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Missouri is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. U.S. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is MO. Missouri is bounded on the north by Iowa; on the east, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the south by Arkansas; and on the west by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (the latter two across the Missouri River.) North of the Missouri River lie the northern plains that stretch into Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Here, gentle rolling hills remain behind from a glacier that once had extended from the north to the Missouri River.

North of the Missouri River lie the northern plains that stretch into Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Here, gentle rolling hills remain behind from a glacier that once had extended from the north to the Missouri River. The Ozark plateau begins south of the river and extends into Arkansas, S. E. Kansas, and N. E. Oklahoma. Springfield, Missouri in southwestern Missouri lies on the Ozark plateau. Southern Missouri is the home of the Ozark mountains, a dissected plateau surrounding the Precambrian igneous St. Francois Mountains. The southeastern part of the state is home to the Bootheel, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain or Mississippi embayment. This region is the lowest, flattest and wettest part of the state. It is also the most fertile. It is here that one finds cotton and rice production. The Bootheel area was the focus of the great New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 - 1812. Although now generally considered part of the Midwest, Missouri was once thought of as Southern.

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The eastern border of Missouri is formed by the Mississippi River. The northeastern corner of the state is known as Mark Twain Country. The region surrounding St. Louis, in central eastern Missouri, encompasses the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Southeastern Missouri is contained by Interstate 44 and the Mississippi River. It is characterized by rolling hills and wetlands of the Ozarks. The southwestern region of the state contains several large, navigable lakes that support many developed campsites, picnic areas, marinas and beaches. The central region of Missouri contains Interstate 70, which connects St. Louis to Kansas City. The Missouri River winds through this region on its way toward the Mississippi River. Northwestern Missouri is known for its rural farming land, Amish communities and Pony Express origins.

Cities with Lodging Hotels in Missouri
Arnold Belton Bethany Blue Springs Bolivar Bonne Terre Boonville Bowling Green Branson Branson West Bridgeton Butler Cameron Canton Cape Girardeau Carthage Chesterfield Chillicothe Columbia	Concordia Creve Coeur Cuba Earth City Eureka Excelsior Springs Farmington Fenton Festus Florissant Fulton Grain Valley Hannibal Hayti Hazelwood Higginsville Hollister Independence	Jackson Jefferson City Joplin Kansas City Kearney Kingdom City Kirksville Lake Ozark Lake St. Louis Lamar Lebanon Lees Summit Liberty Macon Marshall Maryland Heights Maryville Mexico Moberly	Monett Mountain Grove Mount Vernon Neosho Nevada New Florence Nixa Oak Grove O'Fallon Osage Beach Ozark Pacific Perryville Platte City Poplar Bluff Potosi Riverside Rolla	Saint Charles Saint Clair Saint Joseph Saint Louis Saint Peters Saint Robert Sedalia Seymour Sikeston Springfield Sullivan Sweet Springs Troy Union Warrensburg Warrenton Washington Wentzville West Plains

Missouri, in the heart of the USA, is a blend of frontier West, gracious South, the sophisticated East and industrial North. The Missouri Valley was a major pioneer route, with St Louis known as ‘The Gateway to the West’. It is bounded by the Mississippi River in the east. Prairies lie north of the Missouri River (the longest in the USA), with great plains to the west, rolling hills in the south and the Southern-style cotton lands to the southeast. The State’s riverboat culture was immortalised by Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi and in his tales of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Missouri's southern landscapes afford a choice of scenic rivers, lakes and rolling hills on which to hike, bike, drive, fish, kayak, raft and swim. Northern natural areas provide exceptional venues for bird watching, bike touring and hiking.