Meramec

The Meramec River rises in the Ozark uplands and winds northeast through Missouri before joining the Mississippi south of the Missouri River’s mouth. Springs feed its clear waters, and wooded bluffs overlook much of its course. Early spellings of its name varied, and several explanations connect it with a word for catfish. The river and its tributaries cut through the limestone country of the Ozarks, where springs emerge from beneath the hills.