As Nature Intended

Imagine a 100-mile stretch of North America's longest river, a vestige of the untamed American West. The Missouri National Recreational River is where imagination meets reality. Two free flowing stretches of the Missouri make up the National Park. Relive the past by exploring the wild, untamed and mighty river that continues to flow as nature intended.

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National Park Service – Missouri National Recreational River Find Your River Trailer SDH script 3/9/20

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FEMALE VOICE: It’s beautiful. The sky is always a little bluer and the grass is a little greener when you’re floating down a river.

MALE VOICE: To our visitors I think it’s an opportunity for them to get a sense of what the old Missouri River was like.

FEMALE VOICE: Every season has its different phases and a different beauty to it.

MALE VOICE: It’s a part of who we are. It’s a part of what America represents…this old time river…this relic from the past.

FEMALE VOICE: It gets in your blood. It gets in your system. It becomes a part of who you are.

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Duration:
55 seconds

Find your way through a brief snapshot of the Missouri National Recreational River .

Mobile Ranger Station set up at an event with a pop-up table and a prize wheel.
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Trail leading into the grassland leads to Spirit Mound, an earthen mound covered in grass.
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A fence and grassy field in the foreground with the river and bluffs in the background.
Featured Videos of the MNRR

Sit back and watch and listen to the sights and sounds of the Missouri National Recreational River.

An orange and black butterfly lies perched on narrow, yellow flowers.
Nature & Sciences

Learn about the natural resources that make this park a destination for all.

A metal suspension bridge stretches across the blue waters of the river.
History of People, Places & Stories

Discover the rich stories of people of the Missouri National Recreational River.

Missouri River with kayakers paddling through its waters.
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Kayakers paddle through the Missouri River. There are sandbars in the river and a bird flying overhead. Blue skies.

Last updated: September 21, 2024

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