Dirt Bike Trails
Near Lithium, Missouri

This is a maintained gravel road with an occasional flat natural rock sticking up in the middle of the road. This trail features beautiful tall pines and areas you can see for miles. The road leads up a steep grade that may include washboards and mild washes when the season is wet and conditions are...
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This trail starts as an unmaintained trail, light gravel/dirt, and turns into an all-dirt road. Along this road, you will not only have a beautiful drive through the woods but will also be welcomed with much wildlife. Towards the end of this trail, you will come to multiple water/mud holes of unknow...
Learn more about Miller Chapel FSR 2501

This trail starts as a light gravel/dirt two-track. About 100 feet in is an uphill section with shallow washouts. As you get to the top of the hill, it becomes a little soft. Some of this road will be slightly overgrown as well. There is a little cut-out that would make a good campsite. As you conti...
Learn more about South Windy FSR 3304

This road is the start and continuation of Central Pond FSR 2144. This road starts with a small creek crossing and continues uphill with a shallow rutted road. At the top of the hill, it opens up and it is a beautiful drive on top of the hills. There are a couple of small cutouts that would make goo...
Learn more about Central School FSR 2100

The N Hamburg Hill Spur 266AA, within Shawnee National Forest, is a trail that once was traversable by full-width vehicles, but in its current state should only be trekked by dirt bikes and 4-wheelers, within the first .1 mile there is a turnaround/parking area to unload, but from there on, the trai...
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McCraven SFR 220 is a very scenic nature-viewing gravel road in Shawnee National Forest. It is a very easy trail with a minimal challenge, but there are a few muddy crossings and water collection spots within its medium-grade graveled hills. It also features a couple of branch trails, the SFR 504 an...
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The Slick Ridge FSR 262G is a mildly challenging natural fire road that has the reward of a great view of Shawnee National Forest. It features an off-camber eroded section that will test your articulation and clearances. It runs you through several small mud holes and a small grade with tree roots. ...
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Gale Trail Road (or the 272) is a Shawnee Nation Forest gravel nature viewing trail that has slowly degraded into a trail that gives a challenge, yet remains scenic. The farther west you go, the less maintained and tighter it gets. Expect ruts, medium-grade hills, occasional mud pits, and split-up s...
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The Bull Durham SFR 642 is a branch trail of the Opossum Trot Trail System in Shawnee National Forest. The Bull Durham is quick to thrill with not much time in between its obstacles, it features a rutted hill within .2 mile of the entrance, followed by small mud puddles. Then, leading to a rutted co...
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The Turkey Trot (FSR 627) and FSR 643 are two trails that seamlessly connect to form one 2-mile trail inside the Opossum Trot Road trail system inside Shawnee National Forest. These trails together range from mild to hard. It starts with narrow rutted ridges with small mud pits and off-camber eroded...
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Womble Hollow FS 2481 is a semi-maintained single-width gravel road that leans towards a natural improved road over its track and is within the Potosi Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The fading gravel road several times turns into a dirt, coarse gravel and natural terrain path overall doing one ...
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Sherbrooke (FS 2841) is a semi-maintained gravel and natural terrain forest road within the Mark Twain National Forest Potosi Unit. Sherbrooke forks east off the Coon Hollow (FS 2482), quickly turning due north to the depths of this portion of Mark Twain National Forest, the total track being 2.1 m...
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Coon Hollow (FS 2482) is a gravel forest service road within the Mark Twain National Forest Potosi Unit. Coon Hollow, despite being the shorter road in the area, is the entry road off the Shepard Cutoff (FS 2228) into this micro-system of three roads, shortly forking to the right to the much longer ...
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This is a scenic route from Highway 49 to Crane Lake Recreation Area. Enjoy the ride; it'll be moderate (weather may affect some areas, so watch for downed trees or potential water on the road). When you arrive at Crane Lake, make sure you check out the boat dock-an awesome spot to have a lunch brea...
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The Honey School Road (SFR 656 & 656C) is a forestry trial in Shawnee National Forest that leads to an old fire tower plot and then loops back to the main road it is connected to, which is Wolf Creek Road, in its own right is a very scenic gravel forestry road. The 656 section is a maintained gravel...
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On the northern portion of the park, this can take you from the back of the lake over to Ridge Road or also back towards the beginning of the lake shore loop. It can spur off into a few side trails, and a couple of them have some nasty mud holes, so be mindful. One hole specifically will swallow a r...
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If you're starting from the Ridge Road side of the trail, you'll be met with a pretty nasty washout. Depending on which side of the wash you're on, there is one bypass. This is a relatively moderate trail with a few technical spots, taking you through the hollows and hills deep down off the mountain...
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Short but a handful decent little side trail that you can try your hand at reasonably sized rocks and a decent climb that can give you a little something to do if you're waiting for folks coming up Wow or the other rock obstacles in the surrounding area. Be mindful of traffic in this area during eve...
Learn more about Wow Side Quest 1

As expected, with the area you're looking at, some pretty major rocks and technical wheeling. You'll work your way up the trail, typically from the bottom, while working through some obstacles. Be mindful of this area during events, as it can be very busy with large rigs and lots of spectators.
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The second half of the eastern escape is a much more modest climb up to the main ridge. Starting from the T at Wow Cut Through. The left takes you up the mountain a little more before leveling out. You'll find moderate obstacles and loose climbs, but nothing too much beyond that.
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This is a maintained gravel road with an occasional flat natural rock sticking up in the middle of the road. This trail features beautiful tall pines and areas you can see for miles. The road leads up a steep grade that may include washboards and mild washes when the season is wet and conditions are...
Learn more about Natural Bridge Road

This trail starts as an unmaintained trail, light gravel/dirt, and turns into an all-dirt road. Along this road, you will not only have a beautiful drive through the woods but will also be welcomed with much wildlife. Towards the end of this trail, you will come to multiple water/mud holes of unknow...
Learn more about Miller Chapel FSR 2501

This trail starts as a light gravel/dirt two-track. About 100 feet in is an uphill section with shallow washouts. As you get to the top of the hill, it becomes a little soft. Some of this road will be slightly overgrown as well. There is a little cut-out that would make a good campsite. As you conti...
Learn more about South Windy FSR 3304

This road is the start and continuation of Central Pond FSR 2144. This road starts with a small creek crossing and continues uphill with a shallow rutted road. At the top of the hill, it opens up and it is a beautiful drive on top of the hills. There are a couple of small cutouts that would make goo...
Learn more about Central School FSR 2100

This is a maintained gravel road with an occasional flat natural rock sticking up in the middle of the road. This trail features beautiful tall pines and areas you can see for miles. The road leads up a steep grade that may include washboards and mild washes when the season is wet and conditions are...
Learn more about Natural Bridge Road

This trail starts as an unmaintained trail, light gravel/dirt, and turns into an all-dirt road. Along this road, you will not only have a beautiful drive through the woods but will also be welcomed with much wildlife. Towards the end of this trail, you will come to multiple water/mud holes of unknow...
Learn more about Miller Chapel FSR 2501

This trail starts as a light gravel/dirt two-track. About 100 feet in is an uphill section with shallow washouts. As you get to the top of the hill, it becomes a little soft. Some of this road will be slightly overgrown as well. There is a little cut-out that would make a good campsite. As you conti...
Learn more about South Windy FSR 3304

This road is the start and continuation of Central Pond FSR 2144. This road starts with a small creek crossing and continues uphill with a shallow rutted road. At the top of the hill, it opens up and it is a beautiful drive on top of the hills. There are a couple of small cutouts that would make goo...
Learn more about Central School FSR 2100