Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Briarwood Estates, Missouri

Flatwoods Spur B (FS 2438B) is a natural dirt and gravel forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The Flatwoods Spur B heads north from the main road, Flatwoods FS 2438, heading into the woods along the ridge going north and then east from the main ridge. The road ha...
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This forest service road is a 2 track through the Mark Twain National Forest and is part of the Potosi/Fredericktown Ranger district. It is a great little side trip off the main road to see the forest, and this area also offers a couple of secluded camping spots. Most of this road is overgrown, so e...
Learn more about Highline FSR 2472

Very easy up to the power line. It's a road. Easy access to a place to hike, camp, or hunt. Particularly to hike or hunt the power-line cut. After the power lines, it's a trail for about 125 yards. Towards the top staying to the left will connect to CR 605 [AKA Jinkerson Road which is paved] which c...
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Coffman Hollow (FS 2907) is a natural dirt, coarse gravel, and natural rock forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. Coffman Hollow heads west off the FS 2438, going along the raised ridge, slowly shedding off elevation downhill for the first mile, traversing small w...
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Pigeon Roost Road or Washington County Road 603, is a gravel-dirt mixed road going through portions of rural Washington County land and the Potosi Unit within Mark Twain National Forest. The road features a unique use as an official Rally Stage in the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood (Spring-March) and th...
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Meridian FS 2421 is a coarse gravel road off Grassy Hollow Road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The track features a scenic ride through the ridges and valleys between Lost Creek and Little Lost Creek. The trail features mild-graded hills, water collection spots, natural rock, ...
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Meridian Spur A FS 2421A is a gravel, leaning towards natural-improved, road within the Grassy Hollow Road area of the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The road begins as a fork in the Meridian FS 2421, where this turns southward, traversing slowly downhill over a slowly fading gravel road...
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Clear Creek North Side (FS 2269) is a dirt and gravel forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The dirty natural gravel surface track heads south from the Floyd Tower Road ridge, going into the treelines at a slight downhill grade to the middle section of the trail t...
Learn more about Clear Creek North Side - FS 2269

Compton FS 2649 is a dirt and gravel mixed road off Pigeon Roost Road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. It features a track from one ridge top to another crossing into the valley where a feeder creek runs through and eventually contributes to the Ishmael Branch Creek shortly to t...
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Lost Meridian FS 2420, is a natural improved trail within the Grassy Hollow Road area of the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The trail terrain leans into the natural from the entry, consisting of a coarse gravel and dirt mix, having tight trees, mild water collection holes, mud rut sectio...
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Shirley Ridge (FS 2628) is a maintained gravel forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The road begins at Berryman Road and the upper ridge it rests on, heading northwest, going downhill rapidly at first, only to shift towards a milder downhill grade before rising o...
Learn more about Shirley Ridge - FS 2628

Kemlin Hollow (FS 2627) is a natural gravel and dirt road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The road begins at Berryman Road and the upper ridge it rests on, heading south, first riding on generally flat ground, to the point the trail narrows into a pine-filled downhill with smal...
Learn more about Kemlin Hollow - FS 2627

Billy's Branch (FS 2608) is a natural dirt and gravel road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The road begins at Berryman Road and the upper ridge it rests on, heading northwest, going downhill, crossing over natural rock poking out of the surface, with mild rutting to meet a smal...
Learn more about Billys Branch - FS 2608

Hidden Pond (FS 2607) is a natural dirt and gravel forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The road begins at Berryman Road and the upper ridge it rests on, heading northwest, going downhill, featuring loose coarse gravel, natural cobbles, and erosion-ruts to the co...
Learn more about Hidden Pond - FS 2607

The first puddle at the start of the trail is normally passable for any vehicle. There is potential water on the road and loose gravel back in the dam area of the loop. Otherwise, the trail boasts very moderate terrain with a lot of photo opportunities. 4-low is helpful in the back area as there are...
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Forest Service Road 2550, also known as Springtown Branch, is a gravel/dirt trail connecting Pigeon Roost Road and Forest Service Road 2695. This trail parallels Parole Lake and offers some good views of the lake. Any vehicle with high clearance will be able to access this trail without issue.
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Snapps Hollow FS 2698 is a gravel road within the Pigeon Roost Road area of the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. It features a track going south where it branches off the Pigeon Roost Road, following the spines of the ridge top that it rests on, passing recent timber logging activity of th...
Learn more about Snapps Hollow - FS 2698

Hidden Pond Spur A (FS 2607A) is a natural dirt and gravel forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The Spur Road begins going south off the far western section of the FS 2607, just a couple of hundred feet before the main road's legal end. The Spur Road quickly narr...
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Boiling Ridge FS 2099 is a gravel road within the Pigeon Roost Road area of the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. It features a track going south where it branches off the Pigeon Roost Road, following the spines of the ridge top that it rests on, passing recent timber logging activity of th...
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Timber Lane FS 2514, or simply Timberlane Ridge, is a gravel road within the Pigeon Roost Road area of the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The road starts coming off the Pigeon Roost Road, following a ridge going westward from the main ridge Pigeon Roost follows. The first 1.3 miles featu...
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Flatwoods Spur B (FS 2438B) is a natural dirt and gravel forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The Flatwoods Spur B heads north from the main road, Flatwoods FS 2438, heading into the woods along the ridge going north and then east from the main ridge. The road ha...
Learn more about Flatwoods Spur B - FS 2438B

This forest service road is a 2 track through the Mark Twain National Forest and is part of the Potosi/Fredericktown Ranger district. It is a great little side trip off the main road to see the forest, and this area also offers a couple of secluded camping spots. Most of this road is overgrown, so e...
Learn more about Highline FSR 2472

Very easy up to the power line. It's a road. Easy access to a place to hike, camp, or hunt. Particularly to hike or hunt the power-line cut. After the power lines, it's a trail for about 125 yards. Towards the top staying to the left will connect to CR 605 [AKA Jinkerson Road which is paved] which c...
Learn more about Allen Branch FS 4004

Coffman Hollow (FS 2907) is a natural dirt, coarse gravel, and natural rock forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. Coffman Hollow heads west off the FS 2438, going along the raised ridge, slowly shedding off elevation downhill for the first mile, traversing small w...
Learn more about Coffman Hollow - FS 2907

Flatwoods Spur B (FS 2438B) is a natural dirt and gravel forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The Flatwoods Spur B heads north from the main road, Flatwoods FS 2438, heading into the woods along the ridge going north and then east from the main ridge. The road ha...
Learn more about Flatwoods Spur B - FS 2438B

This forest service road is a 2 track through the Mark Twain National Forest and is part of the Potosi/Fredericktown Ranger district. It is a great little side trip off the main road to see the forest, and this area also offers a couple of secluded camping spots. Most of this road is overgrown, so e...
Learn more about Highline FSR 2472

Very easy up to the power line. It's a road. Easy access to a place to hike, camp, or hunt. Particularly to hike or hunt the power-line cut. After the power lines, it's a trail for about 125 yards. Towards the top staying to the left will connect to CR 605 [AKA Jinkerson Road which is paved] which c...
Learn more about Allen Branch FS 4004

Coffman Hollow (FS 2907) is a natural dirt, coarse gravel, and natural rock forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. Coffman Hollow heads west off the FS 2438, going along the raised ridge, slowly shedding off elevation downhill for the first mile, traversing small w...
Learn more about Coffman Hollow - FS 2907