The Lake of the Ozarks is located within the Ozark Mountains, with Bagnell Dam lying at an elevation of above sea level.Lake Ozark, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959 (1981 rev.) It lies in central Missouri on the Salem Plateau of the Ozarks. The lake extends across four Missouri counties, from Benton County in the west through Camden and Morgan Counties to Miller County in the east.
