36.644,-89.286 Big Oak Tree State Park is a state-owned nature preserve with recreational features encompassing 1,029 acres (416 ha) in East Prairie, Missouri, United States. The state park was established in a large expanse of drained cropland in 1938 to protect some of the largest trees in the state and in the nation. The park was declared a National Natural Landmark in May 1986, recognized as a rare, untouched wet-mesic bottomland hardwood forest in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain. (Closest article: Big Oak Tree State Park, ~0.43 miles; found via undefined-mile search) Verify on Wikipedia: Big Oak Tree State Park Plant a tree by exploring more

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Do you know what a Champion Tree is? I didn't! Also that, "wet-mesic bottomland hardwood forest" was a thing..

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