The Ozark Mountains, sometimes referred to as the Ozark Plateau, refers to a region in the Southern USA that encompasses parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas. This rural, natural region is full of thick green forests, deep lakes, and a rugged, mountainous landscape. In the Ozarks National Scenic Riverways in Southern Missouri, visitors can go fishing, canoeing, or swimming in either the Current River or the Jacks Fork River, which ease their way through a landscape of hilly green mountains and are edged by many hiking trails.
In the Arkansas Ozarks, travelers will find taller, more twisty hills and roads, with natural springs, countless lakes, caves, and more.