Contact Long Branch Lake

Long Branch Project Office & Visitor Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
30174 Visitor Center Road
Macon, MO 63552

Tel:  660-385-2108
Fax: 660-385-6653

Email: long.branch@usace.army.mil

Long Branch Lake News Releases

Welcome to Long Branch

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Follow CDC guidelines, even when outdoors. We are not staffed to maintain/clean lake & park areas. Be cautious about touching anything. Sanitize and wash often. Practice social distancing.
Long Branch Dam was authorized by Congress in 1965 as a multi-purpose project for water supply, flood control, recreation, downstream water quality and fish/wildlife management. Construction began in 1973 and the dam was placed into operation in 1980.
Long Branch Lake Visitor Center, Macon, Missouri is located on the east end of the dam. There are aquariums with fish and turtles, interative displays, a coloring station and lake information available.
Pests like the invasive emerald ash borer can hitchhike in your firewood. Help us prevent new forest pests from reaching our trees and forests. Do not transport firewood outside your county. Buy your firewood local, or gather on site.
The Long Branch State Park Areas provide the camping, beach, picnic shelters, playground and boat ramp access opportunities at Long Branch Lake.
The Corps of Engineers at Long Branch has natural resource management responsibility on approximately 1,190 acres of public land.
Long Branch Lake East Fork of The Little Chariton Arm.

 

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 Hours of Operation:

The Long Branch Lake Visitor Center is open 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday through Friday.

 Rules & Regulations

The Long Branch Lake Project is regulated by Title 36 CRF 327 governing public use of Corps of Engineers water resources development projects.  For a list of all rules and regulations please reference this link.

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