Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying 189 acres (76 ha) on the south shore of 365-acre (148 ha) Lewis and Clark Lake (a.k.a.

The state park features camping, picnicking, and fishing.

[3] The tract was acquired in 1934 as the gift of a group of Buchanan County sportsmen and was originally named Sugar Lake State Park.

It is a stone picnic shelter on a poured concrete foundation.

[4] The shelter was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.