Lime Kiln Mountain Explained

Lime Kiln Mountain is a long ridge in Taney County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. The ridge reaches an elevation of at 36.6036°N -92.8894°W.[1] U.S. Route 160 traverses the ridgeline from Rueter in the southeast to Hilda in the northwest for a distance of approximately 7.5miles. Cane Creek, a tributary of Beaver Creek, runs roughly parallel to the ridge along the northeast.[2]

Lime Kiln Mountain was named for a lime kiln which was active in the 19th century.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Protem SW 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62,
  3. Web site: Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071824/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_taney.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 27, 2016 .