In Missouri, I can't make up my mind which park is best - Hawn, Ha Ha Tonka, Sam A. Baker or Meramec State Park. Meramec State Park offers wild and wonderful swimming, dozens of caves to poke around in, CCC buildings, nice shower houses and camping, on site canoe services and a store, and an informative visitor center. I give... More

For camping it is one of the best in the State. Quiet, close to very clean bath house, and has handicapped sites as well. Clean and safe.

I am 51 years old and have been coming to this park for all 51 years. My mother is 79 and she first came here at 13 years old. There are great hiking trails, beautiful Meramec river runs through the park, a informative visitor center, canoe and kayak rental, weekend evening park ranger lead programs that are great for whole... More

A wonderful park here in Missouri. Surrounded by hills, trees, and a beautiful clear river. Any camper passing through, or planning their next trip should put this at the top of their list.

This state park was nice: the people were friendly, helpful, fisher cave was amazing -I recommend tour guide Ana I think (young lady with dark hair she was the nicest person there- I stayed in cabin 9 pros:? Cons: tiny bathroom spiders no blinds on windows no tv no sheet changing/laundry service. If you have ever stayed in an Arkansas... More

Located down a windy road off of I-44 at Sullivan Missouri, this is a large park, with good camping spots and wonderful hiking trail. Also right on the Meramac river, lots of caves located in park as well, most not open for exploring, due to bat disease. They also have cabins available as well. My main use has been day... More

I enjoyed the cave tour very much!! It was very interesting to see what nature can do on it's own! Tour guide was very nice and dis a great job on telling us about everything! I would go back for sure! Don't forget to check out the campground!

We usually prefer primitive tent camping and backcountry sites, but on our visit to Meramec state park, we took a tent site at one of the main park campgrounds. It was a July weekday, and we had an entire section of the campground to ourselves (well, we did share it with some brazen deer)! It was perfect for us! (Other... More