Roark Creek is a stream in Taney County, Missouri. [1] The stream begins at the junction of the West and East forks near the village of Garber. From there, the stream flows southeast to its junction with the White River in Branson. The Missouri Pacific Railroad line follows the stream and the West Fork Roark Creek northwest to Reeds Spring. [2]
The source coordinates are 36°41′31″N93°18′07″W / 36.69194°N 93.30194°W , and its mouth lies at 36°39′04″N93°12′55″W / 36.65111°N 93.21528°W . [1]
Roark Creek has the name of the local Roark family. [3]
Fall Creek is a small creek with headwaters in Stone County just south of Missouri Route 76 and northeast of Silver Dollar City. The stream enters Taney County and flows southeast between Route 76 and Missouri Route 265 through west Branson and joins the White River downstream of the Table Rock Lake dam in south Branson. It flows parallel to and then under Missouri Route 165. The White River enters Lake Taneycomo downstream.
Jenkins Creek is a stream in Barry County, Missouri. The stream source at the junction of the East and West forks is at coordinates: 36°49′24″N93°41′17″W just north of Leann and the confluence with Flat Creek is at: 36°46′30″N93°41′06″W just south of Jenkins.
Center Creek is a stream in southwest Missouri.
Beaverdam Creek is a stream in Pettis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the South Fork Blackwater River.
Bull Creek is a stream in Christian and Taney counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.
Cedar Creek is a stream in Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is a tributary of Bull Shoals Lake. The stream headwaters are in the Mark Twain National Forest on the southwest flank of Lime Kiln Mountain. The stream flows generally west and enters the lake just south of Beaver Creek Park about four miles from its source.
Clevinger Branch is a stream in southwestern Taney County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The stream is a tributary of the Long Creek branch of Table Rock Lake. The Stream headwaters arise just northeast of the route 65/86 junction northwest of Ridgedale at 36°31′57″N93°15′14″W and the former confluence with Long Creek is at 36°33′29″N93°17′35″W. The stream enters Table Rock Lake along a shoreline road in the Long Creek Recreation Area at 36°32′39″N93°15′42″W.
Coon Creek is a stream in Taney County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Lake Taneycomo.
Fox Creek is a stream in southern Taney County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Bee Creek. The headwaters of the stream are just east of Missouri Route JJ west of Mincy. The stream flows southeast passing through a portion of the Drury-Mincy Conservation Area to its confluence with Bee Creek which flows into Bull Shoals Lake to the southeast near the Missouri-Arkansas border.
Garber is an unincorporated community in western Taney County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. Garber is located along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line and Roark Creek, approximately four miles northwest of Branson.
Gettman Hollow is a valley in Taney County in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri. Gettman Hollow is a tributary to Bull Creek.
Gravelly Hollow is a valley in northern Taney County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The stream in the valley is a tributary to Bull Creek.
Nance is an extinct town in eastern Taney County, in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The townsite sits above the east bank of the west fork of Big Creek about one mile north of U.S. Route 160 and about 1.7 miles west of the Taney - Ozark county line. The site is at an elevation of 876 feet.
Swan Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the White River downstream from the Lake Taneycomo dam.
Trigger Creek is a stream in the Taney County, Missouri. The stream headwaters are just east of Missouri Route JJ and it flows northeast passing under Route J between Kirbyville to the northwest and Mincy to the southeast. The stream enters Bull Shoals Lake about 1.5 miles northeast of Route J.
Turkey Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. It is a tributary of Lake Taneycomo. The stream source is two-thirds of a mile south of the Missouri - Arkansas border in Boone County north of the village of Crest. The Missouri Pacific Railroad line follows the stream course after exiting the Crest railroad tunnel under Arkansas State Route 14 at Crest. North of the state line in Taney County the stream flows north through west Hollister to its confluence with Lake Taneycomo south of Branson. The stream covers a linear distance of 86 mi (138 km) between the border and its confluence.
Wolf Creek is a stream in Taney County, Missouri. The headwaters are in the Mark Twain National Forest on the southwest flank of Lime Kiln Mountain. The stream flows northwest and enters Bull Shoals Lake adjacent to Cedar Creek.
Swan Township is an active township in Taney County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Brushy Creek is a stream in eastern Taney County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.
Shepherd of the Hills State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area covering 1,011 acres (409 ha) in Taney County, Missouri. The state park is closed pending public input on future uses of the land. It was one of three new parks announced by Governor Jay Nixon in December 2016. It shares a border with the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area and is traversed by more than two miles of Roark Creek, including a stretch of the three-mile-long East Fork Roark Creek. The site includes a one-room schoolhouse that served the former community of Garber. On May 4, 2022, Missouri State Parks announced that park's name will be changed from Ozark Mountain State Park to Shepherd of the Hills State Park. The name change honors Harold Bell Wright's popular novel The Shepherd of the Hills, which is set in the vicinity of the park.