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Park Hills in United States, from Nouth America region, is best know for Scuba & Snorkeling. Discover best things to do in Park Hills with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
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1. Bonne Terre Mine Tours - West End Diving
Overall Ratings
4 based on 291 reviews
Bonne Terre Mine is an unique abandoned Mine. When the mine closed in 1962, the pumps wer turned off and it flooded. We maintain the lake level with pumps for the Boat/Walking Tours and the Scuba Dive Operation. All year long the temperature of the mine is 62 degrees. We are open 7 days per week until October 1. Tours start at 9:30 and go every hour on the half hur ie 9:30,10:30,11:30,12:30,1:30,2:30, and last tour at 3:30. Please arrive 30 mins prior to the tour you would like to take. No reservations necessary for groups smaller than 10.
Reviewed By dcnwayne - Willis, Michigan
I’ve been diving at Bonne Terre Mine twice (seven dives). It is definitely a cool place & I do recommend, but not really for new / novice divers. Part of their “safety protocol” is to have divers watch an entry level safety video & do several open-water skills at the start of the first dive. For pro level divers the video is hugely annoying & a waste of time; as are the skills performance. It’s their business, so you just have to suck-it-up. The groups can be large & the bigger concern I’ve had diving there is how novice divers ‘school’ around other divers no matter how you try to stay away from them; constantly sculling, bumping & kicking you. Perhaps time would be better spent at the beginning of the dives teaching noobs that it’s okay, in fact preferred, to not touch other divers. Each group has a lead & a safety (tail) diver with lights. They have a ‘no light’ policy, which I understand. But, there is no way I’m diving in a place like that without my own emergency plan, so I just keep my flashlight in a pocket. Bring a tarp for your gear during SIs. Gear can’t stay on the dive platform & there isn’t always a clean area to put it, it’s a mine after all. I also highly recommend bringing food as there isn’t much around & not a lot of time to drive out with the long walk back up to the surface. There is a nice lounge to eat in if the weather is poor.
2. Missouri Mines State Historic Site
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
The former mining site of the St. Joseph Lead Company has been developed into a museum about Missouri's mining history.
Reviewed By Original_Shrut - Milton, Delaware
The Old Missouri Lead Belt has produced more lead than any lode in the world, starting back in the earliest colonial days. This park and museum is sited in the abandoned St. Joe mine and ore crusher facility which closed in 1972.
The underground network of mine shafts and tunnels extends for hundreds of miles in eastern Missouri. Here, the primary exhibit is of the history of the St. Joe mine and the miners and equipment used to blast, scoop, transport and crush the ore, galena, to be further processed into lead, zinc and silver at a smelter in Herculaneum MO, which just closed in 2014. Lord knows where it is smelted now.
A secondary exhibit concerns mineralogy with displays of silicates, sulfates, etc of all types.
The crusher facility is off limits, but hiking and biking trails extens throughout the property.
3. Pickle Springs Natural Area
Overall Ratings
5 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By eiskant240 - Farmington, Missouri
Pickle Springs is just a nice thing to get out and do, whether it be with kids, adults or alone. They trails aren't too intense so many different people can walk them . The small waterfalls are beautiful along with the granite that you will see any many different places.
It's just a nice thing to do for the outdoorsy people.
4. St. Francois State Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 42 reviews
The forested ridges and cool hollows of St. Francois State Park offer visitors a retreat from everyday life. Three hiking trails, including one that allows equestrian access, wind through the forested hills and glades of the Coonville Creek Wild Area. Easy access to the Big River makes St. Francois State Park ideal for canoeing and floating and the many shaded picnic sites and two covered shelters make the park perfect for family gatherings. Overnight guests can choose from more than 100 campsites, in campgrounds with modern restrooms, hot showers, and laundry facilities.
Reviewed By beach_lover101 - Midwest
We have visited this park multiple times over the last decade as a place to spend the day picnicking, fishing and wading in the shallows of Big River or in the creek within the park. It's an easy drive from St. Louis for us.
However, we've observed this park must not be getting the funds needed to maintain it because it has been steadily going downhill for the last several years. The grills at the picnic sites by the river have big holes in the floor...so we have to take something to line the bottom to keep our charcoal from falling on the ground. The picnic tables are getting very ragged as well. And, don't get me started on how the bathrooms are (not) maintained sufficiently any more. The pavement on the right side of the road just past the creek as your go further into the park started crumbling several years ago and is now so bad that it's essentially a one lane road there. We all laughed out loud on our last visit when we saw the "road work ahead" signs on that road because there was NO work going on to repair the road...simply cones to try to keep cars from falling down the embankment since so much of the surface has crumbled away.
Is there no money to help this park, or is it being appropriated and just not being used for the purpose it was intended. Please bring back this park to how it used to be.....a safe, well kept place to enjoy outdoors Missouri.
5. St. Joe State Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 42 reviews
The roar of engines breaks the stillness of the Old Lead Belt at St. Joe State Park, one of two off-road vehicle parks in the state system. The sand flats, hills, and 2,000 acres set aside for off-road vehicle trails make the park the premiere off-road vehicle area. The park also features four lakes, with two swimming beaches, an equestrian trail, a hiking and bicycling trail, and picnic sites, as well as two campgrounds capable of accommodating campers with ORV or horse trailers.
Reviewed By kgailius - Fairview Heights, Illinois
The camping sites are 100+ feet long to fit large rv's plus a truck pulling a long trailer. the have a large patio area with a large grassy area which is nice for pets. we come here several times a year for the kids to ride and me to hike. They have a nice paved road bike trail that runs around the park also. This park has something for everyone in the family.
6. Crown Pointe Golf Club
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 17 reviews
Crown Pointe was designed in 1993 by Gary Kern and is located an hour away from St. Louis. Situated on a 208 acre tract of land in Farmington, Missouri, Crown Pointe is comfortably nestled between a luxury neighborhood and scenic farmland.Crown Pointe is unique because you can take advantage of our private club style amenities and 4 star course, while enjoying the convenience of our public course status.Our par 72 links style golf course is 7,069 yards in total length and features 4 par threes, 10 par fours, and 4 par fives. The fairway and tee boxes are a bluegrass and rye blend, while the greens are planted with bent grass.
Reviewed By MELISSA R
The staff were shady. They seemed to have found a better time with gossiping then doing their jobs. Between that and doing their homework on the job, I hated it.
7. The Space Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By ems622 - Bonne Terre, Missouri
Earl has done an excellent job with the Space Museum. The artifacts he has collected are interesting for visitors of all ages. What other town can boast a space museum? While the museum is not huge (the collection continually grows), I highly recommend anyone visiting Bonne Terre to take the time to visit.
8. Southern Sins Boutique
Overall Ratings
5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By Candy_fitzs
I love this store! It's my go to for cute shirts for this summers rodeos and fairs! They also complete outfits with fun boots and shoes and the absolute best jewelry around and all at great prices! My daughter also loves their clothing!
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