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The highest natural point in the U.S. state of Missouri, Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,772 feet above sea level. This article comprises three sortable tables of the significant mountain peaks of Missouri. This article defines a significant mountain peak as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as ...
There are two mountain ranges in the Ozarks: the Boston Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, as well as the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri. Wahzhazhe Summit (formerly known as Buffalo Lookout), is the highest point in the Ozarks at 2,561 feet (781 m), and is located in the Boston Mountains, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) east of Pettigrew, Newton County ...
Geography of Missouri. Missouri, a state near the geographical center of the United States, has three distinct physiographic divisions: the Missouri portion of the Ozark Plateau (areas 14a and 14b) which lies between the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and the Central lowland. The boundary between the northern plains and the Ozark region follows the ...
Taum Sauk Mountain. Taum Sauk Mountain is part of a large parks-and-wilderness area. Taum Sauk Mountain / ˈtɔːm ˈsɔːk / [3] in the Saint Francois Mountains is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Missouri at 1,772 feet (540 m). [4] The topography of Taum Sauk is that of an elongated ridge with a NNW-SSE orientation rather than a ...
St. Francois Mountains. The St. Francois Mountains in southeast Missouri are a mountain range of Precambrian igneous mountains rising over the Ozark Plateau. This range is one of the oldest exposures of igneous rock in North America.
Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF) is a U.S. National Forest located in the southern half of Missouri, composed of nine disconnected parcels. MTNF was established on September 11, 1939. It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers 3,068,800 acres (12,419 km 2) of which 1,506,100 acres (6,095 km 2) is public owned, 78,000 ...
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 together ...
Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Missouri". The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.