Ha Ha Tonka State Park - Missouri

Address:1491 State Road D
Camdenton, Missouri
Tel: (573) 346-2986

Ha Ha Tonka is filled with unique mini-adventures for park-goers and visitors. There is a 60-foot-long bridge that reaches more than 100 feet into the air and a 500-foot-long sinkhole, which is great fun to explore. The Whispering Dell sink basin is 150 feet deep and has two bluff shelters once used as hideouts by criminals in the 1800s! Ha Ha Tonka boasts trails and boardwalks that wind through these tunnels, caverns, springs, and sinkholes as well as amazing savanna landscape, a mixture of forest and prairie. Perhaps one of the most interesting features here is the ruin of a turn-of-the-century stone castle, built by a wealthy businessman. Whatever your fancy, there is definitely a Ha Ha Tonka adventure for anyone to enjoy.

From dark caves to back-country hiking trails to castle ruins perched on a cliff, Ha Ha Tonka State Park is the ideal place for the adventurous. Ha Ha Tonka is a geological wonderland: sinkholes, caves, a huge natural bridge, soaring bluffs, and Missouri's twelfth largest spring. Fifteen miles of trail traverse the park, leading visitors to spectacular scenery, natural wonders and the famous castle ruins. Accessible, paved walkways and rugged, rocky trails provide every hiking experience, from a casual boardwalk stroll to an overnight backpack trip. Looming over all is the ruin of the turn-of-the-century stone castle built by a wealthy businessman. The empty shell of this great mansion overlooks Ha Ha Tonka Spring and Lake of the Ozarks from atop a 250-foot bluff. The Ha Ha Tonka Savanna preserves an excellent example of pre-settlement landscape. Scattered oaks, prairie grasses and wildflowers, open rocky glades and valley woodlands form a savanna mosaic. A seven-mile backpack trail winds through much of this area so visitors can easily explore the savanna. Rugged terrain, beautiful bluffs, dark caves and a castle on a cliff -- bring your camera because Ha Ha Tonka State Park has it all.