Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Charmwood, Missouri

This is a beautiful ride through Mark Twain National Forest on the northern portion of the Potosi district. There are lots of opportunities for photos and enjoying the scenery. You are likely to see deer and other animals along the route. Make sure to bring your swim trunks for a dip in the Huzzah C...
Learn more about Bass River Scenic Route

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

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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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

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...
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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...
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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

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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Courtois Cemetery (FS 2878) is a nature gravel and dirt forest service road within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. Courtios (pronounced Coat-A-Way) Cemetery begins at Missouri Route 8 heading north, first crossing a low water bridge creek crossing, before arriving at the actual Courto...
Learn more about Courtois Cemetery - FS 2878

As you travel along, you weave in and out of the Mark Twain Forest. You'll start near one of the areas for camping and floating outfitters (Eagle Hurst Ranch), popular during the summer. The Huzzah is a great natural waterway for canoeing. This route will take you deep into the forest and to Davisvi...
Learn more about Huzzah Creek Train Tunnel

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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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...
Learn more about Lost Meridian - FS 2420

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...
Learn more about Meridian Spur A - FS 2421A

Criswell FS 2248, 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 northward from the main ridge Pigeon Roost follows. Ultimately, the road has obvious signs that it has rece...
Learn more about Criswell - FS 2248

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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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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Timber Lane Spur B, FS 2514B, or simply Timberlane Lake, is a coarse gravel road within the Pigeon Roost Road area of the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The track starts at the ridge top that the FS 2514 follows, quickly dropping downhill towards Timberlane Lake, traversing mild erosion ...
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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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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

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

This is a beautiful ride through Mark Twain National Forest on the northern portion of the Potosi district. There are lots of opportunities for photos and enjoying the scenery. You are likely to see deer and other animals along the route. Make sure to bring your swim trunks for a dip in the Huzzah C...
Learn more about Bass River Scenic Route

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

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...
Learn more about Hidden Pond Spur A - FS 2607A

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

This is a beautiful ride through Mark Twain National Forest on the northern portion of the Potosi district. There are lots of opportunities for photos and enjoying the scenery. You are likely to see deer and other animals along the route. Make sure to bring your swim trunks for a dip in the Huzzah C...
Learn more about Bass River Scenic Route

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

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...
Learn more about Hidden Pond Spur A - FS 2607A

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