Taum Sauk Mountain State Park facts for kids
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The highest point in Missouri: Taum Sauk summit
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 Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
Location in Missouri
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
Location in the United States
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| Location | Iron County & Reynolds County, Missouri, United States |
| Area | 8,732.23 acres (35.3381 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,772 ft (540 m) |
| Designation | Missouri state park |
| Established | 1991 |
| Visitors | 144,160 (in 2017) |
| Administrator | Missouri Department of Natural Resources |
| Website | Taum Sauk Mountain State Park |
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park is a Missouri state park located in the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks. The park encompasses Taum Sauk Mountain, the highest point in the state. The Taum Sauk portion of the Ozark Trail connects the park with nearby Johnson's Shut-ins State Park and the Bell Mountain Wilderness Area, which together are part of a large wilderness area popular with hikers and backpackers.
Activities and amenities
The park has a rustic campground, a paved trail to the highpoint, picnic facilities, and a lookout tower providing a view the dense mountain forest obscures from other vantage points.
Mina Sauk Falls, the highest waterfall in Missouri, is reached via a rugged trail that makes a three-mile (5 km) loop from the highpoint parking area. The falls have cascading waters only during times of wet weather; at other times they are reduced to a trickle or less.
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The contiguous Taum Sauk Mountain and Johnson's Shut-ins state parks consist of 16,050 acres (65.0 km2) in the Missouri Ozarks.
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High point plaque on Taum Sauk
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Mina Sauk Falls
