Trails
Tallgrass Prairie Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding.
Length: 0.34 mile
Location of trail: Behind the headquarters
Surface: Grass, Gravel
Difficulty: Easy
Information: The tallgrass prairie trail begins and ends at the back door of the headquarters. Several vistas of the surrounding prairie. Overlooks into forested draws.
Lewis and Clark Trail of Discovery
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile
Location of trail: Arrow Rock, Missouri - Jameson Unit
Surface: Gravel
Difficulty: Easy
Information: This one-way trail provides an elevated hike through a floodplain forest. Views of temporary wetlands and seasonal creek. Several interpretive signs along the way. Ends along remote bank of the Missouri River.
Levee Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile
Location of trail: Overton, Missouri Overton Bottoms North Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Easy
Information: This one-way trail provides an elevated hike through a floodplain forest. Views of temporary wetlands and access to two lakes. Trail ends along remote bank of the Missouri River.
Little Muddy Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 3 mile loop
Location of trail: Overton, Missouri Overton Bottoms North Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Difficult
Information: Primitive hike through a floodplain forest. Subject to flooding and flood damage, often muddy. Excessive vegetation growth in summer makes trail difficult to find.
Boone’s Crossing Loop
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile
Location of trail: Chesterfield, Missouri - Boone’s Crossing Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Hike through a floodplain forest and along a lake. Has access to paved Monarch Levee trail managed by the city of Chesterfield.
Bluff Overlook Trail
Open season: Open year round - Not open to biking or horseback riding
Length: 1 mile
Location of trail: Chamois, Missouri - Saint Auberts Island Unit
Surface: Natural
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Hike through upland forests and fields to a dramatic bluff overlook of the Missouri River and surrounding floodplain. Use caution at bluff edge and prepare for ticks.
Location of trail: Behind the headquarters
Surface: Grass, Gravel
The tallgrass prairie trail begins and ends at the back door of the headquarters. Several vistas of the surrounding prairie. Overlooks into forested draws.