Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park

Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park is a Missouri state park consisting of 8,647 acres (3,499 ha) in Reynolds County on the East Fork Black River. The park is jointly administered with adjoining Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, and together the two parks cover 16,050 acres (6,500 ha) in the St. Francois Mountains region of the Missouri Ozarks.The term shut-in refers to a place where the river’s breadth is limited by hard rock that is resistant to erosion. In these shut-ins, the river cascades in many rivulets over and around igneous rocks worn smooth over many eons. It is used by park visitors as a natural water park when the water is not so high as to be dangerous.

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