Big Oak Tree State Park
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Big Oak Tree State Park is a state-owned nature preserve with recreational features encompassing 1,029 acres in East Prairie, Missouri, United States. The state park was established in a large expanse of drained cropland in 1938 to protect some of the largest trees in the state and in the nation. The park was declared a National Natural Landmark in May 1986, recognized as a rare, untouched wet-mesic bottomland hardwood forest in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain. ()
Established: 1938 (86 years ago)Area: 140.85 acres (0.2201 mi²)Coordinates: 36°38'46"N, 89°18'18"W