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The Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge is a continuous truss bridge in Lake Ozark. The bridge is over 2,695 ft (821 m) long and 72 ft (22 m) wide. [ 31 ] Built in 1998, it is one of the newest bridges in the Lake of the Ozarks area, primarily built to connect the east (towards Lake Ozark and Osage Beach) and west sides (towards Sunrise Beach ...
Lake of the Ozarks State Park is a public recreation area on the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks; it is the largest state park in Missouri. [4] [ A] The park includes 85 miles (137 km) of shoreline on the lake (which has a total of 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline—mostly privately owned); two swimming beaches with imported sand, 12 trails, the Ozark Caverns, a boat launch, and ...
The Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge carries Highway MM across the lake from the southwest part of the city; the highway leads west 9 miles (14 km) to Sunrise Beach. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city of Lake Ozark has a total area of 7.91 square miles (20.49 km 2 ), of which 7.19 square miles (18.62 km 2 ) are land and 0.72 ...
The park also features caves, sinkholes, and bluffs overlooking the lake. It is a prominent example of karst topography, which is geological formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock. [5] A 70-acre (28 ha) portion of the park was designated as the Ha Ha Tonka Karst Natural Area in 1981. [6]
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 Lake of the Ozarks lies approximately six miles to the northeast. [8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.46 square miles (1.19 km 2), all land. [9] The town is located on a ridge-like landform in the northern Ozarks.
Western terminus of Route 42; access to Lake of the Ozarks State Park: 124.487: 200.342: Creek Cove Lane: Right-in/right-out interchange; westbound exit and entrance only: Miller: Lake Ozark: 126.211: 203.117: Route 242 (Bagnell Dam Boulevard) To Route 5 – Sunrise Beach: East end of freeway: 129.045: 207.678: Route W – Bagnell Dam, Lake Ozark
Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and is formed by a dam across the White River. Beaver Lake has some 487 miles (784 km) of shoreline. With towering limestone bluffs, natural caves, and a wide variety of trees and flowering shrubs, it is a popular tourist destination.