SW Missouri Tour, $10 per car

    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Max Cars: 10

Check-in at 9:00am, Drivers' Meeting at 9:15am, Depart at 9:30am, Return by 5:00pm  (117 miles roundtrip)

 Tour leaders will need to see your driver’s license and will provide a route map/directions. Please have a full tank of fuel.

Relax on this 117-mile tour through portions of the Mark Twain National Forest and the Table Rock Lake area in southwestern Missouri. 

We will travel east on hwy 62 out of Eureka Springs to the town of Berryville.  From Berryville, hwy 221 will greet us with lots of long straight stretches and rolling hills as we cross into Missouri. Just over the state line, hwy 86 will head east and cross through Mark Twain National Forest and lead us east to Dogwood Canyon Nature Park.  We will make a stop here to stretch our legs, use the facilities, take a few photos along the scenic waterway, and visit the gift shop if time allows.  

The tour will continue winding through the Missouri countryside on hwy 86 through Blue Eye.  After crossing Table Rock Lake, we will head north on hwy 65 to the Keeter Center  at The College of the Ozarks.  Here we will enjoy a lunch of foods sourced from student-run farms and smokehouses served up in the nationally recognized student-staffed restaurant. Described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the most unusual little liberal arts colleges in the country" and dubbed "Hard Work U," The College of the Ozarks is a tuition-free college for full-time students.  All campus work is done by students, from landscaping and gardening to jelly-making and basket-weaving, it really is more than just a college!

After lunch, take a short walking tour of the campus (campus map) - visit the swans at Lake Honor, tour Edwards Mill to watch students weaving baskets and tapestries, stop by the bakery or jelly and fruitcake kitchen, enjoy stunning views of the Ozark Hills and Lake Taneycomo from atop Point Lookout, walk through Williams Memorial Chapel - so much to see.

After departing the College of the Ozarks, we will continue around the outskirts of Branson on hwy 165/265 to the Dewey Short Visitor's Center adjacent to the Table Rock Lake Dam From the Visitor's Center, we will have panoramic views of Table Rock Lake and Dam, and visit the gift shop and restrooms.  The center houses an interactive map of Table Rock lake, an exhibit of Native American artifacts and a history of the Army Corp of Engineers; builders and current managers of Table Rock dam and lake. 

The return trip to Eureka Springs will continue on hwy 265 to hwy 76.  We will pass the entrance to Silver Dollar City, then head south on hwy 13 out of Branson West and once again cross Table Rock Lake in Kimberling City.  We will continue through winding backroads and beautiful rolling hills of the Ozarks to Blue Eye, MO. Hwy 21 will take us southwest out of Blue Eye and back over the Arkansas/Missouri state line.  We'll head west on hwy 62