Hercules-Glades Wilderness
The Hercules Glades Wilderness is a 12,314-acre wilderness area in Taney County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The United States Congress designated it a wilderness in 1976, making it the oldest wilderness area in Missouri.- Type: Reserve
- Description: wilderness area in Missouri
- Also known as: “Hercules Glades Wilderness”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hercules and Hilda.
Hercules
Hamlet
Hercules is an unincorporated community in Taney County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. Hercules is located on Missouri Route 125, south of Bradleyville and just northeast of the Hercules Glades Wilderness protected area. Hercules is situated 3 miles northeast of Hercules-Glades Wilderness.
Hilda
Hamlet
Hilda is an unincorporated community within the Mark Twain National Forest District in Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 160 three miles east of the Kissee Mills recreation area on the Beaver Creek arm of Bull Shoals Lake and approximately twenty miles east of Branson. Hilda is situated 3½ miles southwest of Hercules-Glades Wilderness.
Hercules-Glades Wilderness
- Category: United States Wilderness Area
- Location: Taney, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.68941° or 36° 41′ 22″ north
Longitude
-92.92632° or 92° 55′ 35″ west
Elevation
994 feet (303 metres)
Open location code
8689M3QF+QF
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