TEXAS                       22 Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend Natural Area

A 69-acre portion of a 222-acre public use area about 2.5 miles northwest of Houston by county road. Part of Section 25, T31N, R10W and Section 30, T31N, R9W, Houston 7.5 topographic map. Designated April 11, 1973.

Natural Features--About two miles of frontage on the Big Piney River with a high dolomite bluff and oak-pine, mixed oak-hickory and mixed bottomland forest comprise Horseshoe Bend, located in the Upper Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. The natural area is owned by the LAD Foundation and managed by the Department of Conservation. For further information contact the District Forester, West Plains District, P.O. Box 138, 618 Preacher Roe Blvd., West Plains, MO 65775, phone 417/256-7161.

Big Piney River at Horseshoe Bend Natural Area