The Big Spring

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Stock #:311244
Type: Large Format Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Van Buren
State: Missouri (MO)
County: Carter
Publisher: Ozark Post Card Publishers
Size: 6.5" x 9" (16.5 x 23 cm)

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Largest single outlet spring in North America. Big Spring State Park, consisting of 5,836 acres, is located in Carter County, 4 miles south of Van Buren on State Highway 103. The outstanding features of the park is the large volume of clear, cool water gushing from the base of a high limestone bluff. It is considered the largest single outlet spring in the United States with a maximum flow of 846,000,000 gallons daily. The facilities in the park are numerous for picnicking, tent and trailer camping, swimming, nature trails, naturalist, boating, public boat launching ramp, fishing, bridle trails and horses, modern cabins, store and dining lodge. THis park is bordered on the east by the clear, swift flowing waters of the famous Current River. The new Pea Vine Area is now open with enlarged camping and picnicking facilities

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