The club-owned Longacre Memorial is in Longacre Glade on Russell Mountain on the approach to Taum Sauk in Missouri.
The site is on property formerly belonging to club-founder Jakk Longacre and where he wanted a highpointing museum. It is across from his former home. His daughter Laurie donated the land to the club after his death in 2002 after considerable consultation with Jean Trousdale and Tim Webb.
A plaque was dedicated on September 8, 2007. A trail connects it to the Ozark Mountain Trail. In July 2011, officials from the Trail announced plans for improvements that would make the Glade trailhead also a trailhead for the Ozark Trail. The trail is maintain by St. Louis Boy Scouts led by Alan Ritter. The angels of the project were Faith and Paul Light who lived next to Jakk and took care of him while he was suffering from terminal cancer. Since then they have gone well out of their way to help on the memorial in every conceivable way.
The Club’s Highpointing Museum is currently part of the Bradford Washburn Mountaineering Museum near the club headquarters in Golden, Colorado.
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The coordinates for the turnoff are 37.57204,-90.698163 Map:
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Iam jakk’s nephew and I would like to make a trip there one of thees days so I can see the greattness everyone has done
Is the memorial easy to find on the road to Taum Sauk? I would like to visit whenever I summit Taum Sauk Mountain. Thank you
It wasn’t too hard to find the memorial. I was looking for an obvious parking area as we were going to Taum Sauk, but I did notice the sign & there it was. It was sunset just as we got to the park, so we couldn’t stay long, but there was enough light to enjoy Jack’s Glade as we celebrated reaching our 24th highpoint.