The Best Camping in Missouri

An offshoot from the Ozark Trail, the Bell Mountain Loop trail offers a 12 mile loop (when starting from the HWY A trail head) that works perfectly as a beginner backpacking trip. The Ozark Trail website offers excellent maps for all sections of the trail (for free!), click here.Day 1: Hike 7.5 m...

Starting from the Onondaga trail head of the Ozark Trail, this 12.6 mile backpacking trip and 12 mile float can be completed in two full days, or stretched into three days if you want to take a more casual pace. There is plentiful water, and several good camping spots along the trail, and of cour...

Starting at 850 feet of elevation, this 3.25 mile loop is a great beginner backpacking trip. The trail is fairly rough so a sturdy pair of hiking boots is a must. The trail splits a quarter mile in; you will need to go right. After another quarter mile you will enter the Patterson Hollow Wild Are...

With an average daily water discharge rate of 276 Million gallons of water and the largest spring in Missouri it is easy to see how Big Spring got its name. Located in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, this spring and over 20 other springs nearby feed the Current River in Southeast Missouri. T...

Alley Spring is the seventh largest spring in Missouri. It is known to extend at least 3000 feet into the hillside and has a known depth of 155 feet. Water surfacing here is known to begin its journey 15 miles away near the town of Summersville as rain enters sinkholes and then travels through ma...

This trail is about six miles long and features primitive campsites, woods, and a lake. Mostly gravel with a steep beginning section. After hiking a couple of miles there's a branch off with a sign post to continue on the hiking trail or head down to the lake. Farther down the hiking section of t...

Turkey Creek Interpretive Nature Trail is a loop trail that takes you by a river located near Columbia, Missouri.

Cuivre River Trail Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Troy, Missouri.

Ozark Trail: Taum Sauk Section is a point-to-point trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Arcadia, Missouri.

The Ozark Trail: Current River Section is a point-to-point trail that takes you by a river located near Ellington, Missouri.

Turkey Pen Hollow Trail is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Camdenton, Missouri.

Lakeside Park Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near St. Peters, Missouri.

Berryman and Ozark Trail is a loop trail where you may see local wildlife located near Davisville, Missouri.

Busiek Purple, Orange, White Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a river located near Chestnutridge, Missouri.

Start at Cedar Grove and canoe a 44 mile, three-day and two-night trip down one of the most beautiful, crystal clear, spring fed rivers in Missouri to what is called two rivers, where the Jacks Fork runs into the Current River. There is a great group of outfitters who can help get you set up for...

Red Bud Trail is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Kirksville, Missouri.