Prior to the construction of Table Rock Dam and filling of the lake, Long Creek entered the southwest corner of Taney County, Missouri and meandered north-northwest into Stone County where it entered the White River just west of the current dam site at an elevation of approximately 720 feet.Forsyth, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1907 The Long Creek Recreation Area on Table Rock Lake lies just south of the Missouri Route 86 bridge over the Long Creek arm of the lake in the southwestern corner of Taney County.Table Rock Dam, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989
