Friday, September 3, 2010

St Francois State Park & BonneTerre, MO

St Francois is located on Hwy 67 in eastern Missouri, the town of BonneTerre.


The park has a very nice campground but no horse camping is allowed. There is basic and electric camping with a regular camper, tent or RV. They have a dump station, water available but not at every campsite. There is a laundry room, a camp store, vault toilets, and showers with restrooms.

St Fracois trail entrance
The Pike Run horse trail is eleven miles long and is a multi use trail.


The park has an interpretation program, picnic tables, shelters and fishing, swimming and boating.

Bonne Terre has a mine that is listed as the world’s largest man–made caverns. You can walk down an 80-foot decline to the first of five levels. It is a constant 62’ temperature. There are many formations to see, and there is a boat tour available under ground. The mine has 17 miles of shoreline and scuba divers use it year round. The mine is actually larger than the city of BonneTerre.

The mine was made with man and mule power, they carved a five level cavern mining. The mines were closed and the pumps were shut off that kept the water out of the caverns. They filled up and now there are five levels of underwater places that scuba divers explore.




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