16.29 Acres of Missouri Land~Views of the Ozarks!

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Josie Ranch is one of the most gorgeous properties we've owned. We are new to the Missouri area, but it has really grown on us. This is one of the prettiest areas of the country. It's incredibly green, and has great hills, as one of our employees put it, "it looks like something from a movie". This area is full of deer, quail, and wild turkeys, and other types of wildlife, and is common for bird watching. The nearby town, Ava, is known for being a friendly city with a laid back atmosphere.

This property is close to the Mark Twain National Forest and has a creek that runs through it after it rains. There are interesting rock formations, and great views of the hills offered from certain areas. The property slopes down from the county road and rises back up from the creek, where there is a small road in the back.

The surrounding area is very beautiful with gorgeous views, lush foliage, and large oak and pine trees. The weather in the area is WONDERFUL, just enough rain to keep everything green and cool. The elevation contributes to the great weather as well. Average highs in the summer reach a max of 88, and a low of 60 (in July), and winters reach around a high of 44 and a low of 20 in the coldest month (January).

Access to the property ultra easy by well maintained County Road 76-114 and is just a short drive from paved Highway SH 76 and is 10 miles to State Highway 5, a huge highway that will take you across the country from North to South. Highway 5 will take you through Ava, the county seat and most nearby city, which is only about 15 miles away.

It is easy to see why this property is ideal as an investment for the future or for just owning a fantastic piece of property for you and your family to enjoy.

This part of Missouri is absolutely gorgeous, and the property is just down the road from the City of Ava. Located in the heart of the Ozarks in south central Missouri, the city of Ava and surrounding Douglas County offer abundant natural resources, warm hospitality, and a proud Ozark heritage. Montauk State Park is a popular destination for trophy trout fishing, beautiful camping facilities, and historic sites. Douglas County is well known for its many outdoor recreational activities, including deer and turkey hunting, horseback riding, fishing, camping, and is a favorite place to stay for visitors to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Many of our visitors were so attracted by the natural scenery, beautiful weather, and small town living, they’ve decided to call Ava home.

Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population is 13,084. Its county seat is Ava. Previously, the county seat was located at Red Bud (later Vera Cruz) on Bryant Creek, which flows through the middle of the county. After the Civil War, during a period of general chaos, a group from the western part of the county broke into the Vera Cruz courthouse and removed the records to a new town site, present-day Ava. The county was organized in 1857 and is named after Illinois U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Locally known as "Booger County", the history of Douglas County and the surrounding area has been colorfully described in the book "In Search of Booger County - Ozark Folk Histories" by Sandy Ray Chapin (2002) as well as in "Baldknobbers - Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier" by Mary Hartman and Elmo Ingenthron (1988).

Ava, Missouri, "The Treasure of the Ozarks".
Ava is nestled in the heart of the Southern Missouri Ozark Mountains, an area abundant with the riches of forests, fields and streams. Hunting and fishing are popular pursuits for many of the residents. Visitors also enjoy the flash of the whitetail deer and the opportunities to encounter wild turkey or a covey of quail. The area offers terrific fishing in local streams as well as easy access to lake fishing nearby. Hunter, fisherman and nature lover alike are at home here.

Three designated "scenic highways" meet in Ava. Missouri Highway 5 connects points such as Missouri's Lake of the Ozark country to the north and Arkansas to the south. State routes 14 and 76 merge in Ava and cover some of the most beautiful areas in the entire state. To those traversing the major interstate highways, Ava proclaims their roads the Scenic Route to Branson!

The world headquarters of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breeders Association is located just outside the city limits. In 2002, the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse officially was designated the State Horse of Missouri. The Association's one hundred fifty acres include stables, arenas and 300 full-service campsites.

Citizens of Ava and the surrounding area are known for their friendliness, kindness and neighborly customs. Some customs dating back to "the old country" still linger in the culture of the Ozarks.

Approximate Distance to Major Markets From County Border:

• St. Louis, MO: 170 miles
• Springfield, MO: 40 miles
• Kansas City, MO: 180 miles
• Nashville, TN: 320 miles
• Branson, MO: 36 miles
• Arkansas: 30 miles
• Tennessee: 180 miles
• Kentucky: 190 miles
• Illinois: 160 miles

Montauk State Park

Anglers descend on Montauk State Park from March 1 to Oct. 31 for the official trout season, and on winter weekends for a catch-and-release season. After a day of fishing, you can tour the park's trout hatchery, managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Early settlers first established Montauk as a self-sufficient community in the early 1800s. A gristmill, built in 1896, is open seasonally for tours.

For visitors wishing to spend a night or more in the park, Montauk offers a wide variety of choices. The large campground, equipped with modern restrooms, hot showers and dump stations, features both basic and electric sites. The park offers rental cabins with kitchens, modern fourplex cabins and motel rooms for guests choosing to spend the night indoors. A modern dining lodge opens daily during the trout season and on weekends during the catch-and-release season.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways

Located in the Ozarks area of south central Missouri, the Ozark National Scenic Riverway was created by an Act of Congress in 1964 to protect the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers. The clean, clear waters of these spring-fed rivers make up the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, the first national park area to protect a wild river system. Today the visitors use the park for many forms of recreation including johnboating, tubing, swimming, fishing, horseback riding, hiking, and camping. Approximately 1.3 million visitors come to the area each year to canoe, making it the most popular park activity by far. Hunting is also an authorized use within the Riverways' boundaries. The park is also notable for its many caves, including Round Spring Cave that offers ranger led tours in the summer.

Mark Twain National Forest

Mark Twain National Forest is just down the road.

Missouri's only national forest, the Mark Twain, encompasses roughly 1.5 million acres, mostly within the Ozark Highlands. Located across southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, the Ozark Highlands are an ancient landscape characterized by large permanent springs, over 5,000 caves, rocky barren glades, old volcanic mountains and nationally recognized streams. Portions of the Ozarks were never under oceans, nor were the areas glaciated.

A trademark of the Mark Twain is plant and animal diversity. The area is described by The Nature Conservancy as a “biologically rich ecological resource.” The eastern upland oak hardwood and southern pine forests converge here with the drier western bluestem prairie of the Great Plains, creating a distinctive array of open grassy woodlands and savannas. This rich mixture of unique, diverse and ecologically complex natural communities (some 65 in all) provides a home for nearly 750 species of native vertebrate animals and over 2,000 plant species. The number of species that are endemic or restricted solely to the Ozarks eco-region (almost 200 species) rivals those found in the tropics or glacial eco-regions.

Geologic features associated with the karst terrain and igneous outcroppings of the Ozarks provide a wide variety of interest to the landscape. There are sheer rock faces, underground caverns, natural bridges, sinkholes, knobs and caves throughout the Forest. Caves provide habitat for unique animals like cave salamanders and southern cave fish. Shut-in creeks, whose enormous rock boulders restrict flow, create nationally renowned white water kayaking and canoeing opportunities.

Due to the karst topography, there is an abundance of natural springs found in the area. The Ozarks are home to the world's largest collection of “first magnitude” springs (those with over 65 million gallons of water daily flow). Almost 3,000 springs feed rivers and streams that flow year round. Many of these streams are so clear that ten feet of depth appears to be only one foot deep.

Greer Spring, the second largest in Missouri, is considered to be the most pristine and scenic in the state. Discharging an average of 222 million gallons of water per day, Greer Spring more than doubles the flow of the Eleven Point River. The importance of the water resource of the Mark Twain is exemplified by the designation of the Eleven Point Scenic River, one of the first Wild and Scenic Rivers in the nation. These natural features are a destination for many visitors to Missouri.

Today the Forest's large land base is many things to many people, containing some of Missouri's most beautiful and desirable landscapes and providing natural settings critical for the tourism industry. The diverse Ozark topography is the keystone of many recreational opportunities. The Forest provides hiking, hunting, mountain biking, horseback and OHV riding areas that complement other agencies. Over 45 million people are within a day's drive of its unique features and recreation opportunities.