Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Piedmont, Missouri

The Clearwater Lake Dam Road is a gravel-to-dirt road that traverses the low-laying bottoms along the Clearwater Lake side of the dam. This is a part of the Piedmont Park Campground Area managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The road is short and sweet, offering only a quick taste of what this ...
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The Reynolds County Road 468, what could be known as the Lower or South Black River Bottoms Access Road, is a gravel-based county road that makes its way through the US Army Corps of Engineers Land on the east side of Black River. It features scenic views of the hilly river landscape of the area it ...
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The Charlton Bluff/Seematter Hollow Road is a US Army Corps of Engineers Road that leads down into the eastern shore bottoms of the Black River, where Charlton Bluff sticks out towards the river on the west side shoreline. The road first begins by passing the Seematter Cemetery, right after you turn...
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Murphy Cemetery Road, including part of the Reynolds County Road 466, is a coarse gravel road with natural tendencies. It tracks through the southern portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reynolds County, and "Riverside" Missouri Department ...
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Central Riverside Connector is a coarse gravel and natural dirt/mud trail through the center portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. The Central Riverside Connector is so named because it connects the midway points of the North Riverside T...
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Gulf FS 3821, or Wayne County Road 443B, is a natural attraction access, gravel-based, forestry road in the Poplar Bluff Unit of Mark Twain National Forrest. It is a well-maintained gravel road that is very simplistic and scenic, featuring a subtle grade down into the valley bottoms where a parking ...
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Stacked Log Trail, also known as the Spool Bypass or Reynolds County Road 458, is a half coarse gravel road, half natural dirt/small rock trail through the north central portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. Stacked Log starts at the Cen...
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Central Bluffs Trail, or Black River Bottoms Central Hub, consists of parts of the Reynolds County Roads 462 and 464 and is a dirt/sand mix and natural creek-bottom rock trail through the center portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. The ...
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Whizenhunt Bottoms, also known as Whizenhunt Hollow Trail or simply The Bottoms, is a natural creek/river rock, sand, and dirt, with wooded trails leading to roughly 115 acres of open area along the Riverside Depths route of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of ...
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Long Ridge Road (Reynolds County Road 462 and Iron County Road 151) is a coarse gravel county road providing access to the northeast portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. The road starts from Missouri Route-BB, 0.1 miles east of the Funk...
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Funk Tower Road is a gravel access road on the Missouri Department of Conservation's Riverside Conservation Area land and is near the neighboring Funk Memorial State Forest and Wildlife Area land, the two plots total 530+ acres of land. The general purpose of the road is to provide access up to the ...
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Joe Bill Bluff or Corps of Engineers Road 27, formerly the Wayne County Road 381, is a maintained gravel road that transforms into a river gravel bar trail along the St. Francis River within the Corps of Engineers Wappapello Lake District. The trail features maintained gravel on the higher land lead...
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East Kelly Ridge, designated as Forest Service Road 3077 branching off from Kelly Ridge, offers a journey through well-maintained gravel paths. In the summer, parts of the trail may be partially obscured by tall grass growth. Expect narrow sections along the route that may leave pinstripes on vehicl...
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Funk Branch Delta Trail, or Funk Shore Access, is a coarse creek gravel and dirt/mud trail through the northern portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. The trail is an in/out track that features an entry point off the creek bottom section ...
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This is a great trail that leads you to Granite Bend of Black River. There are several washouts on the main gravel of this trail but are easily passable, there are also several low water crossings with concrete bottoms that were about 6-12'' deep. This trail is a single-lane trail for the most part ...
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Mann Cemetery Road, or Reynolds County Road 456, is a coarse gravel road transforming to a natural dirt road in the northern portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. This road features views of the valley surrounded by the rolling hills of ...
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Hackworth Hollow Trail, also known locally as part of Funk Branch Road or Reynolds County Road 446A, is a coarse gravel road transforming to a creek bottom road and back to a coarse gravel road through the northern portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of...
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This trail splits off from Brown's Hollow and starts off as a well-maintained gravel Forest Service road. When following this road, you will come to an open and relatively flat area large enough for 1-3 vehicles to set up camp. Beyond this open area, the trail narrows significantly. If you proceed p...
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FSR 3136 is a well-maintained Forest Service road with a gravel surface. This trail winds through the dense forest and offers the chance to see wildlife such as deer, turkey, turtles, etc. At the end of this trail, there is an open area large enough for 1-2 vehicles to camp. The trail is easy enough...
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New Prospect (FS 3813) is a semi-maintained gravel Forest Service road within the Poplar Bluff Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. New Prospect likely gets its name from the former School of the same name to the east, which likely got its name from the 3 mines that existed in the area on its west en...
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Murphy Cemetery Road, including part of the Reynolds County Road 466, is a coarse gravel road with natural tendencies. It tracks through the southern portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reynolds County, and "Riverside" Missouri Department ...
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Central Riverside Connector is a coarse gravel and natural dirt/mud trail through the center portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. The Central Riverside Connector is so named because it connects the midway points of the North Riverside T...
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Stacked Log Trail, also known as the Spool Bypass or Reynolds County Road 458, is a half coarse gravel road, half natural dirt/small rock trail through the north central portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. Stacked Log starts at the Cen...
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Central Bluffs Trail, or Black River Bottoms Central Hub, consists of parts of the Reynolds County Roads 462 and 464 and is a dirt/sand mix and natural creek-bottom rock trail through the center portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. The ...
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The Reynolds County Road 468, what could be known as the Lower or South Black River Bottoms Access Road, is a gravel-based county road that makes its way through the US Army Corps of Engineers Land on the east side of Black River. It features scenic views of the hilly river landscape of the area it ...
Learn more about Reynolds - CR 468

Murphy Cemetery Road, including part of the Reynolds County Road 466, is a coarse gravel road with natural tendencies. It tracks through the southern portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reynolds County, and "Riverside" Missouri Department ...
Learn more about Murphy Cemetery Road

Central Riverside Connector is a coarse gravel and natural dirt/mud trail through the center portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. The Central Riverside Connector is so named because it connects the midway points of the North Riverside T...
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Stacked Log Trail, also known as the Spool Bypass or Reynolds County Road 458, is a half coarse gravel road, half natural dirt/small rock trail through the north central portion of the Black River Bottoms area within the Clearwater Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Land. Stacked Log starts at the Cen...
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