island), two permanent streams (Missouri River, Osage River).	1,073 acres	434 ha	Cole, Osage	38°34′33.44″N 91°59′32.70″W
Spring Creek Gap Conservation Area	This area is mostly woodlands and glades. Facilities/features: primitive camping, open vistas, and Spring Creek Gap Glades Natural Area.	1,783 acres	722 ha	Maries	38°8′50.51″N 91°48′7.76″W
St Thomas Ferry Access	The area offers access to the Osage River. There is a boat ramp.	1.0 acre	0.40 ha	Cole	38°25′19.71″N 92°12′28.76″W
Stringtown Bridge Access	This is a forest area bordering the North Moreau Creek.	47 acres	19 ha	Cole	38°32′18.53″N 92°19′27.23″W
Stump Island Park Access	Facilities/features: primitive camping, picnic area and pavilion, permanent stream (Missouri River) with a concrete boat ramp.	8 acres	3.2 ha	Howard	39°13′12.06″N 92°50′52.94″W
Swinging Bridge Access	This forest and old fields area offers access to the Lamine River. There is a boat ramp.	17 acres	6.9 ha	Cooper	38°49′32.72″N 93°1′52.45″W
Taylors Landing Access	Facilities/Features: Missouri River access via a concrete boat ramp.	13 acres	5.3 ha	Cooper	38°57′35.19″N 92°32′53.19″W
Tea Access	This area offers access to the Bourbeuse River. There is no boat ramp.	5 acres	2.0 ha	Gasconade	38°17′58.12″N 91°23′52.33″W
Three Creeks Conservation Area	This area is predominantly forest. Many of the old fields containing mainly non-native species are being converted to native warm season grasses and wildflowers. Facilities/features: primitive camping, hiking, bicycle/horse trails, three intermittent streams.	1,509 acres	611 ha	Boone	38°50′29.19″N 92°17′17.87″W
Tipton Park Lake	Facilities include paved walking trail, restrooms, pavilions, playground, basketball court, horseshoe pits, baseball field, parking lots, barbecue pits and picnic tables.	6 acres	2.4 ha	Moniteau	37°38′43.8″N 92°46′43.8″W
Toronto Springs Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest and grassland. Facilities/features: picnic area, permanent stream (Wet Glaize Creek).	575 acres	233 ha	Camden	37°59′57.12″N 92°30′54.14″W
Tri-City Lake	This area includes 60 acres (240,000 m2) of forest. Facilities/features: boat ramp, improved camping, picnic areas, fishable lake (27 acres).	103 acres	42 ha	Boone	39°11′37.87″N 92°12′25.44″W
Tuscumbia Access	This area offers access to the Osage River. There is a one-lane, concrete boat ramp.	1.1 acres	0.45 ha	Miller	38°13′56.48″N 92°27′32.27″W
Vandalia Lake	The land around the lake is mainly woods and old fields. Facilities/features: boat ramp, improved camping, picnic areas and pavilion, Vandalia Community Lake (44 acres).	149 acres	60 ha	Audrain	39°14′21.35″N 91°32′5.31″W
Waters (Henry Jackson) and C B Moss Memorial WA	This area is mostly forest with some grassland. Facilities/features: intermittent stream (Grindstone Creek, which features 75-foot (23 m)-high limestone bluffs).	110 acres	45 ha	Boone	38°55′40.05″N 92°18′32.61″W
Wellsville Lake Conservation Area	This area is mostly forest with some old fields. Facilities/features: boat ramp, unstaffed shooting range, Wellsville Lake (14 acres).	130 acres	53 ha	Montgomery	39°2′7.41″N 91°34′32.70″W
Whetstone Creek Conservation Area	This area is more than 1/2 forest and woodland with grassland, savanna, cropland, old fields, prairie, and small ephemeral wetlands. Facilities/features: boat ramp, primitive camping, picnic areas, 16 fishable lakes and ponds (65 acres), unstaffed shootin	5,244 acres	2,122 ha	Callaway	38°57′51.42″N 91°42′56.53″W
White (Robert M II) Conservation Area	The area is largely forest with cropland, old fields, grassland, and prairie. Facilities/features: 2 permanent streams and 2 lakes (18 acres total).	1,163 acres	471 ha	Monroe, Audrain	39°20′4.96″N 91°51′49.30″W
Wigwam School Access	Seventy-eight acres with walk-in bank fishing, boat ramp and disabled accessible fishing.	75 acres	30 ha	Morgan	38°14′29.17″N 93°0′30.61″W
Wilson Camp Access	This area offers access to Tavern Creek.	157 acres	64 ha	Miller	38°10′44.71″N 92°19′11.57″W

Notes

• Acreage and counties from MDCLand GIS file^[4]
• Names, descriptions, and locations from Conservation Atlas Online GIS file^[5]