Lake Ozark is a small city in central Missouri, USA, located on the Lake of the Ozarks in Camden and Miller counties, just south of Bagnell Dam and immediately north of Osage Beach.

Quick Scoop

  • Lake Ozark sits in the Ozark Plateau region of central Missouri.
  • It is directly adjacent to the Lake of the Ozarks, a large man‑made reservoir on the Osage River.
  • The city is partly in Camden County and partly in Miller County.
  • It lies just below Bagnell Dam, which forms the Lake of the Ozarks, and just north of the resort town of Osage Beach.

A bit more context

The Lake of the Ozarks itself stretches across several Missouri counties (Miller, Morgan, Camden, and Benton) and is known for its long, winding “dragon‑like” shoreline and status as a major Midwest vacation spot. Lake Ozark serves as one of the main gateway communities to this lake area, with tourism, boating, and vacation rentals playing a big role in local life.

In everyday use, when people say “Lake Ozark,” they often mean both the city and the nearby stretches of the Lake of the Ozarks in that central Missouri resort corridor.

TL;DR: Lake Ozark is in central Missouri on the Lake of the Ozarks, around Bagnell Dam, between Camden and Miller counties, at the heart of the Ozarks lake vacation region.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.