Southwest Missouri
La Petite Gemme Prairie keeps a prairie remnant beside the trail
South of Bolivar, La Petite Gemme Prairie gives Polk County a small but very specific prairie-and-rail-trail landscape to understand.
La Petite Gemme Prairie gives Polk County a 37-acre prairie remnant with a map pin. The Missouri Department of Conservation places access south of Bolivar near the Frisco Highline Trail.
MDC says the prairie is one of the last prairie remnants in the Springfield-Bolivar region. It also says the Frisco Highline Trail enters the natural area at mile marker 32, making the old rail corridor part of how many people experience the site.
Polk County has a prairie remnant tucked into a modern trail corridor, not merely open pasture by a highway. Use the MDC page for access, rules, and natural-area context before treating it like an ordinary city park.
Where to see it
- La Petite Gemme Prairie
Use MDC for access, natural-area rules, prairie context, and the Frisco Highline Trail connection.
References
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Last checked against the sources above: July 16, 2026.