Mark Twain National Forest

Hiking/ATV/Bicycle/Equestrian Trails

Mark Twain National Forest offers a wide variety of trails covering some 742 miles including the 44-mile water trail that coincides with the Eleven Point Scenic River. Trails differ greatly in length and difficulty. A few are restricted to hikers only, but many are open to mountain bikes and horses, and two areas are set managed for ATV and motorcycle enthusiasts, Chadwick and Sutton Bluff.

Visitors to the Mark Twain National Forest come to enjoy its beauty, with friends and family or alone. Those who value what Nature alone can provide are asked to make a commitment to protect and preserve the forest, its rivers, lakes, and trails. The Leave No Trace program has techniques that visitors can use to help reduce evidence of their presence. Visit their web site at www.LNT.org/ for more information.

Link here to a page that describes trail difficulty ratings and offers safety, trail etiquette, and other information. Listed below are National Forest trails. The colored (*) with a number indicates on which general map the trail location can be found. Click on the trail name to find more details about the trail or click on the map section to view all facilities in that area. The available facilities key table is listed below.

• Audubon *2 M, 12 miles
• Bell Mtn Wilderness*2 M, 12 miles (restrictions)
• Berryman (OT) *2 M, 24 miles
• Between the Rivers Section (OT) *4 M, 30 miles
• Big Piney *1 M, 18 miles (restrictions)
• Blair Creek Section (OT) *2 M, 8.5 miles (restrictions)
• Blossom Rock *1 D, 1 mile
• Blue Ridge *4 M, 15 miles
• Blue Spring *3 0.2 mile
• Cedar Bluff *1 D, 1.5 miles
• Cedar Creek*1 M, 35 miles
• Chadwick ATV & Motorcycle*3 80 miles
• Cole Creek *1 M, 12 miles
• Council Bluff *2 M, 12 miles
• Courtois Section (OT) M, 13 miles
• Crane Lake *2 M, 5 miles
• Current River Section (OT) *4 E, 30 miles
• Devils Backbone *3 M, 13 miles (restrictions)
• Eleven Point River Section (OT) *4 M, 30 miles
• Greer Spring *4 M, 1 mile
• Hercules Glades *3 D, 31 miles (restrictions)
• Huzzah *4 E, 2 mile
• Kaintuck Hollow *1 M, 16 miles
• Karkaghne Section (OT) *2 M, 20 miles
• Little Scotia *2 M, .4 mile
• Loggers Lake *2 M, 1.5 mile
• Markham Springs *4 M, 2 miles
• Marble Creek Section(OT) *2 M, 8 miles
• McCormack /Greer *4 M, 4 miles
• Middle Fork Section (OT) M, 25 miles
• North Fork Section (OT) *3 M, 13 miles
• Ozark Trail
• Paddy Creek *1 M, 1 mile
• Pinewoods Lake*4 E, 1.3 mile
• Piney Creek *3 M, 12 miles(restrictions)
• Ridge Runner *3 M, 31 miles
• Rock Pile Mtn *2 M, 2 mile
• Silver Mine Rec Area *2 M, 3 miles
• Slabtown *1 M, 2 miles
• Songbird *4 M, 1.2 miles
• Sutton Bluff ATV & Motorcycle *2 23 miles
• Sutton Bluff Hiking *2 M, 1.5 miles
• Swan Creek *3 M, 20 miles
• Trace Creek Section (OT) M, 24 miles
• Victory Section (OT) M, 18 miles
• Victory Horse Trail M, 7 miles
• Wappapello Section (OT) M, 24 miles
• White Oak/Woodchuck *3 M, 1.5 miles
• Whites Creek *4 M, .25 mile (restrictions)

Map 

Key

• = Hiking
• = Equestrian
• = Bike
• = Accessible
• = ATV
• = Motorcycle
• E = Easy
• M = Moderate
• D = More Difficult
• MD = Most Difficult

The (OT) indicates this is a section of the Ozark Trail