Eleven Point River

Eleven Point River
River
Country	United States
States	Missouri, Arkansas
Regions	Ozark Plateau, Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Tributaries
- left	Spring Creek, Hurricane Creek
- right	Middle Creek, Greer Spring, Frederick Creek, Blue Spring
Cities	Willow Springs, Thomasville
Source
- location	Willow Springs, Howell County, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
Mouth	Spring River
- location	Black Rock, Arkansas, Randolph County, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Arkansas
Location of the Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River shown in green; nearby Ozark National Scenic Riverways in red

The Eleven Point River is a 138-mile-long (222 km) river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States. It originates near Willow Springs, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over 200 million US gallons (760,000 m³) of water per day to the river. The name derives from the Mississippi Valley French word pointe, which is a wooded point of land marking a river bend. Voyageurs marked distance by counting these points of land or river bends. The river flows into the Spring River southwest of Pocahontas near the small town of Black Rock.

In 1968 a 44.4-mile (71.5 km) stretch was named the Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River, one of the original eight rivers chosen to be part of the United States National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

See also

• List of Missouri rivers
• Irish Wilderness
• List of Arkansas rivers

External links

• Eleven Point River Resource Page
• National Park Service
• Eleven Point River Conservancy
• Friends of the Eleven Point River