Southwest Missouri
Roaring River is a state park built around a trout park
Roaring River is one of Missouri's small set of trout parks and the county's single biggest outdoors draw, so understanding how the park and the trout fishery work together is the most useful outdoors fact for Barry County
Roaring River State Park, southeast of Cassville in the Ozark hills of Barry County, is one of Missouri’s handful of trout parks: a large karst spring pours out cold water that feeds Roaring River, and that cold water supports a stocked rainbow-trout fishery. Two agencies share the place. Missouri State Parks runs the park itself, the campgrounds, lodging, trails, and day-use areas, while the Missouri Department of Conservation manages the trout fishing, the hatchery, and the daily stocking. In practice that means a park visit and a fishing trip follow different rule sets. Plan the park stay through Missouri State Parks, and check trout-tag, season, and daily-limit rules through the Department of Conservation before you go, because those fishing specifics change and should never be assumed from an old visit. Treat any ‘one of four trout parks’ phrasing as something to confirm against official sources.
Where to see it
- Roaring River State Park
Use Missouri State Parks for park hours, lodging, trails, maps, and visitor alerts.
- MDC trout parks
Use MDC for trout-tag, season, and fishery rules before fishing.
References
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Last checked against the sources above: June 15, 2026.