




Lake of the Ozarks
The Magic Dragon: 1,150 miles of shoreline coiled through the Missouri hills.
- 22 ft · first step
- 43 ft
- 65 ft
- 87 ft
- 108 ft
- 130 ft · bottom
About Lake of the Ozarks
Lake of the Ozarks was formed in 1931 by Bagnell Dam on the Osage River, built privately by Union Electric and at the time one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Its serpentine shape — roughly 92 miles end to end with 1,150 miles of shoreline — earned the name 'the Magic Dragon'. The main channel is about 130 feet deep near the dam.
Osage Beach, Lake Ozark, Camdenton and Sunrise Beach line the water; Party Cove, the Bagnell Dam strip and Ha Ha Tonka's castle ruins are the landmarks. There is no federal shoreline, so the lake is built up in a way that few big lakes are.
- 24 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 10,658 roads engraved around the shore, 1 of them labeled
- 6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
- Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back
Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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