Mark Twain National Forest - wikipedia Mark Twain National Forest Mark Twain National Forest IUCN category VI ( protected area with sustainable use of natural resources ) A kayaker on the St. Francis River at Silver Mines Recreation Area in the Mark Twain National Forest Location Missouri, United States Nearest city Rolla, MO Coordinates 37 ° 38 ′ 13 '' N 91 ° 05 ′ 24 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.637 ° N 91.09 ° W ﻿ / 37.637 ; - 91.09 Coordinates : 37 ° 38 ′ 13 '' N 91 ° 05 ′ 24 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.637 ° N 91.09 ° W ﻿ / 37.637 ; - 91.09 Area 1,491,840 acres ( 6,037.3 km ) Established September 23, 1939 Governing body U.S. Forest Service Website Mark Twain National Forest Mark Twain National Forest ( MTNF ) is a U.S. National Forest located in the southern half of Missouri. MTNF was established on September 11, 1939. It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers 3,068,800 acres ( 12,419 km ) of which 1,506,100 acres ( 6,095 km ) is public owned, 78,000 acres ( 320 km ) of which are Wilderness, and National Scenic River area. MTNF spans 29 counties and represents 11 % of all forested land in Missouri. MTNF is divided into six distinct ranger districts : Ava - Cassville - Willow Springs, Eleven Point, Houston - Rolla, Cedar Creek, Poplar Bluff, Potosi - Fredericktown, and the Salem. The six ranger districts actually comprise nine overall unique tracts of forests. Its headquarters are in Rolla, Missouri. Some unique features of the Mark Twain include Greer Spring, which is the largest spring on National Forest land and part of the Eleven Point National Scenic River, and pumps an average of 214 million gallons of water per day into the river. The public can also visit the Glade Top Trail National Scenic Byway, which offers views of over 30 miles ( 48 km ) to the Boston Mountains in Arkansas. The 350 - mile Ozark Trail system winds through much of the National Forest. Contents 1 History 2 Wilderness areas 3 Counties 4 Climate 5 References 6 External links History The Mark Twain National Forest, as we know it today, was created on February 17, 1976. The Mark Twain National forest has a rather unusual history -- for it was once known as both the Clark National Forest and the Mark Twain National Forest -- both being proclaimed on September 11, 1939. Map of the National Forest In June 1973 the Clark and Mark Twain NF were brought under one headquarters in Rolla and became known as the National forests in Missouri. On Feb. 17, 1976, the forests were combined and renamed the Mark Twain National Forest. 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 recognized streams. Portions of the Ozarks were never under oceans, nor were the areas glaciated. In the 1870s, citizens of southern Missouri began an era of extensive logging of the state 's native oak, hickory, and pine forests. Lumber mills were commonplace, but by the 1920s they had disappeared, along with much of the state 's native forests. Thus, in 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the MTNF into existence. In March 1933, he also created the Emergency Conservation Work Act, better known as the Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ). In the area that would later become Mark Twain National Forest, hundreds of young men at over fifty CCC sites worked at building roads and planting hundreds of acres of pine to preserve and enhance the natural resources of southern Missouri. Many of their contributions can still be visited and enjoyed today including the Rolla Ranger Station Historic District and Winona Ranger Station Historic District. Wilderness areas Bell Mountain Wilderness Devils Backbone Wilderness Hercules - Glades Wilderness Irish Wilderness Paddy Creek Wilderness Piney Creek Wilderness Rockpile Mountain Wilderness Counties County Area Acres Hectares Oregon County 104,721 42,379 Ripley County 97,437 39,431 Iron County 96,047 38,869 Carter County 90,641 36,681 Reynolds County 89,933 36,395 Wayne County 88,372 35,763 Shannon County 83,934 33,967 Washington County 82,133 33,238 Dent County 73,011 29,547 Taney County 65,953 26,690 Phelps County 65,379 26,458 Barry County 55,187 22,333 Christian County 52,260 21,149 Madison County 51,170 20,708 Howell County 50,504 20,438 Crawford County 50,048 20,254 Texas County 49,581 20,065 Butler County 48,494 19,625 Douglas County 41,030 16,604 Pulaski County 39,177 15,854 Ozark County 38,672 15,650 Laclede County 30,542 12,360 Callaway County 12,467 5,045 Stone County 10,335 4,182 Sainte Genevieve County 10,254 4,150 Wright County 7,159 2,897 Boone County 4,102 1,660 Bollinger County 1,646 666 Saint Francois County 673 272 Although it is far from being the largest National Forest in acreage, Mark Twain National Forest is located in more counties than any other. As of September 30, 2007, its 1,490,862 acres ( 2,329.472 sq mi ; 6,033.30 km ) were spread over parts of 29 counties in southern and central Missouri. Climate Climate data for Mark Twain National Forest Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high ° F ( ° C ) 75 ( 24 ) 80 ( 27 ) 88 ( 31 ) 90 ( 32 ) 94 ( 34 ) 100 ( 38 ) 107 ( 42 ) 104 ( 40 ) 99 ( 37 ) 94 ( 34 ) 83 ( 28 ) 75 ( 24 ) 107 ( 42 ) Average high ° F ( ° C ) 42 ( 6 ) 48 ( 9 ) 58 ( 14 ) 68 ( 20 ) 75 ( 24 ) 83 ( 28 ) 88 ( 31 ) 87 ( 31 ) 80 ( 27 ) 69 ( 21 ) 57 ( 14 ) 44 ( 7 ) 67 ( 19 ) Average low ° F ( ° C ) 21 ( − 6 ) 25 ( − 4 ) 33 ( 1 ) 42 ( 6 ) 52 ( 11 ) 61 ( 16 ) 65 ( 18 ) 64 ( 18 ) 55 ( 13 ) 44 ( 7 ) 34 ( 1 ) 25 ( − 4 ) 43 ( 6 ) Record low ° F ( ° C ) − 19 ( − 28 ) − 11 ( − 24 ) − 2 ( − 19 ) 18 ( − 8 ) 28 ( − 2 ) 40 ( 4 ) 44 ( 7 ) 39 ( 4 ) 30 ( − 1 ) 19 ( − 7 ) ( − 16 ) − 10 ( − 23 ) − 19 ( − 28 ) Average precipitation inches ( mm ) 2.1 ( 53 ) 2.29 ( 58.2 ) 4.18 ( 106.2 ) 4.28 ( 108.7 ) 4.95 ( 125.7 ) 4.22 ( 107.2 ) 3.70 ( 94 ) 3.40 ( 86.4 ) 3.91 ( 99.3 ) 3.44 ( 87.4 ) 3.91 ( 99.3 ) 3.30 ( 83.8 ) 43.68 ( 1,109.2 ) Average snowfall inches ( cm ) 6.7 ( 17 ) 4.6 ( 11.7 ) 2.1 ( 5.3 ) 0.3 ( 0.8 ) 0 ( 0 ) 0 ( 0 ) 0 ( 0 ) 0 ( 0 ) 0 ( 0 ) 0.3 ( 0.8 ) 0.9 ( 2.3 ) 7.1 ( 18 ) 22 ( 55.9 ) Source : References Jump up ^ `` Land Areas of the National Forest System '' ( PDF ). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012. Jump up ^ `` The National Forests of the United States '' ( PDF ). ForestHistory.org. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on February 12, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2012. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ National Park Service ( 2010 - 07 - 09 ). `` National Register Information System ''. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Jump up ^ Mark Twain National Forest MPS Jump up ^ Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County - United States Forest Service - September 30, 2007 Jump up ^ ( 2 ) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark Twain National Forest. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mark Twain National Forest. `` Mark Twain National Forest ''. USDA Forest Service. Retrieved February 6, 2006. Protected areas of Missouri Federal National Parks : Gateway Arch National Park National Monuments : George Washington Carver National Historic Sites : Harry S. Truman Ulysses S. Grant National Battlefields : Wilson 's Creek National Wildlife Refuges : Big Muddy Clarence Cannon Great River Middle Mississippi River Mingo Ozark Cavefish Pilot Knob Squaw Creek Swan Lake Two Rivers National Forests : Mark Twain Wilderness Areas : Bell Mountain Devils Backbone Hercules Glades Irish Mingo Paddy Creek Piney Creek Rockpile Mountain Other Protected Areas : Ozark National Scenic Riverways State State Parks : Babler Sam A. Baker Bennett Spring Big Lake Big Oak Tree Big Sugar Creek Bryant Creek Castlewood Crowder Cuivre River Current River Don Robinson Echo Bluff Elephant Rocks Eleven Point Finger Lakes Graham Cave Grand Gulf Ha Ha Tonka Harry S Truman Hawn Jay Nixon Johnson 's Shut - Ins Jones - Confluence Point Katy Trail Knob Noster Lake of the Ozarks Lake Wappapello Lewis and Clark Long Branch Mark Twain Meramec Montauk Morris Onondaga Cave Ozark Mountain Pershing Pomme de Terre Prairie Roaring River Rock Island Trail Robertsville Rock Bridge Memorial Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry Route 66 St. Francois St. Joe Stockton Table Rock Taum Sauk Mountain Thousand Hills Trail of Tears Van Meter Wakonda Wallace Washington Watkins Woolen Mill Weston Bend State Historic Sites : Arrow Rock Battle of Athens Battle of Carthage Battle of Island Mound Battle of Lexington Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Bollinger Mill Nathan Boone Homestead Boone 's Lick Bothwell Lodge Clark 's Hill / Norton Confederate Memorial Deutschheim Dillard Mill Gov. Daniel Dunklin 's Grave Felix Vallé House First Missouri State Capitol Fort Davidson Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home Harry S Truman Birthplace Hunter - Dawson Iliniwek Village Jefferson Landing Jewell Cemetery Locust Creek Covered Bridge Mark Twain Birthplace Mastodon Missouri Mines Missouri State Capitol Missouri State Museum Osage Village Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Sappington Cemetery Scott Joplin House Towosahgy Union Covered Bridge Watkins Woolen Mill Conservation areas : List of Missouri conservation areas State Forests : List of Missouri state forests Missouri Department of Natural Resources National Forests of the United States Allegheny Angeles Angelina Apache - Sitgreaves Apalachicola Arapaho Ashley Beaverhead - Deerlodge Bienville Bighorn Bitterroot Black Hills Boise Bridger - Teton Caribou - Targhee Carson Chattahoochee - Oconee Chequamegon - Nicolet Cherokee Chippewa Choctawhatchee Chugach Cibola Clearwater Cleveland Coeur d'Alene Coconino Colville Conecuh Coronado Croatan Custer Daniel Boone Davy Crockett De Soto Delta Deschutes Dixie Eldorado Finger Lakes Fishlake Flathead Francis Marion Fremont -- Winema Gallatin George Washington and Jefferson Gifford Pinchot Gila Grand Mesa Green Mountain Gunnison Helena Hiawatha Holly Springs Homochitto Hoosier Humboldt - Toiyabe Huron - Manistee Idaho Panhandle Inyo Kaibab Kaniksu Kisatchie Klamath Kootenai Lake Tahoe Basin Lassen Lewis and Clark Lincoln Lolo Los Padres Malheur Manti - La Sal Mark Twain Medicine Bow -- Routt Mendocino Modoc Monongahela Mount Baker - Snoqualmie Mount Hood Nantahala Nebraska Nez Perce Ocala Osceola Ochoco Okanogan Olympic Ottawa Ouachita Ozark - St. Francis Payette Pike Pisgah Plumas Prescott Rio Grande Rogue River - Siskiyou Roosevelt San Bernardino San Isabel San Juan Sabine Salmon - Challis Sam Houston Samuel R. McKelvie Santa Fe Sawtooth Sequoia Shasta - Trinity Shawnee Shoshone Sierra Siuslaw Six Rivers St. Joe Stanislaus Sumter Superior Tahoe Tombigbee Tongass Tonto Talladega Tuskegee Uinta Umatilla Umpqua Uncompahgre Uwharrie Wallowa -- Whitman Wasatch - Cache Wayne Wenatchee White Mountain White River Willamette William B. Bankhead Full Detailed List Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Twain_National_Forest&oldid=821604090 '' Categories : IUCN Category VI Mark Twain National Forest National Forests of Missouri Ozarks Civilian Conservation Corps in Missouri National Forests of the U.S. Interior Highlands Protected areas of Oregon County, Missouri Protected areas of Ripley County, Missouri Protected areas of Iron County, Missouri Protected areas of Carter County, Missouri Protected areas of Reynolds County, Missouri Protected areas of Wayne County, Missouri Protected areas of Shannon County, Missouri Protected areas of Washington County, Missouri Protected areas of Dent County, Missouri Protected areas of Taney County, Missouri Protected areas of Phelps County, Missouri Protected areas of Barry County, Missouri Protected areas of Christian County, Missouri Protected areas of Madison County, Missouri Protected areas of Howell County, Missouri Protected areas of Crawford County, Missouri Protected areas of Texas County, Missouri Protected areas of Butler County, Missouri Protected areas of Douglas County, Missouri Protected areas of Pulaski County, Missouri Protected areas of Ozark County, Missouri Protected areas of Laclede County, Missouri Protected areas of Callaway County, Missouri Protected areas of Stone County, Missouri Protected areas of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Protected areas of Wright County, Missouri Protected areas of Boone County, Missouri Protected areas of Bollinger County, Missouri Protected areas of St. Francois County, Missouri Protected areas established in 1939 1939 establishments in Missouri Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from June 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Coordinates on Wikidata Articles containing potentially dated statements from September 2007 All articles containing potentially dated statements Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikivoyage فارسی Simple English 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 21 January 2018, at 14 : 15. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. 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Question: where is the mark twain national forest located
Answer: southern half of Missouri