Outdoor Activities
What can you do outdoors? Almost anything your time, energy and interests allow. Outdoor Missouri is a paradise for hunters and anglers, and there’s a long list of other fun things you can do to enjoy our state’s prairies and glades, fascinating caves, rivers and streams, Ozark mountain forests and shimmering wetlands.
And dont' forget native-plant gardening--that's something you can do in the backyard or the back forty.
Visit our Where Can I Go to Enjoy Nature page to find places where you can pursue the following activities.
- Archery
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Birding
- Boating
- Camping
- Canoeing
- Caving
- Cooking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting/trapping
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Mushrooming
- Orienteering (map and compass)
- Photographing wildlife, wildflowers and landscapes
- Picnicking
- Sailing
- Skiing
- Swimming
- Target practicing
- Water skiing
- Wildlife viewing
Sharpen your outdoor skills
While it doesn’t take a lot of fancy equipment and special skills to enjoy outdoor Missouri, your nature activities can be safer and more satisfying if you increase your knowledge and hone your skills. At regional offices, shooting range and outdoor education centers, and other locations throughout the state, the Department offers outdoor skills classes, including hunting, fishing, bird watching, canoeing, kayaking and many others. For more information, contact your regional outdoor skills specialist.
Browse by Subject
- Animals
- Learn about Missouri's wildlife.
- Plants
- Discover Missouri's botanical treasures.
- Backyard wildlife
- Discover what creatures might be living in your backyard.
- Natural communities
- Explore Missouri's many types of habitats.
- Endangered species
- Find out what species are in danger of becoming extinct.
- Invasive species
- Learn to ID and control the species that threaten Missouri's natural diversity.
