The Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River is a 44-mile (71 km) stretch of the spring-fed Eleven Point River in the Ozarks of southern Missouri set aside through eminent domain for preservation by Congress in 1968.
The designated part of the river stretches from Thomasville to State Highway 142.
[1] It is one of the original eight rivers named under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act as possessing "outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values.
"[2] The Eleven Point holds the scenic designation within the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system,[3] meaning that it is free of impoundments, with shorelines or watersheds still largely primitive and shorelines largely undeveloped, but accessible in places by roads.
Only about half of the land in the designated area is public, owned by the National Forest Service.