Junction City, KS to Cassville, MO

[Don_and_Eileen]

We're heading from Junction City, KS to Roaring River State Park, Cassville, MO tomorrow (with trepidation given Thursday's weather forecast.)
One of the possible routes on our map programs suggests:
US 77 to US 400/State Highway 96 to US 71/MO 171 to MO 76.
Thoughts?
Thanks.

[eHoefler]

Take 71 to 44, head east to 39, south to 60, west to 37 into Cassville. While the other routes are good, they are curvy and narrow. The route above will be on interstate or state highways that are wider and have shoulders.

[ngreen]

Take 86 highway off of hwy 59 to Cassville. There is one steep hill as you go into the park but otherwise the roads are fine.

[Emptypockets]

The only part of the suggested route I would change is if it were me 171 is four lane south out of Carthage MO - then pickup hwy 86 on the east side of Neosho & take it to Cassville. I have never came into Roaring River from the north so can't help you from Cassville on in. We have family that farm just off of 86 & it is a two lane road that is okay no switch backs or big hills. To me 76 is more hilly & back tracks some.