Lake of the Ozarks State Park
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Lake of the Ozarks State Park is a 17441 acres (70.6 km²) park on the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks
and is the largest state park in Missouri
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Originally owned by the United States National Park Service as part of the Recreational Demonstration Area
s when the lake was built in the 1930s it was donated to the state after World War II
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The park includes 85 miles (136.8 km) of shoreline on the lake (which has a total of 1150 miles (1,850.7 km) of shoreline—mostly privately owned); two swimming beaches with imported sand, 12 trails, the Ozark Caverns, a boat launch, and the Lee C. Fine Memorial Airport
which has a 6500 feet (1,981.2 m) runway. In addition there are campsites and cabins within the park.
One of the most famous aspects of the park is Party Cove
which is a rowdy gathering spot that has been featured on the Playboy Channel and the front page of the New York Times Travel Section.
Lake of the Ozarks
The Lake of the Ozarks is a large reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in the northern part of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Extents of three smaller tributaries to the Osage, the Niangua River, Grandglaize Creek, and Gravois Creek, are included in the impoundment...
and is the largest state park in Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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Originally owned by the United States National Park Service as part of the Recreational Demonstration Area
Recreational Demonstration Area
The Recreational Demonstration Area program was a National Park Service program during the 1930s and early 1940s that built forty-six public parks in twenty-four states on , chiefly near urban areas in the United States...
s when the lake was built in the 1930s it was donated to the state after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Lee C. Fine Memorial Airport
Lee C. Fine Memorial Airport a public airport located in Lake of the Ozarks State Park in Kaiser, Missouri. This airport is owned by the city of Osage Beach.- Facilities :Lee C. Fine Memorial Airport covers and has one runway:...
which has a 6500 feet (1,981.2 m) runway. In addition there are campsites and cabins within the park.
One of the most famous aspects of the park is Party Cove
Party Cove
Party Cove is the popular name given for Anderson Hollow Cove, a cove in Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri that according to The New York Times is the “oldest established permanent floating bacchanal in the country."...
which is a rowdy gathering spot that has been featured on the Playboy Channel and the front page of the New York Times Travel Section.