Recreation area

Wilson's Creek Visitor Center & Museum

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield · Republic · Missouri — managed by National Park Service

Open recreation area — no reservation needed

About this campground

The recently renovated visitor center contains a staffed contact station, exhibits housing items from our extensive museum collection, a twenty-eight-minute film, an eight-minute fiber optics troop movement map, a bookstore, and the John k. and Ruth Hulston Civil War Research Library.

Getting there

From I-44: exit at Exit 70 (Missouri Highway MM). Continue south to U.S. Highway 60. Proceed through the intersection. Continue 1/2 mile to Missouri Highway ZZ. Turn right on ZZ. Continue south to Farm Road 182 (Elm Street). Exit the traffic circle at ZZ & Farm Road 182 onto W. Farm Rd 182, the third exit; the entrance to the battlefield is on the right.

Contact
(417) 732-2662

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Details from Recreation.gov's official RIDB catalog. Conditions change — confirm with the managing office before you go. Not affiliated with Recreation.gov or any federal agency.