Thayer, Missouri travel guide: things to do, food & where to stay

Overview

Thayer is in the Ozarks region of southwest Missouri.

1 sights · 1 places to eat · 1 bars & cafés · 2 places to stay

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Best things about Thayer

Grand Gulf State Park

Is a collapsed cave system exposing a great example of the karst systems underlying the Ozark region. Walk through a natural bridge and into the mouth of a cave that serves as the gulf's drain system toward an undergroun…

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Getting there

From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
JBR Jonesboro Municipal Airport, Jonesboro — 69 mi away. Directions
TBN Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport-Forney Field, Fort Leonard Wood — 90 mi away. Directions
MEM Frederick W. Smith International Airport, Memphis — 135 mi away (major hub). Directions

U.S. Hwy 63 is the primary corridor into the town. Thayer is the southernmost point of Scenic Highway 19 which travels through national forests and crosses several scenic rivers.

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Budget & where to stay

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Food for you

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Get in

U.S. Hwy 63 is the primary corridor into the town. Thayer is the southernmost point of Scenic Highway 19 which travels through national forests and crosses several scenic rivers.

Thayer has a small airport.

See

See Grand Gulf State Park

Maps Website

Warm Fork of the Spring River is a lesser known Ozark stream that provides opportunities for fishing, swimming, and floating w/o the crowds downstream when it joins the Mammoth Spring spring branch in Arkansas and forms the popular Spring River.