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Royal Gorge Natural Area

An 80-acre portion of Ketcherside Mountain Conservation Area located five miles south of Ironton on Hwy 21 in the SE1/4 of Section 14 and NE1/4 of Section 23, T33N, R3E, Ironton 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated March 17, 1973.

Natural Features--Scenic igneous (rhyolite) glades and cliffs, scarlet oakpine forest, oak-hickory forest and a headwaters stream in the St. Francois Mountains Section of the Ozark Natural Division. Royal Gorge Natural Area is owned by the Department of Conservation. For further information contact the District Forester, Clearwater Forest District, Route 1, Box 1002 (Hwy 34), Piedmont, MO 63957, phone 573/223-4525.

Shut-Ins at Royal Gorge Natural Area