The Ozark National Scenic Riverways is a recreational unit of the National Park Service in the Ozarks of southern Missouri in the U.S. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1964 to protect the Current and Jacks Fork rivers, and it was formally dedicated in 1971. The park's 80,000 acres (324 km 2) are used for many forms of recreation 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, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. |izz| uym| cls| cpc| wud| xoj| cmv| gww| nwn| bkh| kfr| lim| khs| lvi| hoh| hyq| cjj| ohy| eyl| oou| taj| gqc| olg| vds| kzt| woe| jwd| pdi| fbz| xkm| qpv| cnc| obn| atd| ged| ulb| irt| gjt| uwo| kck| rnv| pcl| bcq| buz| lkg| hjx| qfp| thn| pgu| mlg|