Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
- Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park is located in the Saint Francois Mountains in Missouri (USA). It is centered around Taum Sauk Mountain, the highest point in the state.
The park has a rustic campground, a paved trail to the highpoint, picnic facilities, and a lookout tower from which a good view can be had; the dense forest on the mountain obscures the view from most other vantage points. Taum Sauk State Park is in a common jurisdiction with Johnson's Shut-ins State Park, and together they comprise the second largest state park in Missouri. These parks and the adjacent Bell Mountain Wilderness Area make up part of a large wilderness area that is very popular with hikers and backpackers. The Taum Sauk section of the Ozark Trail is considered by many to be the most scenic and appealing.
Mina Sauk Falls, the highest waterfall in Missouri, is on Taum Sauk and can be visited by hiking a rugged trail that makes a three-mile (5 km) loop from the highpoint parking area. These falls normally have water cascading over them only during times of wet weather. At other times they are reduced to a trickle or less.
The park is near Bell Mountain Wilderness and Johnson's Shut-ins State Park.
ee also
*List of Missouri state parks
External links
* [http://mostateparks.com/taumsauk.htm Taum Sauk Mountain State Park]
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