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The Hercules Glades Wilderness is a 12,314-acre (50 km 2) wilderness area in Taney County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The United States Congress designated it a wilderness in 1976, [ 1 ] making it the oldest wilderness area in Missouri.
The source area for Long Creek lies adjacent to Missouri Route 125 south of the Hercules community and the Hercules Fire Tower. The stream flows west entering the Hercules Glades Wilderness. The stream exits the wilderness just prior to entering Beaver Creek at the north edge of Bull Shoals Lake. [2] [3]
Hercules is an unincorporated community in Taney County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] Hercules is located on Missouri Route 125, south of Bradleyville and just northeast of the Hercules Glades Wilderness protected area. The townsite is adjacent to Brushy Creek and within the Mark Twain National Forest. [2]
Pages in category "Wilderness areas of Missouri" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Hercules Glades Wilderness; I. Irish Wilderness; M.
The federally-designated, 13,000 acre Hercules Glades Wilderness Area lies one mile east of Hilda. The site of the former Hilda Lookout Tower is approximately one mile south on Lime Kiln Mountain. [2] Hilda is part of the Branson Micropolitan Statistical Area. A post office called Hilda was established in 1896, and remained in operation until ...
1] [2] The stream intersects Missouri Route 125 just south of Hercules and runs northwest parallel to that road for a short distance before turning west again. West of Hercules the stream flows just to the north of the boundary of Hercules Glades Wilderness and enters Beaver Creek just north of the wilderness area. [2]
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Missouri’s only national forest, The Mark Twain, encompasses roughly 1.5 million acres, mostly within the Ozark Highlands. Located across southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, the Ozark Highlands are an ancient landscape characterized by large permanent springs, over 5,000 caves, rocky barren glades, old volcanic mountains and nationally ...