Mastodon State Historic Site

Interesting historic site.

The 15 minute video was very informative. The museum was small but well done. There are three hiking trails. The 2 mile trail has 2 major hills at each end of the loop with only 2 entrances/exits.

Interesting bones!

Mastodons lived here in Missouri! Come look at one of them, and learn about the rest! Imagine how our ancestors shared this land with these large animals.

Wonderful visit…. Must see

We visited last minute on the way out of St. Louis. It was a beautiful surprise and we most definitely would revisit. We did not have our children that visit but we want to return with them because th...

Missed the full experience.

We didn’t realize this site is closed on Mondays an Tuesdays. Call before you go. The wildflower trail is closed as well now too. We walked the limestone hill trail and it was nice, but can see how it...

Good Visitor Center and video

As we learned from the approximate 15-minute orientation movie and exhibits at the Visitor Center, Clovis Indians frequented this area at the same time as the period with the Mastodon. Very good disp...