Thayer
Thayer is in the Ozarks region of southwest Missouri.
Get in
[edit]U.S. Hwy 63 is the primary corridor into the town. Thayer is the southernmost point of Scenic Highway 19 which travels through national forests and crosses several scenic rivers.
Thayer has a small airport.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Grand Gulf State Park. Is a collapsed cave system exposing a great example of the karst systems underlying the Ozark region. Walk through a natural bridge and into the mouth of a cave that serves as the gulf's drain system toward an underground river that arises at Mammoth Spring in nearby Arkansas.
- Warm Fork of the Spring River is a lesser known Ozark stream that provides opportunities for fishing, swimming, and floating w/o the crowds downstream when it joins the Mammoth Spring spring branch in Arkansas and forms the popular Spring River.
Do
[edit]- Float Spring River in neighboring Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
Buy
[edit]- Fin and Fur offers a large assortment of hunting, fishing, camping supplies, and apparel.
- Shop flea markets.
Eat
[edit]- The Country Cottage, 720 Missouri 19, ☏ +1 417 264-3443. Locally owned old-fashioned food.
Drink
[edit]- The Beverage Shoppe, US Hwy 63, ☏ +1 417 264-3118. Locally owned package store providing all your float trip and hunting camp needs.
Sleep
[edit]- Mammoth Spring Lodge Motel, U.S. 63 South, ☏ +1 417 264-3888. Accommodations near Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
- Riverview Motel, 423 U.S. 63, ☏ +1 870 625-3218. Accommodations overlooking Spring River in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Thayer |
| Jefferson City ← West Plains ← | N  S |
→ Mammoth Spring → Jonesboro |
| Cuba ← Alton ← | N  S |
→ END |