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Berry Bend Campground – Harry S Truman Lake, Missouri

Mist and low clouds wafting over Truman Lake in the morning while the sun breaks through, lighting the shore. A motorboat speeds by.

Berry Bend Campground. sits on a promontory reached via short causeway on the Osage River Arm of Harry S Truman Lake, 29 Miles from Clinton Missouri, 18 miles from the junction with Highway 13 and 11 miles from Warsaw Missouri.

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Places to Go Paddling a Kayak or Canoe

In the Ozarks we have many, many streams that are excellent for floating with either a canoe or kayak. An excellent reference for finding floatable streams in Missouri is the Paddler’s Guide to Missouri, produced by the Missouri Dept of Conservation. It is now out of print but I’ve been told they’re producing an updated […]

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Trip Report: Bell Mountain Wilderness – March 2012

Eager to find a new sort of ground to cover, we turned our attention to the St. Francois Mountain area for our Spring Break trip. The St. Francois Mountains are an ancient granite mountain range that stands, literally, as an island in the limestone and dolomite former sea beds that are the Ozarks Plateau.

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News Roundup – August 2012

A roundup of links to other websites with news and articles we’ve found interesting this month. Plus a list of the new and updated posts on Ozarks Walkabout in August. Mark Twain national Forest News August 31, 2012 Heading out into Mark Twain National Forest this weekend? The Forest service advises that you keep clear of river banks and rock bars and watch out for flash flooding on creek crossings.

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What’s this about Kayaks?

Teen girl paddling her kayak on Stockton Lake while her father watches from his kayak.

There are several types of kayaks and many new styles have come out in the last few years. Kayaking is quickly becoming a popular sport, and for good reason. Nearly everyone lives near a body of water. Kayaking requires (aside from purchase of the kayak, paddle, and life jacket) little outlay of cash. You can enjoy time on the water without having to deal with the expense and struggle of owning a motorized boat. And best of all it can be as easy and peaceful…or as challenging and demanding as you want to make it.

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There’s a lot more content on the Ozarks Walkabout website, scroll down to see what you might have missed. About Ozarks Walkabout If you want to know what Ozarks Walkabout is all about, then read on.read more Campfire Chat A roundup of links to other websites with news and articles we’ve found interesting, and also […]

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Places to go Paddling

Teen girl paddling her kayak on Stockton Lake while her father watches from his kayak.

In the Ozarks we have many, many streams that are excellent for floating with either a canoe or kayak. An excellent reference for finding floatable streams in Missouri is the Paddler’s Guide to Missouri, produced by the Missouri Dept of Conservation. It is now out of print but I’ve been told they’re producing an updated […]

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Places to go hiking

There are thousands of places where you can hike on public land in the Ozarks, we’re busy cataloging them to make a usable directory with lots of information. Keep coming back and check this section as we’ll add to it as we visit and map more places.

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Paddle

The Ozarks are blessed with dozens of man-made reservoirs with clean water, healthy fish, and easy access. All of them are fantastic for kayaking. We personally find the quieter areas of the lakes to be more relaxing and more our style. Incidentally on both Stockton and Truman lakes the Corps of Engineers maintains a perimeter […]

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Where to go camping in the Ozarks: list of public campgrounds

At its simplest, camping is sleeping on blankets under the stars. At most it’s a fully decked out RV.  For the sake of definition, we’re not focusing on RV camping or backpacking in this section. Below you’ll find an (evolving) list of public places in the Ozarks where you can pull up your car, pitch a tent, and have a fire.

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Kayaking

Besides hundreds of miles of rivers to float, the Ozarks are blessed with dozens of man made reservoirs with clean water, healthy fish and easy access. All of them are fantastic for kayaking

Read our tips for getting the best kayaking and canoeing experiences.

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Backpacking Trial Run – Weekend Camping at Berry Bend

This weekend we tried out our backpacking gear. Friday evening we took several kids to Kansas City for a church event. We needed to be on hand to collect them again Sunday afternoon, so we left Lanie in the capable hands of Ginger’s cousin, put Getzger in charge at home and once we’d dropped the […]

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