The Buffalo National River cuts through the heart of the Ozarks, carving a many-splendored wonderland out of the midcontinental wilderness. The river became the nation’s first National River in 1972.

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Elk have returned — with a little help from human beings — and now a herd of 300 to 400 flourish in the parkland

The on-again, off-again water at Hemmed-In-Hollow falls 177 feet, dancing on the breeze in this box canyon on the Buffalo River.