Hiking on Missouri Department of Conservation Lands

MDC has available a downloadable .kmz file that shows all the conservation areas in the State of Missouri on Google Earth. Links to a map and a brochure of each area are accessible from Google Earth. Alternatively, you can search by area or activity on the MDC site. We’ve visited some of these areas and will share pictures and our experiences.

• Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area. View the Ozarks Walkabout trail map
• Little Sac Woods Conservation Area
• Compton Hollow Conservation Area

Hiking on City Trails

• Truman Lake Mountain Bike Park (Warsaw, MO Hiking permitted)
• Sac River Trail (Springfield, MO)

Long Trails over Multiple Agencies

• The Ozark Trail
• The Ridge Runner Trail
• The Ozark Highlands Trail

Hiking in Arkansas State Parks

• Bull Shoals-White River State Park
• Devil’s Den State Park
• Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area
• Lake Fort Smith State Park
• Mount Magazine State Park
• Mount Nebo State Park
• Petit Jean State Park
• Pinnacle Mountain State Park
• Woolly Hollow State Park

Hiking in Missouri State Parks

• Lake of the Ozarks
• Taum Sauk Mountain
• St. Joe
• Castlewood
• Sam A. Baker
• Johnson’s Shut-Ins
• Lake Wappapello
• St. Francois
• Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial
• Hawn
• Table Rock
• Meramec
• Bennett Spring
• Roaring River
• Washington
• Route 66
• Onondaga Cave
• Pomme de Terre
• Big Sugar Creek
• Harry S Truman
• Montauk
• Stockton
• Grand Gulf
• Elephant Rocks
• Ha Ha Tonka

Wildernesses in the Missouri Ozarks

• Hercules Glades Wilderness. Read our posts about hiking and backpacking at Hercules Glades Wilderness
• Bell Mountain Wilderness. Read about our backpacking trip at Bell Mountain
• Devils Backbone Wilderness. Read about our backpacking trip to the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness.
• Piney Creek Wilderness Read about our backpacking and hiking trips at Piney Creek Wilderness. See our Piney Creek Trail Map.
• Paddy Creek Wilderness.
• Rock Pile Mtn Wilderness
• Irish Wilderness