Featured Missouri Resorts

So we have added some additional funtionality to the Show-Me-Lakes system.  We now have the ability on the site to ratate featured resorts on the Missouri Featured Resorts page.  These resorts are located on all of the lakes in Missouri and are a great place to start you hunt for the next vacation for your family.

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New Information website

We just wanted to highlight an new informational site for everyone.  This site covers background information about Stockton Lake.  The site lists information and history about Stockton Lake.  If you are looking for background history or basically any information about Stockton lake then be sure to check out this site.

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Planning Your Next Trip To The Missouri Ozakrs

If you have never taken a trip to the Missouri Ozarks this region of the country really has some great lakes to offer. You are probably familiar with Lake of the Ozarks but there are many lesser known bodies of water that can really provide you and your family with a great trip. If you are looking to get away from the crowds then you might want to check out Lake Pomme De Terre, Truman Lake, or Stockton Lake. All three of these lakes are about the same distance from St. Louis as Lake of the Ozarks but are much more “off the beaten path”. All three of these lakes are fueled by water from the Osage River and will provided you with a destination that is far different from the party atmosphere of the Ozarks.

Lake Pomme De Terre is located in Southwestern Missouri and was originally made as part of a large flood controll project. Locally Pomme De Terre is famous to fishermen for one main reason, the lake is stocked with Muskie. This is done by the Lost Valley Fish hatchery, who stock the lake with up to 10,000 Muskie every year. Pomme De Terre is not only popular for fishing, the lake has very little commercial development and therefore is very popular with nature enthusiasts. A very neat aspect of Pomme De Terre is that there are two state parks around the lake with a total of over 650 campsites! These sites are not just typical campsites either, many have electric hook ups for RV’s and all of them are really well kept. Another really cool feature of the lake is that there are two public beaches that have imported sand so they are a lot nicer than the typical sand bars that can be found around waterways in Missouri. Overall if you are looking to take a relaxing vacation or weekend getaway and enjoy the beautiful Missouri Ozarks then Lake Pomme De Terre is sure to provide you with everything you are looking for.

Truman Lake is located in Central Missouri about 45 minutes from Columbia. A little known fact about Truman is that it is actually the largest man made lake in the entire United States. Truman is located very close to Lake of the Ozarks and is a very popular tourist destination. The lake is great for all types of boating activities due to its large size. Another great aspect about visiting Truman is that there is minimal boating traffic on the lake, this is great for finding smooth water to ski on or a secluded cove to catch a few fish in. Truman has a little more commercial development than Pomme De Terre but there is still a really nice mix of resorts and campsites all along the shores of this huge lake.

Stockton lake is located in south western Missouri somewhat near Springfield. This lake is somewhat famous locally and throughout the United States with a select group of people, sailing enthusiasts. The reason is that the lake is constantly battered by strong winds that sweep across the lake from west to east. There is even a large sailing club on Stockton Lake that holds several races each year with large turnouts. In general Stockton is a great lake to visit if you want to enjoy a relaxing vacation away from any large crowds but still stay at a nice resort. Stockton is typically not very crowded, in fact it is not unusual for to spend a day out on the lake and see only a few boats out on the water! Even though the lake is not very crowded there are about 15 – 20 real nice resorts spread throughout the lake as well as numerous campgrounds.

I hope you enjoyed this small review on each of these three lakes, and more importantly I hope you find some time to get out and take a weekend trip to one of these lakes, I promise you wont regret it.

I was born and raised in the Missouri Ozarks and currently help opperate a tourism website in the State of Missouri Called Show-me-Lakes. If you are looking for places to stay on any of the three lakes mentioned in this article I encourage you to check out out pages on:

This article can also be found on our E-zine page at: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Sam_L_Bell

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Filling up

So we have had a real jump in membershipt on Show-Me-Lakes the last few months.  Every lake page except Lake Wappapello and Lake of the Ozarks has at least 1 featured and 1 photo enhanced resort advertisement in addition to the text links at the bottom of the pages.

We are really encouraged by this quick growth and hope that our visitors have taken note of the many more options available to them now on our website!

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Beach closure at Lake of The Ozarks

Just wanted to follow up on the E-coli story at the Lake of The Ozarks. A small public beach at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks was closed down October 19th  because of high levels of E. coli.

This continues from the high levels of E-coli that were found in the lake during the summer tourist season but were not reported on until a month or so ago.  The Department of Natural Resources says it closed the beach after tests Friday showed high levels of bacteria in the lake’s main channel. The agency blames run-off from last week’s rains for the contamination.

This beach is the same one that was not closed in May despite two tests showing high E. coli. An internal investigation found several other examples of beaches that were not properly closed.

DNR tested water near the beach for a lake-wide water quality survey. That study was ordered earlier this fall after revelations that the department withheld results for about a month from a different water study.

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Mid Missouri Hunting Figures

For all of you hunters out there we figured we would do a post outlining some of the facts for hunting season this year.

Mid Missouri Hunters checked approximately 1,242 deer during the Urban Portion of Missouri’s Firearms Deer Season Oct. 9 through 12.

The leader of all the surrounding counties was Boone County which had  harvest totals of 247 deer.  Followed Boone Closely was St. Charles County with 160 checked deer. Greene County was third with 139. Overall The harvest consisted of almost 80 percent does (always a good thing)

Other county harvest figures were Cass, 89; Christian, 10; Clay, 121; Cole, 39; Franklin, 86; Jackson, 85; Jefferson, 81; Platte, 93; St. Louis, 92.

This years Urban Portion harvest was nearly double last years and more than twice the 2007 harvest. Unseasonably warm weather, with daytime highs in the 70s and 80s, probably played a role in holding down deer harvests those years. Deer use less energy in warm weather and are less likely to move around, reducing their visibility making hunting much more difficult

The Missouri Conservation Commission approved the first urban deer hunt in 2003. The Urban Portion encourages hunters to shoot female deer around the states main urban centers.

Controlling deer populations in and around the St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia-Jefferson City areas has been more difficult than in rural areas, where hunting is more common. The growth of deer numbers in those areas resulted in increased frequency of deer-vehicle accidents and damage to landscape plantings and crops. In extreme cases, deer browsing can cause ecological damage.

*Note these figures provided by the Missouri Conservation Department*

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Updating baner adds

We have been doing some housekeeping on the site the last few weeks, and in particular updating the banners that you see displayed on the left hand side of many of the pages.  This has been kind of a tedious process but thanks for bearing with us while we continue to Improve Show-Me-Lakes.  Every change we make is aimed at bringing visitors to our website a better, faster and more reliable experience while they are navigating our website.

We are also happy to announce that with the coming addition of a lake resort on Wappapello, each lake on our site will have at a minimum detailed resort listings for you to choose from in addition to the simple text links at the bottom of everypage.

If you have any particular improvements in mind fee free to drop us a comment below, we take all request seriously and do our best to accommodate our visitors.

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