Stockman - FS 498

Trail Overview

Stockman (FS 498), or Carroll Cemetery Road, is a gravel forest service road within the Noblett Day Use Area, part of the greater Willow Springs Unit of Mark Twain National Forest. The road begins heading south off the paved Noblett Lake Rec Area FS 857 that is used as the main road through Noblett Day Use Area, quickly turning east, following along the edge of the ridge top, overlooking the Spring Creek Valley to the roads south. The road has a mild downhill grade over its track eastward, finishing with one last drop to the turnaround loop and parking area along the cemetery gate. Users must turn around here and head back out the way they entered. Please respect the resting place of those buried here and leave the Cemetery as or better than it was found.

Photos of Stockman - FS 498

Want to see more?

Login

Difficulty

Stockman is given a base rating of 1/10, featuring a generally smooth gravel road, with only natural flat slabs of rock on the surface to drive over, with the only additional features being the normal gravel-road complications of potholes, washboarding, and mounding of the gravel. Difficulty could increase during wet or inclement conditions, heavy use, or serious lack of maintenance.

History

Carroll Cemetery is the final resting place of 81 lives, from a span of over 210 years, from 1803 to 2015. Please respect those lives that came before us, by leaving the cemetery as or better than it was found. --- Noblett Dam and Lake was a major project orchestrated by Camp Willow CCC Company 1739. The project started in 1938 and lasted until 1940 when the Dam was finished, and it was dedicated as Noblett Lake. --- On the weekend of March 21st, 2026, OnX Offroad partnered with local organizations, Rallye In The Ozarks, Heartland Trail Trash, and Critter's Clean Up and Cruise, to host an OnX Offroad Trail Revival Project, to remove 3 large illegal tire dumps, and conduct an additional litter pick-up. The results were impressive, yielding 348 tires and 3000lbs of trash (including an ice chest, 4 couches, and a variety of small litter) being removed from the Mark Twain National Forest in that singular day. Noblett Day Use Area was used as the main clean-up headquarters and dumpster location, utilizing the pavilion area to cook and meet at FS 857A, and FS 857B for staging the dumpster, unloading trash, and stacking tires at the turnaround loop. Documented by Christopher Menz in 3/2026.

Technical Rating

Stockman - FS 498 can be accessed by the following ride types:

• High-Clearance 4x4
• SUV
• SxS (60")
• ATV (50")
• Dirt Bike