| Lake of the Ozarks State Park | |
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 Party Cove in 2007 | |
  Location in Missouri Show map of Missouri Lake of the Ozarks State Park (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | Camden andMiller counties,Missouri, United States |
| Nearest city | Osage Beach, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38°06′04″N92°36′20″W / 38.10111°N 92.60556°W /38.10111; -92.60556[1] |
| Area | 17,666.18 acres (7,149.25 ha)[2] |
| Elevation | 663 ft (202.1 m)[1] |
| Established | 1946[3] |
| Administered by | Missouri Department of Natural Resources |
| Visitors | 1,473,192 (in 2023)[2] |
| Website | Official website |
Lake of the Ozarks State Park is a public recreation area on theGrand Glaize Arm of theLake of the Ozarks; it is the largeststate park inMissouri.[4][A] The park includes 85 miles (137 km) of shoreline on the lake (which has a total of 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline—mostly privately owned); two swimming beaches with imported sand, 12 trails, the Ozark Caverns, a boat launch, and theLee C. Fine Memorial Airport which has a 6,500-foot (2,000 m) runway. In addition there are campsites and cabins within the park.
One of the most famous aspects of the park isParty Cove which is a rowdy gathering spot that has been featured on thePlayboy Channel and the front page of theNew York Times Travel Section.[7]
The park's initial development began in 1934 with creation of aRecreational Demonstration Area (RDA), one of 46 nationally and three in Missouri established by theNational Park Service to convert sub-marginal farm lands to recreational purposes. Missouri's largest RDA, now known as Lake of the Ozarks State Park, was established three years after the impoundment of theOsage River atBagnell Dam. ThreeCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps were busy over sixteen camp periods constructing group camps, administrative buildings, roads, a landscaped public beach, and other facilities. In 1946, all RDAs were donated by the federal government to the state park system.[8]
The following CCC-related buildings and nationalhistoric districts were individually listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1985 under their respective NRIS number and are included in the Emergency Conservation Work (E.C.W.) Architecture in Missouri State Parks, 1933–1942, Thematic Resources:[9]
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