Is it legal to collect at Missouri River at Riverfront Park, Kansas City?

Gray area. MDC notes public ownership of the Missouri River extends only to the ordinary low-water mark and that artifacts found on state-owned land are state property.

What can you find at Missouri River at Riverfront Park, Kansas City?

bison skulls and bones, occasional mammoth or mastodon bone, historic bottles

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Missouri River at Riverfront Park, Kansas City

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Fossils

Old bottles

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Late Pleistocene to Holocene

In January 2023 two bottle hunters found a large bison skull on dried-out river bottom at Riverfront Park during unusually low water; Missouri Department of Conservation documents Bison antiquus skulls and mammoth or mastodon bones from Missouri River sandbars.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

deep mudWing dikes, strong current, cold

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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