The Big Oak Tree State Park is located in Southeast Missouri, United States. The park was established in 1937 to help preserve some of the largest trees in the state and in the nation in a region of farmland. Activities in the park include fishing, hiking, and picnicking. An accessible boardwalk trail is available to take visitors through the forest.

List of Champion Trees

Big Oak Tree State Park has been and still is home for many state and national champion trees, trees that are, for their species, the largest in the state or in the nation.

Champion Trees	Circumference	Height	Spread	Points	Status
Pumpkin Ash	118"	150'	77'	357	Alive
Rusty Blackhaw	48"	29"	25'	83	Alive
Eastern Cottonwood	288"	114'	76'	421	Died 1976
Slippery Elm	264"	115'	60'	394	Died 1979
Shumard Oak	205"	134'	86'	361	Died 1997
Bur Oak	229"	154'	92'	406	Alive
Swamp Chestnut Oak	272"	156'	104'	454	Alive
Pawpaw	24"	39'	26'	70	Died 1980
Persimmon	97"	133'	45'	241	Alive
Possumhaw	14"	21'	30'	42	Alive
Swamp Privet	26"	28'	31'	62	Died 1959
Black Willow	148"	113'	69'	278	Alive

See also

• List of Missouri state parks

External links

• Big Oak Tree State Park