Map of the Ozarks

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The whole Ozarks on real terrain, from our satellite elevation model — the full arc masked to the range’s mapped boundary, with 3 of its great peaks pinned (each labelled with its surveyed height). Turner Ward Knob, the highest named summit, stands at 2,454 ft (748 m). Drag to spin it (two-finger to orbit on mobile).

Where are the Ozarks?

The Ozarks lie entirely within the United States. The area below is this page’s own measurement — the range boundary intersected with the outline of the United States, by true (geodesic) area.

Range boundary: GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard extent). Country outlines: geoBoundaries ADM0. Computed range area 1,654 km² — within about 1% of GMBA’s published 1,660 km².

The highest peak: Turner Ward Knob

The highest named point of the Ozarks is Turner Ward Knob, at 2,454 ft (748 m). Turner Ward Knob and the Ozarks’ true high point — a cluster of unnamed summits reaching about 2,562 ft (781 m) — rise in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas just beyond the GMBA range boundary mapped here, which tops out near 2,402 ft (732 m). The unnamed summits carry no established name or clean coordinate, so this map marks Turner Ward Knob, the highest named peak.

Great peaks of the Ozarks

A curated selection of notable summits across the Ozarks. Each is pinned on the map above; the heights here are the surveyed figures.

Relief and elevation range

Across the mapped range the land runs from about 541 ft (165 m) on the valley floors to 2,402 ft (732 m) at the highest ground — a vertical range of 1,857 ft (566 m), which puts the Ozarks in the low-relief class. The mean elevation is 1,430 ft (436 m) and the median 1,414 ft (431 m); the two sitting close together says the height is spread broadly across the range, not concentrated in a few peaks over otherwise low ground.

The distribution above is the share of the range’s area at each elevation, computed from the same satellite model as the maps. It reads the Ozarks as a true massif — a large area held high — rather than a thin crest.

Ozarks FAQ

How many countries do the Ozarks cross?

The Ozarks lie entirely within the United States — a single country.

How were the Ozarks formed?

The Ozarks are not folded mountains but a broad uplifted plateau, cut by streams into rugged hills — flat-lying ancient rock raised as a dome, with the old St. Francois Mountains of Missouri, where Taum Sauk Mountain is the state’s high point, exposing the region’s oldest igneous core.

What is the highest point of the Ozarks?

The highest named summit is Turner Ward Knob, at 2,454 ft (748 m), in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas. The Ozarks’ true high point is slightly higher — a cluster of unnamed summits reaching about 2,562 ft (781 m) nearby — but they carry no established name or single clean coordinate. In Missouri, the separate St. Francois Mountains rise to Taum Sauk Mountain, the state’s highest point at 1,772 ft (540 m).

Related ranges

More of the world’s mountains, rendered the same way — explore other ranges in 3D.

• Great Smoky Mountains↑ Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome), 6,644 ft (2,025 m)
• Blue Ridge Mountains↑ Mount Mitchell, 6,683 ft (2,037 m)
• AppalachiansMean 2,034 ft (620 m)
• Catskills↑ Slide Mountain, 4,180 ft (1,274 m)
• Adirondacks↑ Mount Marcy, 5,344 ft (1,629 m)
• White Mountains↑ Mount Washington, 6,289 ft (1,917 m)

Elevation from Copernicus GLO-30 (ESA), sampled over the range and masked to its boundary. The range boundary is the GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard extent; Snethlage et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Country outlines from geoBoundaries. Every figure on this page is computed from these sources; the surveyed Turner Ward Knob height is the one exception, cited above. See the methodology. Data as of 2026-08-22.