Paddling the Ozarks: A Guide to the Area's Greatest Paddling Adventures

With gushing springs, clear-water streams, lush hardwood forests, and limestone bluffs rising hundreds of feet, the Ozarks offer enough paddling to fill a lifetime, including seven streams in the National Wild & Scenic Rivers system and three rivers protected by national parks. Paddling the Ozarks details 40 of the region's best paddling trips—classic floats, hidden gems, scenic lakes, and challenging whitewater. Waterways ranging from southern Missouri to northern Arkansas to Oklahoma’s Cookson Hills with year-round classics like the Current River, Jacks Fork, NF White, and Eleven Point make this the essential guide to paddling the Ozarks. Paddling the Ozarks reveals that what some call flyover country is better described as paddle-through.

Look inside to find:

• GPS coordinates for every put-in/takeout
• Detailed river descriptions
• Maps showing access points and river miles
• Level of difficulty, optimal flows, rapids, and other hazards

• Ozark National Scenic Riverways (National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map)
• A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Ozarks (Canoe and Kayak Series)
• Buffalo National River West (National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map)
• Buffalo River Handbook
• Five-Star Trails: The Ozarks: 43 Spectacular Hikes in Arkansas and Missouri
• Paddling Texas: A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Routes (Paddling Series)
• A Paddler's Guide to Missouri: Featuring 58 Streams to Canoe and Kayak
• Best Tent Camping: Missouri and the Ozarks: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization
• Ozark Whitewater
• #Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale: A Literary Classic Told in Tweets for the 21st Century Audience (Twit Lit Classics)