Twenty hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.
Best Easy Day Hikes Missouri Ozarks includes descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow trails, from scenic ridgetops to quiet valleys and cool hollows. Discover the petroglyphs strewn throughout the Rockywood Trail; stroll through a scenic mixed-hardwood trail on the Indian Point Trail; or explore some of the best remaining upland savannas in Missouri on the Chinquapin Trail.
Look inside for:
Casual hikes to challenging adventures
After-dinner strolls to full-day hikes
Hikes for everyone, including families
Mile-by-mile directions and clear trail maps
Trail Finder for best hikes for children, dogs, and views
GPS coordinates
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| Introduction |
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| How to Use This Guide |
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| Trail Finder |
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1 Meramec State Park: Wilderness Trail |
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2 Washington State Park: Rockywood Trail |
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3 Hawn State Park: Whispering Pines Trail-North Loop |
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4 Pickle Springs Natural Area: Trail through Time |
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5 Elephant Rocks State Park: Braille Trail |
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6 Taum Sauk Mountain State Park: Mina Sauk Falls Loop Trail/Ozark Trail to Devil's Tollgate |
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7 Amidon Memorial Conservation Area: Cedar Glade Trail |
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8 Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center Trails |
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9 Sam A. Baker State Park: Shut-Ins Trail |
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10 Ozark National Scenic Riverways: Spring Branch Trail |
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11 Blue Spring Natural Area: Blue Spring Trail |
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12 Ozark Trail: Klepzig Mill to Rocky Falls |
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13 Ozark National Scenic Riverways: Alley Spring Nature Trails |
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14 Roaring River State Park: Devil's Kitchen Trail |
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15 Big Sugar Creek State Park: Ozark Chinquapin Trail |
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16 Pomme de Terre State Park: Indian Point Trail |
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17 Bennett Spring State Park: Savanna Ridge Trail |
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18 Ha Ha Tonka State Park: Devil's Kitchen Trail |
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19 Lake of the Ozarks State Park: Lakeview Bend Trail |
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20 Clifty Creek Natural and Conservation Areas: Clifty Creek Trail |
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| About the Authors |
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JD Tanner and Emily Ressler Tanner met in the Midwest and have spent much of their adulthood traveling back and forth across the United States. Their educational backgrounds are in outdoor recreation and education, and they have over 20 years of combined outdoor education experience. Before becoming authors for Falcon Guides, they spent three years promoting responsible outdoor recreation as part of the educational traveling program known as the Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers. This opportunity gave them the chance to explore all of the lower 48 states and work with a wide range of outdoor enthusiasts. Logging over 700 nights in a tent during that time, they visited almost 50 National Parks as they climbed, hiked, biked, and paddled throughout the United States. They served as revisers for Hiking Grand Staircase-Escalante & the Glen Canyon Region and are authors of Best Easy Day Hikes St. Louis (both FalconGuides). JD is currently the Outdoor Recreation Director at San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico, and Emily teaches at the Mosaic Academy in Aztec, New Mexico. Their shared love of wild places and their commitment to environmental education has provided them with the opportunity to work with people from all walks of life. When the two are not off teaching a course you might find them searching for state highpoints, planning their next big adventure, or hitting the trail for FalconGuides.
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