See The Ozarks at Wikipedia for more details and references.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Austin to Hollister
3 hours ago
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Ozarks Region defined
Thanks to the Wikipedia Commons, this map reveals the extent of the Ozarks region.
See The Ozarks at Wikipedia for more details and references.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
See The Ozarks at Wikipedia for more details and references.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Monday, January 18, 2010
Beaver Lake is ABOVE Table Rock Lake
This story is from the Hometown Daily News site: http://www.hometowndailynews.com/content.aspx?module=ContentItem&ID=162795&MemberID=1191 - It is a reminder that Beaver Lake in NW Arkansas is actually UPRIVER, higher than, and feels into Table Rock Lake. The river ran north from Arkansas into Missouri then back southeast into Arkansas again.
Corps to Move Water from Beaver to Table Rock, Bull Shoals
1/15/2010
by Sam Clanton
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to move water into Table Rock and Bulls Shoals lakes beginning Tuesday. Those lakes, along with Lake Taneycomo, are downstream from Beaver Lake, which is located in northwest Arkansas.
Beaver's current elevation of 1-thousand-127 feet needs to be lowered about 7 feet to conservation pool, according to the Corps of Engineers. A news release states Table Rock currently is below conservation pool elevation, with Bull Shoals expected to be within two feet of its conservation pool of 654 feet by January 19th.
Possible rainfall this weekend could alter the plan to begin making releases Tuesday morning through the hydropower turbines at Beaver Dam.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Corps to Move Water from Beaver to Table Rock, Bull Shoals
1/15/2010
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The Army Corps of Engineers plans to move water into Table Rock and Bulls Shoals lakes beginning Tuesday. Those lakes, along with Lake Taneycomo, are downstream from Beaver Lake, which is located in northwest Arkansas.
Beaver's current elevation of 1-thousand-127 feet needs to be lowered about 7 feet to conservation pool, according to the Corps of Engineers. A news release states Table Rock currently is below conservation pool elevation, with Bull Shoals expected to be within two feet of its conservation pool of 654 feet by January 19th.
Possible rainfall this weekend could alter the plan to begin making releases Tuesday morning through the hydropower turbines at Beaver Dam.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Entering the Ozark Mountains from Jonesboro
We had the opportunity today to enter Ozark Mountain Country on US 63 from Jonesboro, Arkansas. It was an interesting experience. The delta country around Jonesboro is so flat, it is hard to imagine you are only a few miles from the stark hills environment of the Ozarks.
I noticed a billboard for Randolph County that particularly caught my attention. Randolph county was north and east of US 63, but it made the point of having 5 rivers running through it, as well as Ozark Mountain Country. The Randolph County Tourism Association has a great website that focuses on first, the 5 rivers running through the county, and second, that the county is split between the flat delta and the Ozark Mountains.
Going up US 63, we experiences that split. As we crossed an unusually high bridge over the Black River, the delta was behind us, and we left the bridge in Ozark Mountain County!
As we proceeded up US 63, we noticed that the little town of Hardy, Arkansas, had a strong tourism emphasis. It was also by-passed by new road, so we did not go in town.
We went on up the Thayer, MO, where tourism was also enouraged. They had good signage and a neat little Tourism Information Center.
At Thayer, we turned west on MO 142, to MO 101 up to US 160 west. Running west, a few miles north of the state line, it was interesting to note several areas of open glades, or pastures. It was not all wooded. Driving north of the lakes, along US 160, just as we entered eastern Taney County, we did enter forest. In fact, it was a piece of the Mark Twain National Forest for about 15 miles.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
I noticed a billboard for Randolph County that particularly caught my attention. Randolph county was north and east of US 63, but it made the point of having 5 rivers running through it, as well as Ozark Mountain Country. The Randolph County Tourism Association has a great website that focuses on first, the 5 rivers running through the county, and second, that the county is split between the flat delta and the Ozark Mountains.
Going up US 63, we experiences that split. As we crossed an unusually high bridge over the Black River, the delta was behind us, and we left the bridge in Ozark Mountain County!
As we proceeded up US 63, we noticed that the little town of Hardy, Arkansas, had a strong tourism emphasis. It was also by-passed by new road, so we did not go in town.
We went on up the Thayer, MO, where tourism was also enouraged. They had good signage and a neat little Tourism Information Center.
At Thayer, we turned west on MO 142, to MO 101 up to US 160 west. Running west, a few miles north of the state line, it was interesting to note several areas of open glades, or pastures. It was not all wooded. Driving north of the lakes, along US 160, just as we entered eastern Taney County, we did enter forest. In fact, it was a piece of the Mark Twain National Forest for about 15 miles.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Alpena, Arkansas
Driving west on US 412, from US 65 (north of Harrison), across northwestern Arkansas, to Springdale, the four lanes of US 412 end at Alpena, Arkansas, and only resumes as we got closer to Springdale. Alpena is a very memorable little burg, and will not doubt one day be bypassed by US 412.
In the meantime, the "main street" is mostly abandoned, though we noted that a "chain-saw log artist" had taken up at the east end of the strip since we last passed through.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
In the meantime, the "main street" is mostly abandoned, though we noted that a "chain-saw log artist" had taken up at the east end of the strip since we last passed through.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Not all the color is gone for the year
Late fall foliage in Hollister, MO, in the heart of the Ozarks:
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Scenic 7 Byway - South
This is a brief followup to my previous post on the North end of the Scenic 7 Byway in Arkansas. We did not take a lot of photos on the southern part of the trip.
There was a marker like this in the North and in the South.
Here is one of the forest, from near the Cliff Inn, that is called the Grand Canyon of the Ozarks.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
There was a marker like this in the North and in the South.
Here is one of the forest, from near the Cliff Inn, that is called the Grand Canyon of the Ozarks.
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Friday, October 2, 2009
Scenic 7 Byway - North
We recently drove down Arkansas Highway 7, all an Arkansas Scenic Byway, most a National Scenic Byway, from Harrison through Russellville to Hot Springs... making several stops along the way. Just some highlights, here, for you to check out an consider for yourself. Of course, we crossed the Buffalo National River (private site; NPS; NPCA; .
The river was at flood stage:
It was even posted:
We went by the Hollis CCC camp - where my daughter and son-in-law Annette and Larry visited in May 2005.
We stopped on a mountain top for a picnic lunch.
We stopped at a ranger lookout, Nancy took this one:
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
The river was at flood stage:
It was even posted:
We went by the Hollis CCC camp - where my daughter and son-in-law Annette and Larry visited in May 2005.
We stopped on a mountain top for a picnic lunch.
We stopped at a ranger lookout, Nancy took this one:
If you haven’t visited the Ozarks region, yet, you should, soon!
Dr. Bill ;-)
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