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A rural Ozarks scene. Phelps County, Missouri The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.. The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. [1]
The Cross Mountains are located in Polk and Sevier counties, Arkansas and McCurtain County, Oklahoma. The highest natural point is Whiskey Peak at 1,670 feet (510 m). The Crystal Mountains are located primarily in Montgomery County, Arkansas. They are so named because of the occurrence of some of the world's finest quartz. The Crystal Mountains ...
The Ozark National Forest encompasses 1,200,000 acres (4,856 km 2) [2] primarily in the scenic Ozark Mountains in northern Arkansas. The forest includes the highest point in Arkansas, Mount Magazine, and Blanchard Springs Caverns. The southern section of the forest lies along the Arkansas River Valley south to the Ouachita Mountains.
Mount Magazine State Park is a 2,234-acre park located in Logan County, Arkansas.Inhabited since the 1850s, Mount Magazine first became part of the Ouachita National Forest in 1938, was re-designated as part of the Ozark National Forest in 1941, and became a state park after a 22-year conversion process from the U.S. Forest Service to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. [3]
Nearby, four other unnamed peaks have elevations at or slightly above 2,560 feet (780 m). [8] The other three highest peaks are located 4–5 miles (6.4–8.0 km) south-southwest of Turner Ward Knob along Arkansas Highway 16. [8] [9] [10] All of these highest points are located in the westernmost part of Newton County, Arkansas.
The Ozark Mountain forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the central United States delineated by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The ecoregion covers an area of 23,900 square miles (62,000 square kilometers) in northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma .
Mount Gayler (also spelled Gaylor) is an unincorporated community located at the peak of Gaylor Mountain in Crawford County, Arkansas. Mount Gayler is located within the Boston Mountain ecoregion of the Ozark Mountains. Gaylor Mountain is the highest point on the entire length of U.S. Route 71. [2] The area was once a popular tourist ...
The ten highest major summits of the United States are all located in Alaska. The northernmost summit with at least 3000 metres elevation and 500 metres prominence is Hess Mountain in central Alaska; the southernmost is Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaii; the westernmost is Haleakalā on the Island of Maui; and the easternmost is East Spanish ...