TEXAS                       2 Piney River Narrows

Piney River Narrows Natural Area

A 50-acre portion of a 258-acre public use area located about two miles west of Houston in the NW1/4 of Section 11, T30N, R10W, Houston 7.5 min. topographic map. Access from a parking area off Hwy 17 requires wading the Big Piney River to reach the pinnacles. They can also be reached from Hwy Z south of Big Piney Bridge. There is no developed parking area on Hwy Z. Designated December 20, 1971.

Natural Features--Exceptional dolomite pinnacles and associated bluff and glade flora along a hogback ridge in the Upper Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. The narrow ridge was carved by the Big Piney River and Piney Creek. Piney River Narrows is owned by the L-A-D Foundation and managed by the Department of Conservation. For further information contact the District Forester, West Plains Forest District, P.O. Box 138, 618 Preacher Roe Blvd., West Plains, MO 65775, phone 417/256-7161.

Great blue heron		Rock Column at Piney River Narrows Natural Area