Columbia Bottom Conservation Area

Category: Conservation department in St. Louis, Missouri

Address: 801 Strodtman Rd, St. Louis, MO 63138, USA

Phone: +13148776014

Opening hours

Sunday: 5AM–9PM

Monday: 5AM–9PM

Tuesday: 5AM–9PM

Wednesday: 5AM–9PM

Thursday: 5AM–9PM

Friday: 5AM–9PM

Saturday: 5AM–9PM

Reviews

Nikkidemus Phenoix

Jul 17, 2022

Fun, mind the bees and bugs, lots of people, but amazing opportunity for stunning photos. Thanks for planting all these beautiful flowers and helping the bees!

Mark T

Jan 22, 2022

Stopped in for a hike of a now non-existent trail which was lots of fun and glad I did it in the winter as I ended up doing a lot of bush whacking.

Sarah Teal

Jul 21, 2021

Beautiful sunflowers! But the bees are EVERYWHERE! One got stuck in my hair and down my back I had to take off my shirt to get it out. The dirt roads are fine if people learned how to drive slowly/ courteously on them. People were kicking up rocks passing us.

Delayna Adams

Aug 23, 2020

By mid-late August the sunflowers are shrunken and dying, so go May- July for those. Our Modoc website could be a bit more accurate and detailed in regards to the Columbia Bottoms- even listed as closed on Google during a Tuesday during daylight hours. It was a beautiful area. Wish we would've known to come earlier for the sunflowers. August is likely too late even though the website says May-Nov. Go earlier in the season.

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Questions & Answers

Is there all night fishing?

Joe LeDuc | Aug 5, 2020
Gene S | Aug 6, 2020

it If you have a boat and they do allow fishing only from the bank all night... fishing only. You may be locked in some nights though, I've been fishing and photographing here almost 20 years now. It was decimated by floods this season. If you travel up Mo 79 north some of the largest tracts of flood plain lands have been reclaimed into conservation areas that make Columbia Bottoms small in comparison, and better fishing. Trouble is that some people leave all their trash on the banks like the maids will get in the morning?

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Is there a boat ramp

jim hill | Aug 6, 2018
J. R. Boedeker | Aug 7, 2018

Yes. A good quality, extra wide, concrete boat ramp.

Are you allowed to photograph there?

Vicky Hickman | Aug 5, 2020
Ann Tucker | Aug 6, 2020

Yes, absolutely

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Sunflowers soon 2020?

Em Ward | Aug 5, 2020
Gene S | Aug 6, 2020

All summer, various stages of plots were planted to allow for a long bloom. I'd say it is peak with only a few plots left to mature

Are the sunflowers blooming there now?

Nelum Ranaweera | Jul 15, 2021
Courtney Corman | Jul 16, 2021

As of 7/9/21 yes they are. I believe MDC staggered the plantings so that there will be different fields blooming throughout the summer.

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Is it open during the winter?

Jacqueline Mattingly | Aug 5, 2020
Zelda Milner | Aug 6, 2020

Yes, only closed for flooding

When do the sunflowers bloom?

liz | Aug 6, 2019
Gala Loam | Aug 7, 2019

Usually in mid summer. However, because the place has been underwater for many months I'm not sure they will get planted this year. Still worth hoping!

Are dogs allowed ?

lisa bermann | Aug 6, 2018
UPPER IMAGE | Aug 7, 2018

ABSOLUTELY

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Does it cost anything to go in

Laura Crady | Aug 4, 2021
Joyce Urbeck | Aug 5, 2021

No. Such a pretty place, but you will need to wash your car after being on the gravel roads.

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