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Current Waterway
Scenic, wild waterway flows by Welch Spring, historic Welch Hospital, Cave Spring and a CCC historic district. Counties: Dent, Shannon and Carter. Length: Approximately 108 miles. Location: From Montauk State Park to Hawes. Access points: Baptist; Cedargrove; Welch Landing; Pulltite; Round Spring; Jerktail Landing; Two Rivers; Powder Mill; Blue Spring; Roberts Field; Beal Landing; Paint Rock; Chilton Creek; Van Buren; Big Spring; Cataract Landing; and Hickory Landing. More information: National Scenic Riverways, National Park Service, U. S. Dept. of Interior, Van Buren, MO 63965, (314)323-4236.

Gasconade River
Reputed to be one of the most crooked rivers in the world, this good, safe family float stream has some surprisingly fast sections. The longest river completely within the state, it weaves nearly 300 miles from its source near Hartville to its confluence with the Missouri River. It is noted for bass fishing and solitude. The segment above Competition can be paddled only during high water. When the river divides at Portuguese Point, one of the most scenic areas on the river, paddlers take the left channel against the bluffs which are 250 feet high. Waterway flows by a number of caves including Cave Lodge Cave; Bruce Cave, closed to the public but one of the largest cave systems in the state; Bell Bluff Cave; and Indian Ford Cave. Three large rocks lie in the river— Table Rock which is mushroom-shaped and near Old Whitehorse Ferry; Thox Rock which is square and near Bell Bluff Cave; and Revis Rock which is near the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad bridge. Counties: Wright, Laclede, Pulaski, Phelps, Maries, Osage and Gasconade. Length: 253.1 miles. Location: From State Hwy. 38 bridge east of Hartville on the Woods Fork of the Gasconade to Missouri River.

Jacks Fork Waterway
Scenic, wild waterway flows by Jam Up Cave (accessible only by the river), Meeting House Cave, Ebb & Flow Spring, Alley Spring and Alley Spring State Forest. River access points: Buck Hollow; Bluff View; Blue Spring; Fymers; Bay Creek; and Alley Spring. Counties: Texas, Howell and Shannon. Length: 25 miles. Location: From approximately 1.5 miles west of Buck Hollow to Keatons. More information: National Scenic Riverways, National Park Service, U. S. Dept. of Interior, Van Buren, MO 63965, (314)323-4236.

Meramec Stream
Popular floating stream has, according to many observers, the greatest diversity of recreational activities and open green space of any river in the state. River flows by Vilander and Greene Bluffs, Greene Cave with its spectacular entrance and the Meramec Ironworks District. Counties: Franklin, Washington, Crawford and Phelps. Length: 80 miles. Location: From downstream boundary of Meramec State Park to Cook Station.

For information on fishing licenses and regulations, contact the Missouri Dept. of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 (314-751-4115).

Bull Shoals Lake
A 44,500-acre lake on the White River on the southern border with Arkansas. Missouri claims 13,000 acres of the lake. Located south of Theodosia. Favorite catches: bass, crappie, catfish, walleye, bluegill, and rainbow & brown trout below the dam.
Places to camp nearby: Blue Eye, Branson, Forsyth, Gainesville, Tecumseh

Clearwater Lake
A 1,600-acre lake at the headwaters of the Black River in southeastern Missouri. Located about 5 mi. W. of Piedmont on Hwy. AA. Favorite catches: bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, northern pike, walleye and sunfish.
Places to camp nearby: Alton, Annapolis, Centerville, Doniphan, Ellington, Eminence, Greenville, Lesterville, Patterson, Piedmont, Round Springs, Van Buren

Harry S. Truman Reservoir
A 55,600-acre lake in west-central Missouri, off Hwy. 13. Favorite catches: bass, crappie, catfish, paddlefish and sunfish.
Places to camp nearby: Clinton, Elkton, Hermitage, Lowry City, Pittsburg, Tightwad, Warsaw

Lake of the Ozarks
A 55,500-acre lake formed by damming the Osage River. It is separated by a dam from Harry S. Truman Reservoir on the west side. Favorite catches: bass, crappie, catfish, drum, paddlefish, sunfish and buffalo.
Places to camp nearby: Hazelgreen, Lake Ozark, Lebanon, Linn Creek, Osage Beach, Tightwad, Warsaw

Mark Twain Lake
An 18,600-acre lake in northeastern Missouri. Located between Perry and Monroe City. Favorite catches: bass, crappie, walleye, catfish and bluegill.
Places to camp nearby: Hannibal, Moberly, Monroe City, Perry, Stoutsville

Meramec River
A central Missouri river which starts just east of Rolla and follows I-44 east, then at I-270 (south of St. Louis) it runs southeast to the Mississippi River at Arnold. Favorite catches: walleye, trout and bass.
Places to camp nearby: Barnhart, Bourban, Chesterfield, Davisville, DeSoto, Eureka, Leasburg, Robertsville, Rolla, Steelville, Sullivan, Viburnum

Stockton Lake
A 24,900-acre lake with 298 miles of shoreline on the Sac River in southwestern Missouri. Located between Stockton and Bona. Favorite catches: bass, walleye, crappie, catfish and bluegill.
Places to camp nearby: Bona, Springfield, Stockton

Table Rock Lake
A 43,100-acre lake 6 mi. S.W. of Branson. Favorite catches: bass, crappie and catfish.
Places to camp nearby: Blue Eye, Branson, Cape Fair, Cassville, Eagle Rock, Forsyth, Golden, Kimberling City, Shell Knob

Lake Taneycomo
Formerly a section of the warmwater White River, it is now the dammed waters between Table Rock Lake and Bull Shoals in southern Missouri. Cold water from the depths of Table Rock Lake are discharged by the dam into Lake Taneycomo, providing for 1,700 acres of coldwater trout fishing. Favorite catch: brown trout.
Places to camp nearby: Branson, Forsyth, Kimberling City

Lake of the Ozarks State Park
Missouri's largest state park is located in the middle of the state, off U.S. 54. The park, which exemplifies many of the natural features of the northwestern Ozarks, contains 10 trails with a total of 23 miles. Eight of the trails are exclusively for hikers. Trail lengths range from one-half to six miles, such as the 6-mile Woodland Trail through the Patterson Hollow Wild Area. For more information, phone (314) 348-2694.
Places to camp nearby: Hazelgreen, Lake Ozark, Linn Creek, Osage Beach.

Mark Twain State Park
A state park in northeastern Missouri. Located on Hwy. 107, between Paris and Perry. There are two hiking trails. The half-mile Sugar Maple Trail is an easy, loop trail. The White Oak Trail is a moderately difficult, 6-mile trail that traverses some steep hillsides along the edge of Mark Twain Lake and involves some loops. There are red cedar-lined limestone bluffs and ravines with oak and maple woods, and yellow foxglove flowers and wild strawberries. For more information, phone (314) 565-3440.
Places to camp nearby: Hannibal, Monroe City, Perry, Stoutsville.

Meramec State Park
A 6,734-acre state park in eastern Missouri on the scenic Meramec River. The park offers six trails, from one-half mile to six miles long. The scenery consists of open glades dotted with Indian paintbrush and other colorful plants, fern covered ravines and oak and hickory forests, and flowering dogwood. The park is located off I-44, at Sullivan. For more information, phone (314) 468-6072.
Places to camp nearby: Bourbon, Leasburg, Steelville, Sullivan.

Prairie State Park
A state park in southwestern Missouri developed to protect and interpret the tallgrass prairie. Three trails with a total of 7 miles of length explore different types of prairie systems—from moist prairies to desert prairies, and the plants and wildlife associated with prairie systems. Wildlife at the park includes coyote, hawks, and American bison. For more information, phone (417) 843-6711.
Places to camp nearby: Joplin, Stockton.

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Bluff Dweller's Cave
Two miles south of Noel on Hwy. 59 [Rt. 2, Box 230, Noel, MO 64854, (417)475-3666], has a number of unusual features including sawtooth drapes; musical chimes; cave coral and sponges; lily pads; an almost perfect, lengthy, rimstone dam; and balanced rock, a 10-ton slab of stone than can be moved with one finger. Fossils are embedded in the walls. Temperature is 56 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bridal Cave
2 miles north of Camdenton on Hwy. 5 and Lake Road 5-88 [Rt. 2, Box 255, Camdenton, MO 65020, (314)346-2676], on the shoreline of the Lake of the Ozarks, is noted for massive, colorful, onyx formations, underground lakes and flowstone draping the wall of the main chamber. Its natural chapel has been the site of more than 1,300 marriages. The surface land near the cavern is accented with unusual geological features such as sandstone shelter caves. Temperature is 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Camping is available at Lake of the Ozarks State Park and other campgrounds in the Lake of the Ozarks area.

Mark Twain Cave
One mile south of Hannibal on Hwy. 79 [P.O. Box 913, Hannibal, MO 63401, (314)221-1656], was carved out of limestone by an underground stream. Formations include Grand Avenue, Aladdin's Palace, the Alligator, Sign of the Cross, Hanging Shoe and Submarine. Temperature is 52 degrees Fahrenheit. Cameron Cave, located in the park, is a relatively undisturbed maze type cave that is extremely complex. Lantern tours of its passageways, which take 80 minutes, begin at the Mark Twain Cave's visitors center. Camping in the park's campground.

Meramec Caverns
In Meramec Caverns Natural Park near Stanton and exit 230 of I-44 [Box 948, Stanton, MO 63079, (314)468-3166], contains 26 miles of passageways and was once a hideout for Jesse James. Its Stage Curtain, a single formation which is considered to be the largest cave formation in the world, measures 70 feet high, 60 feet wide and 35 feet thick. Approximately 70 million years old, the curtain is the focal point of a light and musical presentation which climaxes the informative tour. Other speleothems include the Wine Table and Onyx Mountain. Temperature is 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Camping is available in the park.