Cuivre River State Park - Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites, MoDNR General Information Cuivre River State Park is located in the Lincoln Hills area of northeast Missouri, an area that shows very few effects from the glaciers that once covered the rest of northern Missouri. As a result, the 6,394-acre park contains many natural features normally found in southern Missouri.
Visitors encounter a rich mosaic of tallgrass prairies interspersed with oaks and hickories.
Denser forests stand on sheltered hillsides, with open, rocky, sun-drenched glades dotting the more exposed slopes. Scattered throughout the region are caves, sinkholes, springs and rocky creeks more typical of the Ozarks. Most of the land was originally acquired as a federal recreation demonstration area from 1934 through 1936. Many of the structures have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park was transferred to the state in 1946 and became Cuivre River State Park.