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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]
Though Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest mountain in Missouri, it is not the most prominent. Taum Sauk rises 522 feet (159 m) from an already elevated base. [6] Mudlick Mountain rises 693 feet (211 m) from a lower base to an elevation of 1,313 feet (400 m). [7] Black Mountain, in Madison County, has the highest rise in elevation in Missouri ...
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park is a Missouri state park located in the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks. The park encompasses Taum Sauk Mountain , the highest point in the state . [ 4 ] The Taum Sauk portion of the Ozark Trail connects the park with nearby Johnson's Shut-ins State Park [ 5 ] and the Bell Mountain Wilderness Area , which ...
Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest peak in the range, and the highest point in the state, with an elevation of 1,772 ft (540 m). In the southernmost reaches of the range is Clark's Mountain, elevation 1,450 ft (440 m), with the distinction of being the highest isolated point in the range and in the state; it reaches its top from surrounding ...
The Boston Mountains is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Part of the Ozarks, the Boston Mountains are a deeply dissected plateau. The ecoregion is steeper than the adjacent Springfield Plateau to the north, and bordered on the south by the Arkansas Valley.
The 9 highest summits of Missouri with at least 100 meters of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain peak County Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Taum Sauk Mountain [1] [a] Iron County: St. Francois Mountains: 540 m 1,772 ft: 156 m 512 ft: 238 km 148.1 mi
The News-Leader compiled a list of the 10 best spots to see fall foliage throughout the Ozarks, from Jordan Valley Park in downtown Springfield to Dogwood Canyon in Lampe. This list is not ...
Grenada – Highest point: Mount Magazine: 839: 2,753: Ozark Mountains Arkansas, US Hoemunsan: 837: 2,746 North Jeolla Province, South Korea Bukhansan (Baegundae Peak) 836.5: 2,744 Seoul, South Korea Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire: 828: 2,717 Black River Mountain Range, Mauritius Pieter Both (mountain) 820: 2,690 Mauritius Mount Carleton ...