About Ava/Cassville/Willow Springs Ranger District
Visitors to Ava/Cassville/Willow Springs District will find different landscapes from oak-hickory forests , shortleaf pine forests, and glades. Glades are open areas of native tall prairie grasses characterized by dry, shallow soils and limestone outcroppings. The unique blending of eastern forest and western desert habitats makes a home for such varied wildlife as the bald eagle and the roadrunner, armadillos and wild turkey, white-tailed deer and black bears. The sunlit balds and deep hollows, narrow ridgetops and steep slopes, secluded pastures and clear streams characteristic of the Ozarks are the trademark of the District. This is the landscape so eloquently described in Harold Bell Wright's famous book, The Shepherd of the Hills. Nearby vacation destinations -- Branson, Silver Dollar City, Bass Pro, and Table Rock Lake -- make the District one of Missouri's favorite playgrounds.…
- Managed by: Mark Twain National Forest
- Where: 1 mi south of Ava, MO · 36.93941, -92.66217
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–Jun & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Good to know
Verizon 5G · AT&T 4G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is faint and only shows overhead.
Class 5 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Propane: 21.5 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Vera Cruz, Hunter Creek 9.1 mi
- Campsite · 5 mi SE of Seymour 10.6 mi
- Campsite · 5 mi S of Seymour 10.6 mi
- Campsite · 5 mi SE of Seymour 10.8 mi
- Campsite · 8 mi NE of Wasola 11.5 mi
- Laura Ingals Wilder RV Park 12.2 mi