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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]
Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Christian County, Missouri. [4] Its population was 21,284 as of the 2020 census . [ 5 ] Ozark is also the third largest city in the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Area , and is centered along a business loop of U.S. Route 65 , where it intersects with Missouri Route 14 .
Map of Missouri conservation areas with the Ozark region highlighted. The Ozark administrative region of the Missouri Department of Conservation encompasses Carter, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Ripley, Shannon, Texas, and Wright counties. The regional conservation office is in West Plains.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) administers hundreds of parcels of land in all counties of the state. Most areas are owned by the department; some are leased by the department; some areas are managed under contract by the department; and some areas are leased to other entities for management.
The elevation in the extreme northwestern Missouri is about 1,200 ft (370 m). and in the extreme northeastern portion about 500 ft (150 m)., while the rim of the region to the southeast, along the border of the Ozark region, has an elevation of about 900 ft (270 m).
Ozark County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,553. [1] The largest city and county seat is Gainesville. [2] The county was organized as Ozark County, named after the Ozark Mountains, on January 29, 1841.
The News-Leader compiled a list of 10 spots throughout the Ozarks, including Missouri State University and Dogwood Canyon, with the best fall foliage.
The Lake of the Ozarks is located on the Ozark Plateau, with Bagnell Dam lying at an elevation of 659 feet (201 m) above sea level. [6] [17] It lies in central Missouri on the Salem Plateau of the Ozarks. [18] The lake extends across four Missouri counties, from Benton County in the west through Camden and Morgan Counties to Miller County in ...