Echo Bluff State Park, State park in Shannon County, Missouri, United States
Echo Bluff State Park covers 476 acres in Shannon County, Missouri, on the site of the former Camp Zoe. The park is named for the massive cliff above Sinking Creek. It has a lodge, cabins, campsites, a bluff-top shelter for events, a 50-seat amphitheater, and hiking and mountain biking trails.
Camp Zoe, a children's summer camp, opened on this site in 1929. Missouri bought the former camp at a federal auction in 2013 for $640,000, added 80 acres for $455,000, and spent about $52 million on a lodge, cabins, campgrounds, pavilions and a playground. Federal grants of $10.5 million paid for road improvements and a new bridge over Sinking Creek. The park opened to the public on July 30, 2016.
The park occupies the site of Camp Zoe, a children's summer camp that opened in 1929; the name Echo Bluff comes from the massive cliff towering over one side of Sinking Creek. A 50-seat amphitheater and a bluff-top shelter host events, and the lodge, cabins and campsites draw overnight guests.
The park offers overnight stays in a lodge, cabins, or campground, with a restaurant available for meals. Visitors should bring comfortable hiking shoes and be prepared for changing weather conditions.
The land was bought at auction from the federal government in 2013 for $640,000, with an extra 80 acres costing $455,000. Building the lodge, cabins, campgrounds and pavilions took about $52 million, and $10.5 million in federal grants paid for area road work and a new bridge over Sinking Creek.
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