Talk:Jay Nixon State Park

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Location[edit]

I've not found anything that indicates just where this park is, other than adjacent to Taum Sauk SP and near the Ozark Trail. Given that the name "Proffit Mountain State Park" has been proposed for it, my best guess is that the "mountain lake" mentioned in the announcement of the park is this lake. (There's no way that it's that lake!) But the article will need to wait for someone to find some well-sourced information about the location. --Kbh3^rd talk 05:07, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have added location to the article's infobox based on multiple corroborating bits of evidence from multiple sources -- ~64 acre lake, Reynolds County, adjacent to the north side of Taum Sauk Mtn SP, near Route N but lacking direct access, on or near Proffit Mountain, and accessible from the Ozark Trail, which crosses Proffit.[1][2][3][4] The lake on the topo map measured to about 50 acres using the area measurement tool at the National Map Viewer[5] Topos aren't always too accurate for certain things, and it was a pretty rough measurement with the tool, but this is the only 50 to 60 acre lake anywhere near the described area. --Kbh3^rd talk 21:05, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On the State Parks' web site there is a photograph[6] of the lake taken from the dam that shows a concrete wall or embankment at water level on the opposite side. That is clearly visible in the satellite view of the lake at the location I've noted. --Kbh3^rd talk 15:57, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And I added a geo-tagged photo of the park sign found on Route N exactly where it should be below the lake. Q.E.D. --Kbh3^rd talk 03:56, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]