Outdoors

Things you see, places you go, and people you meet hiking the Ozark Trail.

Forest and Swope Park both rank among our nation's largest city parks by acreage, and both played important roles in the development of their communities.

Donating property helps safeguard Missouri’s bountiful natural resources.

What The Katy Trail can teach about the Rock Island.

Go for the birds, leave with serenity.

Six Missourians share their experiences in a Columbia public park.

Hundreds of paddlers from around the world will undertake the MR340 in September, a grueling 340-mile race on the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Charles. Get a taste for the adventure from these veteran competitors, and pick a point along the river to watch.

Dip, dunk, drive, or drop a line in these idyllic Missouri waters.

Faced with an enemy capable of prolific breeding, extensive property destruction, and potentially dangerous to humans, the Missouri Department of Conservation wages war in southern Missouri.

Photographer Matt Faupel and his friend in adventure, Brian Grace, spent three days last spring floating the Upper Jacks Fork River, from the Prongs to Bay Creek, a river distance of 25 miles. Come along, and let Matt be your guide to the discoveries.