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Tuesday 10am - 4pm Wednesday 10am - 4pm Thursday 10am - 4pm Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 4pm

Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site

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The OFFICIAL page for Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site in New Madrid, Mo. of Natural Resources for the benefit of all Missourians.

The state park system is composed of 92 parks and historic sites managed by the Dept. This forum is for speech related to Missouri State Parks. The views, opinions and positions expressed by users providing comments on this page are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or positions of Missouri State Parks or any employee thereof.

10/31/2026

We’re starting to get a little fall color! We love to see the change of seasons! Fall just may be the prettiest season, what do you think?

10/30/2026

This silver maple is one of our favorite trees, especially in Fall. It just fits the season perfectly!

10/27/2026

This door on the Eastlake sideboard is made by a technique called bookmatching.

Bookmatching is achieved by slicing open a piece of wood and opening it like a book, creating a mirror image. This door was bookmatched twice, so there are four mirror images.

We can see an animal face in the wood, can you? What does it look like to you? Let us know in the comments!

10/26/2026

Winter tour hours are now in effect!

November-March our tour hours are:

Tuesday-Saturday Tours on the hour at 10,11,12,1,2,3

Sunday-Monday Closed for tours

Tour rates are $5/adult, $3/youth 6-17, free for children under age 6

10/24/2026

It’s not too early to think about Christmas, is it?

Mark your calendar for our annual Christmas Candlelight Open House!

10/22/2026

Did you know…

Victorians used to carve turnips into jack o’lanterns?

It’s true! The name “jack o’lantern” refers to a lantern carved from a root vegetable. While we associate it with pumpkins today, in the 19th century, pumpkins, turnips and even potatoes were carved into jack o’lanterns.

So today we carved turnips! We think they’re a little cute and a little scary! What do you think?
Will you carve a turnip or a pumpkin this year? 😁

10/17/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to our Children’s Day event today! We had a lot of fun, we’ll have this event again in Spring!

10/17/2026

Come out and play today!

Our Children’s Day event is today! From 11-1 children of all ages can experience what it was like to be a child in the 1860’s by washing clothes on a washboard, making a cornshuck doll, walking on stilts and more. From 1-2 we’ll have self guided tours of the mansion.

Did we mention all of this is free? It is! This event is free and open to the public.

We hope to see you!

10/14/2026

It’s Fall y’all!

At least by the calendar it is, but our trees haven’t gotten the memo yet! We went looking for signs of fall and this is all we found 😁.

Do you have any leaves changing color? Post your pictures in the comments!

10/13/2026

Free, free, free!

Come out and play this Saturday!

Children of all ages and those young at heart are invited to our 1860’s Children’s Day event! From 11-1 come out and make a corn shuck doll, play an 1860’s game, walk on stilts and more!
From 1-2 take a self-guided tour of the mansion.

This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you!

Address

312 Dawson Road
New Madrid, MO
63869

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+15737485340

Website

http://mostateparks.com/park/hunter-dawson-state-historic-site

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