| Lewis and Clark State Park | |||||||||||||||
| Map: | USA Missouri#USA | ||||||||||||||
| Map Size: | 280 | ||||||||||||||
| Relief: | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Buchanan County, Missouri, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 39.5378°N -95.0586°W | ||||||||||||||
| Area Acre: | 189.13 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 781feet | ||||||||||||||
| Established: | 1934 | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation Num: | 90,637 | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation Year: | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation Ref: | [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Governing Body: | Missouri Department of Natural Resources | ||||||||||||||
| Website: | Lewis and Clark State Park
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Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying on the south shore of 365acres Lewis and Clark Lake (a.k.a. Sugar Lake) in Buchanan County, Missouri. The state park features camping, picnicking, and fishing.
The tract was acquired in 1934 as the gift of a group of Buchanan County sportsmen and was originally named Sugar Lake State Park. The name was changed in 1938 to honor Lewis and Clark, who are believed to have discovered the lake, naming it Gosling Lake, on their expedition in 1804-1806.
The Sugar Lake State Park Open Shelter was built in 1934 by a Civilian Conservation Corps company who encamped briefly at the park. It is a stone picnic shelter on a poured concrete foundation. The shelter was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.