Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Fairdealing, Missouri

Wolf Creek FSR 3107

Wolf Creek FSR 3107 is a well-maintained scenic gravel forestry road that tracks through the Poplar Bluff sector of Mark Twain National Forest. It features a very scenic route with access to hiking trails throughout.…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Oak Tower FSR 3104

Oak Tower FSR 3104 is a mild scenic gravel road through the Poplar Bluff sector of Mark Twain National Forest. The main focus of the Oak Tower is the Tower it provides access to, the…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Smoot Hollow FSR 3846

Smoot Hollow FSR 3846 is a gravel Forestry road inside Mark Twain National Forest that parallels the main road of US-67. It creates a loop making its way back to US-67 from either direction. The…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Bee Ridge FSR 3844/3844C

Bee Ridge FSR 3844 & 3844C are two forestry roads that seamlessly connect to form a fun little trek through Mark Twain National Forest. The 3844 part of the trail is a well wore in…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Gooseneck Trail

The Gooseneck Trail runs East to West through Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. This trail offers 2 designated primitive campsites with a fire ring. One is located at the intersection of FR4799, and the…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Cave Spoon

The Cave Spoon runs North to South through Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. This trail offers dispersed campsites if chosen with creativity. There are plenty of pull-off locations in case of traffic. Fallen trees…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Overgrowth Spur

The Overgrowth Spur runs North to South through Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. This trail offers dispersed campsites if chosen with creativity. There are plenty of pull-off locations in case of traffic. Fallen trees…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Holmes Chapel FSR 3613

Holmes Chapel is a beautiful scenic route inside Mark Twain National Forest. Want a consistent relaxing drive with whispering pines and wildlife scurrying around? This is your place. The gravel road traverses minimal elevation changes…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Holmes School FSR 3614

The Holmes School FSR 3614 is a gravel road inside Mark Twain National Forest amongst the whispering pines. The road features slight rutting, dirt mounds, water collection spots, and some mild grade inclines, one spot…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Mark Twain NF Trail

An easy scenic trail meandering through the forest trails and back roads of Mark Twain National Forest. Roads are a mix of dirt/gravel forestry and county roads. There are several hiking, biking, and NF recreation…
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Total Miles
47.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Scenic Riverways

The Scenic Riverways drive is a combination of gravel county roads and forest service roads within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. It's an easy-going drive starting out of Eminence and heading North/East along the Jacks…
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Total Miles
10.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Wash Creek FSR 2177

The Wash Creek FSR 2177 is a mild single lane forestry road through Mark Twain National Forest. The road is mostly scenic and features trees all around. The road has a few small water collection…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Dogtrot Hollow FSR 2134

The Dogtrot Hollow FSR 2134 is a fun little forest road that traverses through Mark Twain National Forest. The road starts with fresh Gravel but slowly changes to a natural improved state, with the tough…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pine Union Spur A FSR 2137A

The Pine Union Spur A FSR 2137A in Mark Twain National Forest gives a sense of thrill and scenery all in one. It begins at a fork with the main FSR 2137, hanging left, you…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Madison Co Road 247

Madison County Road 247 is a smooth-sailing gravel road over rolling hills amongst the pines. At its entrance point with MO-72, you can see for miles. The road follows this with a scenic route going…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

Kathy's Bridge Road

Kathy's Bridge Road, also known as Bollinger County Road 334, is a branch off the Bo-Co Road 342 and continues following the last stretch of James Creek while heading Southwest off the 342 to connect…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

James Creek Road

The James Creek Road, also known as Bollinger County Road 342 is a gravel county road rolling through the Missouri Countryside along James Creek. The road has a course gravel base with sweeping turns and…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

Knob Lick Tower Road

Knob Lick Tower Road leads to a Missouri Department of Conservation area that holds the publicly accessible Knob Lick Tower overlooking the St Francois Mountains. The road's primary surface is gravel, and despite being well-packed,…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

Hartle Ford Road

Hartle Ford Road consists of Cape County Road 352 and Bollinger County Road 368. It is a gravel road that features rolling hills leading into two separate creek bottoms with really impressive low-water bridges. The…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

I-155 Tunnel Crossing

The I-155 Tunnel Crossing is based off of the Pemiscot County Road 362 and 534. Together the two roads form a gravel loop to connect with Missouri Route Y and Missouri Route 84. The gravel…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su

Bo-Co Road 918

The Bollinger County 918 is a gravel county road connecting to other county roads in the area. It has mild rutting, washboarding, and mounding and shows signs of wear near its low-water bridge and hilly…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

General Watkins Park Road

General Watkins Park Road is a mile-long gravel road leading into the General Watkins Missouri Conservation Area. This road takes you off US-61 straight into some gorgeous wilderness and hiking areas, with a great area…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Old Plantation Access Road

Old Plantation Access Road, also named Cape Girardeau County Road 485, is a gravel road in Millersville, Missouri that also doubles as a Missouri Department of Conservation land access road. The road features beautiful rolling…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Bidwell FSR 2199

Bidwell FSR 2199, is a gravel forestry road that travels through Mark Twain National Forest. Bidwell is one of the longest forestry routes on the eastern side of the forest clocking in at 8.6 forestries…
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Total Miles
11.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Tywappity Fire Tower Road

Just a simple proving grounds trail, like the one you learn to ride 4 wheeler or dirt bike on, the trail offers thrill if you seek it but has its ease about it. You can…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Whitewater Creek Road

Whitewater Creek Road or Bollinger County Road 930/Perry County Road 722, is two gravel county roads that seamlessly connect to lead along and overlook the Whitewater River. The road is mild with only the subtle…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Whitewater Presbyterian Church Road

Whitewater Presbyterian Church Road, or the Bo-Co Road 256, is a gravel county road that traverses passed the church and into the valley below. The bottom section of the road features mild rutting, natural rock…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su / Wi

Ernest Rice Road

The Ernest Rice Road is a gravel access road to the Wildlife Management Area of the same name. It features an easy to traverse gravel road on the northern side of the area, expect course…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Allen Branch FS 4004

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…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Cape Gir. Co 521 / 520

The Cape Girardeau County Roads 521 and 520 form a great scenic gravel road and loop with the main road of the area (US-61, with help from Cape Co 510). The roads were constructed around…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa