Outdoors

A bike ride along the Katy Trail takes you through the heart of Missouri, which is the heart of America. Anyone can do it!

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites landowners and others interested in managing deer on their properties to learn about its Deer Management Assistance Program.

Although the Ozark National Scenic Riverways is a national park, it sometimes seems like it is the best-kept secret in the state.

“Missouri River Adventure Camp,” a new initiative by Missouri River Relief, explores the Missouri River by motorboat and by land.

Spending the night in a 48-million-year-old cave in the Missouri Ozarks was everything you could imagine it would be. Except for the sounds.

The world's longest, nonstop canoe/kayak race returns to Missouri July 12-15, with roughly 650 paddlers entered to race in the Missouri American Water MR340 to support river preservation.

Vannetta Groeteke's lifelong passion for sportfishing began one summer at Table Rock Lake when her grandfather helped her catch her first fish.

It was certainly a desire to ride through the state’s green and rolling-hill countryside in summertime that attracted us. Maybe there was a pain component, too, that was curiously, if a little perversely, compelling—confronting the dreaded beast that is humidity in Missouri’s hottest months. 

The Missouri Monster—Mo Mo—became part of Missouri history and folklore 50 years ago in July 1972. While I never had an encounter with that Mo Mo, there was another, different Mo Mo that actually lived with us. Let me explain.

The Missouri Botanical Garden will offer free admission to all visitors on Sunday, June 19 in honor of Juneteenth. Visitors can spend a restful and restorative day in the Garden and partake in special activities planned for the day.