Accessibility

The Ozark Riverways offers a few facilities for the mobility impaired. There are wheelchair friendly picnic tables in the major campgrounds and picnic areas and the newer restrooms and showers are wheelchair accessible.

The following restrooms are ADA-compliant and accessible:
Alley Spring Campground Shower House
Alley Spring Campground 400 Loop
Two Rivers Boat Launch Restroom
Big Spring Day Use Area Restroom
Pulltite Ranger Station
Park Headquarters in Van Buren
Big Tree
Bay Creek
Rymers
Sinking Creek
Pin Oak
Blue Spring (Current River)

The following shower facilities are ADA-compliant and accessible:
Alley Spring Campground
Pulltite Ranger Station
Big Spring Campground
Round Spring Campground

Once restoration on the Big Spring Lodge and Cabins is complete, many of the facilities in the historic CCC district will be compliant and accessible, including the boat ramp.

The park website is fully 508-compliant and features an audio-described park map and closed captioned/audio-described park videos.

The Alley Spring trail pedestrian bridge near Alley Mill is accessible, as well as the pedestrian bridge over the Jacks Fork River on highway 106.

Big Spring bridge on highway 103 at the day use area is accessible.

Big Spring and Peavine Pavilions in the Big Spring area are both accessible and ADA-compliant.

There are a few trails that are level and paved with gravel. These may be accessible depending on your abilities and equipment. Specifically these are the Slough Trail at Big Spring, the access trail to Big Spring itself, the River's Edge Trail at the Big Spring Campground, and the trail to the Round Spring. While not strictly speaking in the park, there is a boardwalk at Watercress Campground, located just past park headquarters in Van Buren, that will help you access the river bank and even try your hand at fishing from a wheelchair.

A ramp at the Alley Mill makes this historic site easier to access. Park offices at Van Buren are accessible as well.

Final Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan for Ozark National Scenic Riverways

Last updated: May 1, 2023

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Van Buren, MO 63965

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