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Cardareva Bluff Natural Area

A 95-acre area along the Current River about 12 miles east of Eminence and 10 miles southwest of Ellington in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (55 acres) and the Cardareva Conservation Area (40 acres) in Sections 35 and 36, T29N, R2W and Sections 1 and 2, T28N, R2W, Powder Mill Ferry, Exchange and Stegall Mountain 7.5 min. topographic maps. Access is by foot from Hwy HH or from the Current River. Designated November 16, 1984.

Natural Features--An outstanding, west-facing dolomite bluff rising about 550 feet above the Current River and associated plants, animals, natural communities and geological features in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. Cardareva is one of Missouri's highest and steepest bluffs. The natural area includes the shoreline and gravel bars of the Current River, backwater sloughs, floodplain forest, upland forest, dolomite cliffs, dolomite glades and talus slopes. The area is owned by the National Park Service and the Department of Conservation and is closed to plant collecting. For further information contact theDistrict Forester, Clearwater Forest District, Route 1 (Hwy 34), P.O. Box 1002, Piedmont, MO 63957, phone 573/223-4525; or the Park Superintendent National Park Service, P.O. Box 490, Van Buren, MO 63935, phone 573/323-4236.

Cardareva Bluff Natural Area