Lone Elk Park, MO

Lone Elk Park, MO

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TOPIC: Lone Elk State Park-Section 4 (Antire Hills) of Henry Shaw Ozark
Corridor
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/t/66667939ff5d8ddb?hl=en
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Date: Fri, Dec 12 2008 7:16 am
From: Beth

ENTS,

I did stop at Lone Elk State Park in 2006. This park is located just
west of Valley Park, Missouri along the north side of I-44. Its north
boundary is the Meramec River, one of the major rivers of Missouri,
its south border is I-44, to the west is Washington University Tyson
Research Center, and to the East is Valley Park and contains 546
acres. This Park is located in the Antire Hills section of the Henry
Shaw Ozark Corridor and demonstrates the steep hills associated with
this section.

According to Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor there are “8,000
contiguous acres of land dedicated to preservation + recreation”.
Also there are caves near Antire road that bones of prehistoric
animals have been found and there are two areas where Native American
artifacts have also been found. The caves and Native American sites
are not located inside Lone Elk State Park but they are located with
in the Antire Hills section of Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor. Back to Lone
Elk State Park, this area as the name applies has elk but along with
the elk are American bison, white tailed deer and turkeys. To me I
can see white tailed deer just by looking out my window and turkeys I
can see them as well. What I don’t see running wild are elk and
bison. During my trip there in the fall of 2006 I did see the elk but
I didn’t get to see the bison.

When you first enter the park there is
a sign stating the motorcycles and pets are strictly forbidden in the
park. I was able to take some photos of the lake there and of female
elks (doe?) and their young. My camera battery was running low so the
pic

I got of the male elk (buck?) is blurry but you can still see his
antlers. I have posted this pics on the files page under Lone Elk
State Park.

Beth

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TOPIC: Lone Elk State Park-Section 4 (Antire Hills) of Henry Shaw Ozark
Corridor
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/t/66667939ff5d8ddb?hl=en
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Date: Sun, Dec 14 2008 7:36 am
From: JamesRobertSmith

Not trying to be an officious prick here, but Lone Elk Park is not a
state park. I only mention this because when I tried to look it up on
the Internet, this fact caused some problems. It's a wildlife
management area and not a state park, and is not listed on the
Missouri State Parks website. My wife and I are planning a trip to
Missouri, hopefully in 2009 or 2010, and I thought I might add it to
our to-visit list. Thus, the problem when I tried to get some official
information.

If anyone's interested, the official site is here:

http://www.stlouisco.com/PARKS/LoneElk.html

(At least I think that's the official site.)

JRS.

== 2 of 10 ==
Date: Sun, Dec 14 2008 8:32 am
From: Beth Koebel

Mark,

They are not truely "wild" as they are in one big huge pen. One part of the park is for the bison and the other part is for the elk. I don't know what keeps the elk from jumping over the fence or the bison from running through the fence, but there are grates that you drive over at the gates so I assume that is what stops them from walking on out.

Beth

== 3 of 10 ==
Date: Sun, Dec 14 2008 10:43 am
From: Beth Koebel

Robert,

You are right. Thank you for correcting me. As I drove by it today I noticed the sign said St. Louis County Lone Elk Park. Boy, do I feel like an a$$ for getting that wrong.

Thanks again.

Beth

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