CARTER                       154 Cowards Hollow

Cowards Hollow Natural Area

A 56-acre portion of the Mark Twain National Forest southwest of Van Buren in the S1/2 of Section 17, T25N, R1W, Handy 7.5 topographic map. Access is by Forest Service Roads 3142 and 4875. Designated September 25, 1991.

Natural Features--The area contains an unusual chert shut-in, chert shelter cave, a 20-foot waterfall and a chert cliff in the Lower Ozarks Section. Such a massive bed of Ordovician chert is unusual in Missouri. For further information and a brochure of the site contact the District Ranger at:

USDA Forest Service
Eleven Point Ranger District
#4 Confederate Ridge Road
Doniphan, Missouri 63935

(573) 996-2153

Cowards Hollow Natural Area