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Big Creek Trail

Big Creek Trail

📍 Sam A. Baker State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 3.0 Loop

The Big Creek Trail follows the park's main waterway through a mature forest corridor that represents some of the finest…

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Braille Trail

Braille Trail

📍 Elephant Rocks State Park, MO
Easy 📏 1.0 Loop

The Elephant Rocks Braille Trail is one of Missouri's most accessible natural wonders, winding through a stunning collec…

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Castle Ruins Trail

Castle Ruins Trail

📍 Ha Ha Tonka State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 1.0 Loop

Ha Ha Tonka State Park's signature attraction is the ruins of a European-style stone castle built in 1905 by Kansas City…

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Cave Hollow Trail

Cave Hollow Trail

📍 Meramec State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 3.5 Loop

Meramec State Park contains 40 caves within its boundaries - more than any other state park in the United States. The Ca…

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Colosseum Trail

Colosseum Trail

📍 Ha Ha Tonka State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 2.5 Loop

The Colosseum Trail visits Ha Ha Tonka's remarkable geological complex including a natural bridge 70 feet long, a collap…

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Engine House Loop

Engine House Loop

📍 Elephant Rocks State Park, MO
Easy 📏 2.0 Loop

The Engine House Loop visits the ruins of the granite quarry operation that made Elephant Rocks a commercial site from 1…

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Goggins Mountain Trail

Goggins Mountain Trail

📍 Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, MO
Strenuous 📏 4.5 Loop

The Goggins Mountain Trail climbs out of the shut-ins valley to a summit overlooking the Black River gorge and the surro…

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Logan Creek Trail

Logan Creek Trail

📍 Sam A. Baker State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 4.0 Out-and-Back

Logan Creek drains a quiet hollow in the Sam A. Baker backcountry, offering a peaceful alternative to the busier main tr…

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Mina Sauk Falls Loop

Mina Sauk Falls Loop

📍 Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
Moderate 📏 3.0 Loop

Explore Mina Sauk Falls Loop in Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, MO. A moderate 3.0-mile loop trail.…

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Ozark Trail Section

Ozark Trail Section

📍 Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 6.0 Out-and-Back

The Ozark Trail extends 350 miles across Missouri's Ozark Highlands, and the section accessible from Johnson's Shut-Ins …

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River Scene Trail

River Scene Trail

📍 Meramec State Park, MO
Easy 📏 2.5 Loop

The River Scene Trail follows the Meramec River bottomland through mature cottonwood, silver maple, and sycamore forest.…

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Rock Explorer Trail

Rock Explorer Trail

📍 Elephant Rocks State Park, MO
Easy 📏 1.5 Loop

The Rock Explorer Trail invites visitors to scramble over and between the elephant-shaped granite boulders that give the…

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Shut-In Mountain Forks Trail

Shut-In Mountain Forks Trail

📍 Sam A. Baker State Park, MO
Strenuous 📏 8.0 Loop

The Shut-In Mountain Forks Trail represents some of the most rugged hiking in the Missouri Ozarks, traversing the St. Fr…

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Shut-Ins Trail

Shut-Ins Trail

📍 Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 2.0 Loop

Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park contains one of Missouri's most unique natural features - a series of volcanic rhyolite ro…

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Taum Sauk Mountain Trail

Taum Sauk Mountain Trail

📍 Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
Moderate 📏 3.2 Loop

Explore Taum Sauk Mountain Trail in Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, MO. A moderate 3.2-mile loop trail.…

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Turkey Pen Hollow Trail

Turkey Pen Hollow Trail

📍 Ha Ha Tonka State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 4.0 Loop

Turkey Pen Hollow Trail explores the Niangua Arm of Lake of the Ozarks from above, following the wooded shoreline throug…

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Wilderness Trail

Wilderness Trail

📍 Meramec State Park, MO
Moderate 📏 7.0 Loop

Meramec State Park's Wilderness Trail ventures into the park's most remote section, traversing seven miles of Ozark hill…

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