STE. GENEVIEVE                       72 Pickle Creek

Pickle Creek Natural Area

A 58-acre area along 2.4 miles of Pickle Creek in Hawn State Park. The natural area begins where Pickle Creek enters the park along Hawn Road and continues downstream to the end of the campground, Coffman 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated September 18, 1979.

Natural Features--The high-quality, sandy-bottom, tea-colored stream drains LaMotte sandstone (Cambrian age) in the Mississippi River Section of the Ozark Border Natural Division. Also found along Pickle Creek are a number of interesting crystalline rocks of Precambrian age. The remote, narrow, forested valley with rough, broken topography has an unusual diversity of plant communities with several rare species. Pickle Creek Natural Area is owned by the Department of Natural Resources. For more information contact the Park Superintendent, Hawn State Park, Route 3, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670, phone 573/883-3603.

Pickle Creek Natural Area