Licking is in the Ozarks and Southwest region of Missouri. Get in Get around See The Current and Big Piney rivers. Do Float Trip on the Big Piney river. Buy Eat Town & Country Super Market, 117 W Highway 32, +1 573 674-3734. Drink Sleep Scenic Rivers Inn, 209 South Highway 63, +1 573 674-4809. Tarry Inn Motel, Highway 32 & Highway 63, +1 573 674-3466. Boiling Springs Resort & Canoe Rental Inc., 15750 Highway BB, +1 573 674-3488. Canoe rentals available for float trips on the Big Piney River. Go next Montauk State Park. Located 12 miles away, near Salem.