If you pass by Lake Springfield Park’s Hilltop Pavilion picnic area this spring and summer, you may not get that bird’s-eye view of the 4.5-acre slope called Boulevard Prairie.
![](https://hauxeda.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Susan-Atteberry-Smith-150x150.jpg?crop=1)
Author Archives: Susan Atteberry Smith
Susan Atteberry Smith is a Dallas County native, a former college writing instructor and a former Springfield News-Leader reporter. Smith writes freelance pieces for several publications, including Missouri Life Magazine, Biz 417 and Missouri State University alumni publications.