Central Missouri / Missouri River Corridor

Harley Park Overlook looks across Cooper County's river story

Harley Park Overlook in Boonville gives readers a place to see the Missouri River, Old Franklin's setting, Boonslick Bridge, and nearby bluffs.

Harley Park Overlook is a Cooper County place where geography explains history. The National Park Service describes it as a public park in Boonville with a wide view of the Missouri River.

NPS says the view includes farmland and the Old Franklin townsite to the north. It also shows Boonslick Bridge and Boonville to the east, the river to the west, and Arrow Rock Bluff in the distance.

NPS also includes Harley Park Overlook among central Missouri Santa Fe National Historic Trail places.

For a Cooper County reader, that source-backed view ties several county themes together at once: Boonville, the Missouri River, cross-river travel, trail history, and the landscape around Old Franklin.

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