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Route 66 State Park. / 38.50639°N 90.59028°W / 38.50639; -90.59028. Route 66 State Park is a public recreation area located on the Meramec River at the site of the former town of Times Beach, Missouri. [5] The state park encompasses 419 acres (170 ha) one mile (1.6 km) east of Eureka .
The Meramec River (/ ˈ m ɛr ɪ m æ k /), sometimes spelled Maramec River (the original US mapping spelled it Maramec but later changed it to Meramec), is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining 3,980 square miles (10,300 km 2) while wandering 218 miles (351 km) from headwaters southeast of Salem to where it empties into the Mississippi River near St ...
Times Beach is a ghost town in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of St. Louis and 2 miles (3 km) east of Eureka.Once home to more than two thousand people, the town was completely evacuated early in 1983 due to TCDD (a type of dioxin) contamination, formerly the largest civilian exposure to the compound in the history of the United States.
Within this zone, the flooded area totaled around 30,000 square miles (78,000 km 2) and was the worst such U.S. disaster since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, as measured by duration, area inundated, persons displaced, crop and property damage, and number of record river levels. In some categories, the 1993 flood even surpassed the 1927 ...
River flooding continued through March and into April; even stretching to early May in a few areas. Several river gauges throughout the Midwest and southeast were in major flood stage . [9] Some of the worst river flooding of the event occurred in the western suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri , along the Meramec River ; [10] 451 homes were damaged ...
December 6, 1991. Meramec State Park is a public recreation area located near Sullivan, Missouri, about 60 miles from St. Louis, along the Meramec River. [4] The park has diverse ecosystems such as hardwood forests and glades. There are over 40 caves located throughout the park, the bedrock is dolomite.
Designated. 1980 [4] Onondaga Cave State Park is a Missouri state park located on the Meramec River approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of the village of Leasburg. The park was established in 1982. Park activities include cave tours, camping, fishing, hiking, picnicking, and swimming.
Maramec Spring. The spring discharges below an overhanging bluff of Gasconade Dolomite. / 37.95556°N 91.53250°W / 37.95556; -91.53250. Trout fishing is popular in the branch from Maramec Spring to the river. Maramec Spring is located on the Meramec River near St. James in the east-central Ozarks of Missouri.