Eleven Point River facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Eleven Point River
Eleven Point River, May 2018
Location of the Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River shown in green; nearby Ozark National Scenic Riverways in red
Country	United States
State	Missouri, Arkansas
Region	Ozark Plateau, Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Cities	Willow Springs, Thomasville
Physical characteristics
Main source	Willow Springs, Howell County, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
River mouth	Spring River Black Rock, Arkansas, Randolph County, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Arkansas
Basin features
Tributaries	Left: Spring Creek, Hurricane Creek Right: Middle Creek, Greer Spring, Frederick Creek, Blue Spring
National Wild and Scenic River
Type:	Scenic
Designated:	October 2, 1968

The Eleven Point River is a 138-mile-long (222 km) river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States. It originates near Willow Springs, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over 200 million US gallons (760,000 m³) of water per day to the river. The name derives from the Mississippi Valley French word pointe, which is a wooded point of land marking a river bend. Voyageurs marked distance by counting these points of land or river bends. The river flows into the Spring River southwest of Pocahontas near the small town of Black Rock.

In 1968 a 44.4-mile (71.5 km) stretch was named the Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River, one of the original eight rivers chosen to be part of the United States National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.